Gallery Night

I always marvel at couples who have the same taste in artwork. Every once in a while my husband and I will agree on something, but for the most part, our aesthetics are very different. The thing about art is that you can't disagree with whether or not it's good because it's such a personal thing. It's about the way it makes you feel and what it is that draws you to it. I'm lucky that this has never been a point of contention in my marriage. My husband likes art, likes to buy art, and likes to be surrounded by it. That is why the walls in his office are white and filled with all the art he likes.

Case in point...this weekend the "girls" in the family went to Art in Bloom at the Milwaukee Art Museum. It was really fun to wander around with my daughter and my niece and see the museum through their eyes and which pieces they liked. One area that I really enjoyed which I don't remember seeing before was the German Expressionist exhibit and particularly Gabriele Münter. The bold colors and the simplicity are what I really liked.

Gabriele Münter

A couple of days later, my husband forwarded an e-mail to me about Katie Musolff, an artist he likes who will be showing her work at gallery night in Milwaukee this weekend. Here is one of her landscapes for comparison...

I actually do like this one as well, but she has another series which are mostly fish and it's not really my cup of tea. It's not that I'm not into wildlife art. I am. I prefer the rooster painting by Picasso that I saw at MAM on Sunday...

Katie Musolff


Pablo Picasso

One local artist that my husband and I do agree on is Bridget Griffith Evans. I had her do a portrait of our kids one year as a Christmas gift for my husband to match another painting of hers that he has in his office.

Bridget Griffith Evans

Whatever your tastes are, there will be a lot to sample this weekend at gallery night. Of course, the artist we're most excited to see is our brother-in-law, Tim Meyerring. Friday will be the grand opening of his new gallery and studio. One of Tim's tulip paintings is featured in my "Yellow Tulips" blog from March of this year. His work can also be seen and purchased through Crate and Barrel.

Hope to see you out and about at one of the following:

Tim Meyerring: Timo Gallery • 207 E. Buffalo Street • Suite 110
Bridget Evans: 207 E. Buffalo Street • Basement
Katie Musolff: The Pfister