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Pentwater This Week AUG. 23 - AUG. 30

Artist Bonnie Wood is captivated by the figurative human form

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Contents 2 Cast of characters Artist Bonnie Wood is captivated by the figurative human form

6 Parade-goers ante up for fireworks

7 Events Check the calendar

8 Enjoy Pentwater’s PTW Photo by Andrew Skinner

gallery stroll

12 Yacht club to host wooden boat show

13 November election

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16 New Pentwater businesses

17 Pentwater Arts Council to host ‘Ramp up the Arts’

ptw Pentwater This Week • Aug. 23, 2016

Published by Oceana’s Herald-Journal 123 State St., Hart MI 49420 © 2016 Community Media Group Published May 24, June 7 & June 21 and weekly June 28 thru Aug. 30, 2016 Distributed free at Pentwater locations.

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Dick and Joyce Toner

Welcome to Pentwater

We’re the Toners, Joyce and Dick.

Having both grown up in Dearborn, Mich., we each graduated from Dearborn High School and later from the University of Michigan; Joyce in dental hygiene and Dick in engineering. Other than a three-year stint in Baltimore, Md., in the mid 1960s, Michigan has been our home. Joyce retired from practicing dental hygiene in 1998 and since 1982 Dick has worked out of their home as an expert witness and finally did his last case in 2015. He also provided educational seminars about truck frames and installing equipment on trucks for the National Truck Equipment Association. Dick worked for the association before consulting.

We looked at many parts of the United States for a possible retirement location. This country has many great areas, but Michigan is our home. On a recommendation from Joyce’s hair dresser, we visited Pentwater, staying at the Nickerson Inn for a weekend and decided that Pentwater was the place.

Purchasing a home on the south shore of Pentwater Lake in 1997 and made Pentwater our home in 2002, moving from West Bloomfield Township in the Detroit area. Dick had always wanted to live on the water, and it didn’t take long for Joyce to appreciate living here.

Without knowing anyone in Pentwater, we joined the Pentwater Yacht Club and began to be part of the community.

Joyce was secretary of the PYC for four years, which accelerated the assimilation process. Pentwater has an exceptional population of people with various backgrounds and talents. It has been fun to get to know them.

Friends, relatives and especially our six grandchildren have enjoyed visits to Pentwater. Boating, tubing and of course the beaches are always a highlight. The older four grandkids now live on a lake near Kalamazoo, Mich. and as happens, they have gotten busy with the teenage years. The visits are fewer, and Dick and Joyce are older, so it all works out.

Joyce has been involved in various activities, including bridge, knitting and other pursuits. Dick is a person of many hobbies including: photography, woodworking, boating, model trains and music. We stay in Pentwater all year and enjoy the change in seasons.

When you are retired, stormy winter weather is not a problem when watching it from the house.

We are grateful to have found Pentwater and make it our retirement home.

– Joyce and Dick Toner

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Artist Bonnie Wood is captivated by the figurative human form

BY AMANDA DODGE PTW WRITER

Movement. Gestures. Scale.

Bonnie Wood found her own, unique artist’s voice from these things.

Growing up north of the state Capital in Ovid, Mich., Wood said she attended a one-room schoolhouse for the first eight years of her education. For college, she attended Western Michigan University and obtained her bachelor’s degree as an art major. Almost 20 years later she completed an additional bachelor’s degree in interior architecture from Wayne State University. “When I went to WMU, I thought I would become a fashion illustrator. I loved the pictures in magazines and newspapers.”

In 1991, she picked up a paintbrush and has yet to put it down.

“I did a lot of architectural renderings, and I would put lots of gesturing people to convey emotion and scale,” Wood explained.

“They were freehand and not like an architect would do them.”

In her spare time, Wood said she began picking up found objects such as boxes, tables and chairs and starting painting AUG. 23 - AUG. 30

people on them. Her talent was recognized by the Detroit News, who featured a painted cigar box Wood completed on the front page of its Homestyle section. Acclaimed art critic Marsha Miro, of the Detroit Free Press, also chose to feature Wood, and purchased one of her pieces, a painted foot stool. “She did a piece on my art for the Christmas show and bought a piece. I am grateful to her. I got some pretty good press from that.”

Wood lived in Detroit for 30 years and displayed her works at the Detroit Artist’s market. During the later years of her time in Detroit, she said that she began to purchase old homes in Grosse Pointe Park and renovated them to re-sell. “I did a lot of the work myself,” she said, explaining that she would live in the home until the work was completed and then

buy the next one and repeat the process.

Yet after deciding to and subsequently taking a Master Gardening Class in Cook County, Ill. for three months, she left the Motor City for the Windy City. “It was in January of 1994. I had to be interviewed to get into the class. I loved Chicago, so I sold my Detroit home

and never looked back.” She now spends six months of the year in Chicago, and six months in Pentwater. “Pentwater is my home, I’ve always been a Michigan resident,” Wood said.

Wood said she discovered Pentwater years ago, while still a Detroit resident. “My brother, Barry Miller, has lived here (in Pentwa-

ter) for a long time. He suggested that I check it out, so I came a few times, and thought I might try to do a B&B here.”

Although she did not find her bed and breakfast locale, she did find a gem that she now calls her own. “I bought this place on my 50th birthday,” Wood said of her simple cabin with a view of Pentwater Lake. She has since added onto her small home, with the help of late acclaimed architect, the towering Gordi Rogers. “He worked with me on the whole concept. I found windows at the dump, and one came out of Ann Carlson’s mother’s house,” Wood said. “His contribution made this really special.”

The addition is very special and very beautiful with light streaming through endless window panes to illuminate Wood’s work-

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Photos: On the cover, Pentwater artist Bonnie Wood displays the painting “Family Secrets” in her home studio over looking Pentwater Lake. Opposite page top, Wood draws inspiration while enjoying an afternoon on the outside living space of her home tucked away atop a hill on Old State Road as the painting “Downstairs Folk” is perched between a pair of trees. This page top, one of Wood’s smaller works “Sassy Lass” rests atop a night stand in her home. Above, Wood stands beside one of her favorite works “The Bathing Club.”

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Pentwater Homecoming Parade Merriment filled the streets of downtown Pentwater during the 86th annual Pentwater Homecoming Parade Saturday, Aug. 13.

PTW photos by Andrew Skinner

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Parade-goers ante up for fireworks ing Pentwater’s 150th anniversary.

The more funds we can raise, the bigger and longer fireworks we can put on. It’s that simple.”

Several years ago, the service club decided to literally “step up” to help the chamber raise funds by fielding a team of volunteers who walk the parade route alongside the club’s iconic “Bill Duncan Wagon” to collect a freewill offering of sorts.

“I think more people who come to the parade now realize that the only way we can have fireworks is if everyone pitches in to pay for them,” added Gregwer. Other generous supporters choose to contribute by dropping off or mailing checks to the chamber office, or putting their donations in canisters available in many PentPentwater Service Club Treasurer Harry Waller presents chamber Director Eva water businesses.

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It’s a real challenge for a chamber of commerce in a small community like Pentwater to raise over $13,000 in voluntary donations each year to pay for two fireworks shows.

But thanks to generous Pentwater Homecoming parade spectators Saturday, Aug. 13, along with volunteers organized by the Pentwater Service Club who walked the parade route, the Pentwater chamber met this year’s fundraising goal as more than $3,800 was collected — 57 percent more than what was contributed during the last year’s parade.

“We not only raised the remaining funds needed for this year’s fireworks,” Pentwater Chamber of Commerce Director Eva Gregwer said, “but we’ve got a down payment on our fireworks shows in 2017, when we’ll all be celebrat-

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Calendar of Events This Week and Beyond

Every week

… Bingo (6:30 - 7:30 p.m.) every Friday, Pentwater VFW Hall. … Sunday, folk music jam sessions, 1:304 p.m., Goodstuffs, downtown Pentwater. … Tuesday Night Comedy, 9 p.m., Village Pub & Cafe, Pentwater, through Labor Day. … Pickin’ in Pentwater, 7 p.m., Pentwater Village Green, Tuesdays through Aug. 30. … Pentwater Civic Band Concert, Thursdays, through Sept. 1, 8 p.m., Pentwater Village Green. … Pentwater Farmers’ Market, Mondays and Thursdays, through Sept. 5, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pentwater Village Green. … Pentwater Historical Society Museum, 85 S. Rutledge St., open 1-4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday June through August and 1-4 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday September and October. Free admission.

Aug. 23 Tuesday

… Story Time with Barb Sims of Storybook Village, 10 a.m., part of the Pentwater Township Library’s Summer Reading & Activity Program.

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Aug. 24

Aug. 29

… … Pentwater Historical Society Summer Dinner Program, 5:30 p.m., at the Pentwater VFW Hall. Program to include guest speaker David A. Dietrich, whose great-grandfather was a keeper at the Little Point Sable Lighthouse. Tickets are $17.50 and can be purchased at Decors by Sandra and the Pentwater Township Library.

… Monday night bike ride, a leisurely 3-mile ride through Pentwater, meet at the top of the village green at 7 p.m.

Hosted by the “Easy Peddlers” Division of the Oceana Cyclist Club.

Wednesday

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Wednesday-Saturday

Oceana County Fair, Hart. Exhibits, displays, vendors, rides, food, contests and more.

Open 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.

Aug. 26 Friday

… Last Friday of the Month Gallery Stroll, 5-8 p.m., downtown Pentwater galleries.

Hosted by the Pentwater Arts Council.

Aug. 26-27 Friday-Saturday

… Annual Pentwater sidewalk sales.

Aug. 27 Saturday

… Wooden boat show and parade, Pentwater Yacht Club, 11 a.m., parade at 3:30 p.m.

Monday

Sept. 5 Monday

… Monday night bike ride, a leisurely 3-mile ride through Pentwater, meet at the top of the village green at 7 p.m.

Hosted by the “Easy Peddlers” Division of the Oceana Cyclist Club.

Sept. 10 Sunday

… C.O.V.E. Benefit Beach Walk/Run, 8:30 a.m., Charles Mears State Park, Pentwater. … An Afternoon Tea, hosted by the Pentwater Historical Society, 1 p.m., at the Memory House, 268 Park St., Pentwater. Learn about teas, Event to include, tea, tea sandwiches, salad, desserts, demonstrations, tours, displays and take aways. Tickets are $25 and seating is limited; call 869-2230 for more info.

Don’t Miss These Annual Events!

Easter on the Green Saturday before Easter.

Founder’s Day first Saturday in May Memorial Day Parade at 10 a.m., services at marina, village green and township cemetery.

Garden Club of Pentwater plant sale Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.

Start of Summer party first Sunday in June.

Spring Fest arts and crafts fair third weekend in June.

Community-wide garage sale second Saturday in June.

Pentwater Civic Band Concerts Each Thursday, 8 p.m., village green, last Thursday in June, through Labor Day. Fusion Fashion Show last Friday in June, on the village green, 8 p.m.

Fireworks over Lake Michigan July 3 each year.

Fine arts fair second Saturday in July.

Garden Stroll and “Blooming Arts” third Saturday in July.

Pentwater Homecoming second full weekend in August (Weekends start Thursdays).

MSU Tailgate Party The Saturday of Homecoming, behind the Village Pub. Pentwater Fall Festival Fourth weekend in September.

Oktoberfest Second Saturday in October.

Halloween on the Green Saturday before Halloween.

Spooktaclular Halloween Parade Saturday before Halloween.

Festival of Lights Saturday after Thanksgiving at the village green. Lighting of the community Christmas Tree and visits with Santa.

Christmas Craft Fair First Saturday in December at the school.

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Participating galleries are, Art on the Town, Oldewick Post, Petri Gallery on Hancock St., Bitchen Kitchen, Jilly’s Gallery, The Ramp Gallery, Petri Gallery on Second St., Kook’s Eye and Jewels by the Sea. Some galleries will feature artists. Art on the Town will feature Bonnie Knapp, a local potter who was inspired as a young child by a potter doing a wheel demonstration. Later she studied design at the University of Minnesota and has worked as a potter since the mid 70s.

Another potter, Karen Antrim, will also be featured at Art on the Town. Antrim retired from a long teaching career in the arts in both Iowa and Missouri and now works and teaches from her studio along Cattail Pond in Hart. Her skills include raku, horsehair pottery and clay sculpture. Much of Antrim’s inspiration comes from animals, domestic, wild and endangered.

Gallery strollers who have their “passports” stamped at each gallery, will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift certificate redeemable at any of the participating galleries.

Last month’s lucky winners were Roger and Anne Hill of Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Despite a brief rain storm Friday morning, Aug. 12, over 30 teams took part in the annual Pentwater Sand Sculpture Contest along the Lake Michigan shoreline at the Charles Mears State Park Beach. First through third place were awarded in seven different categories of the sand sculpture contest hosted by the Pentwater Service Club. Claire and Leah Selleck of Grand Rapids, Mich. were awarded first place in the 1-7 year-old competition for their “Pentwater Star” creation; second place was awarded to Anabelle Walter of North Carolina for her “Fishing in Michigan” sculpture and Eliza and Charlie Zorn of Grand Rapids, Mich. took home third place with “Under the Lake.” Ethan Petz of Byron Center, Mich. was awarded first place in the 8-9 year-old competition for his “The Beach Spot” creation; second place was awarded to William Selleck of Grand Rapids, Mich. for his “The Bass of Pentwater” sculpture and Casey, Owen and Sawyer Carsten of Byron Center, Mich took home third place with their “Fall Classic.” Claire of Arlington Heights, Ill. was awarded first place in the 10-12 yearold competition for her “Sunshine and Flipflops” creation; second place was awarded to Benj and Lily Zorn of Grand Rapids, Mich. for their “Sailing to the End” sculpture and Lily Claire of Imlay City, Mich. took home third place with “Dinner.” Craig Linderman of Brighton, Mich. was awarded first place in the 13 years old to adult competition for his “Midday Mischief” sculpture; second place was awarded to Laine Hackmann of Arlington Heights, Ill. for her “Paddling Around Pentwater” creation and Nicholas Henley of Pentwater, Mich. took home third place for his “Paddling Through Pentwater.”

The Terry Ward family of Grand Blanc, Mich. was awarded first place in the Family Flight A competition for their “Hanging With My Honey in Pentwater Outdoors” sculpture; second place was awarded to the Julie Murrell family of Napa, Calif. for their “Wining the Day Away” creation and the Dan Rochron family of Grand Rapids, Mich. took home third place with “‘Lyin on the Beach.” The Jess Maike family of Detroit, Mich. was awarded first place in the Family Flight B competition for their “Olympic Climb” creation; second place was awarded to the Geno LeTarte family of Memphis, Mich. for their “Pentwater Wins Gold” sculpture and the Roger Cochran family of Scottville, Mich. took home third place with “SS Evie.” The James Oxford family of Pentwater, Mich. was awarded first place in the Family Flight C competition for their “Hooked on Pentwater” creation; second place was awarded to the Tom Phares family of Grand Haven, Mich. for their “Off the Piers at Mears” creation and the Sayles family, Pentwater, Mich. took home third place with “The Busy Pier.” The service club reported that 112 participants took part in the contest while an estimated 125 spectators took in the sand sculptures and 30 volunteers helped make the contest run smoothly.

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Almost 200 people, two dogs and a rabbit took part in the now annual Pentwater Homecoming Portrait Saturday morning, Aug. 13 on the Pentwater Village Green.

The portrait was organized by the Pentwater Arts Council and photographed by Pentwater photographer Dayna Hasil. The arts council sold 11-by-17 inch posters of the group picture, featuring the village green, village gazebo, Pentwater Channel and Lake Michigan during the homecoming parade for $10. Posters are currently available for $10 at the Pentwater Chamber of Commerce office while supplies last.

The portrait group, above, looks to the sky as they have their picture taken. Hasil, far right, directs the large group from high above the ground in a bucket truck, operated by Mike Russell, over 60 feet in the air. Right, the 2016 Pentwater Homecoming Portrait.

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Yacht club to host wooden boat show The Pentwater Yacht Club is set to host its 20th annual Wooden Boat Show Saturday, Aug. 27 on Pentwater Lake, showing off the best wooden boats the area has to offer.

The show will be open to the public and will feature dozens of boats, including vintage boats and new powerboats. Brands like Chris Craft, Century, Garwood, and Lyman will be among those represented. Each exhibitor will receive a plaque honoring last year’s Best in Show boat, a Chris Craft sea skiff named Cora-B owned by Mark Smith.

The boats will be on display beginning at 11 a.m. A buffet lunch will be available from noon to 2 p.m. during the show.

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Pentwater will have a new village president following the Nov. 8 election. Village president candidates Daniel D. Hoekstra, Sr. and Jeffrey A. Hodges will vie for the seat left vacant by current village President Juanita Pierman.

Pierman, who has been village president since 2004, is one of five people, Michelle Angell-Powell, Pamela Burdick, Dan Nugent and incumbent Don Palmer, who are running for three village trustee seats.

On the township ballot, Sue Ann Johnson (R) and John Barker (D) will vie for the clerk position.

Also on the ballot running unopposed are inclumbents Charles F. Smith (R) for supervisor, Janice Siska (R) for treasurer, and Michael W. Flynn (R) and Patrick Ruggles (D) for the two trustee positions.

August garden of the month

The Pentwater Garden Club has selected the post office garden as its August Garden of the Month. Postmaster Fred McHugh, pictured, says the garden was planned, planted and wonderfully cared for by Cyndy and George Callog. The Garden Club and many village residents are most appreciative of the beauty visible each day as they go for mail.

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Honoring Les Bailey

The Pentwater Civic Band, along with the Scottville Clown Band, joined forces Thursday evening, Aug. 11 for the 69th annual Les Bailey Memorial Band Concert on the Pentwater Village Green.

The annual concert is the unoffical start to Pentwater Homecoming weekend. Despite a heavy downpour just prior to the start of the concert, a large crowd filled the green to hear patriotic song selections as well as a few classics from back in the day.

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BY AMANDA DODGE PTW WRITER

As one long-time retailer and several newer ones bid farewell to Pentwater, almost half a dozen new ones stepped in to fill those downtown spaces with an assortment of offerings.Turning the corner onto Hancock Street from Sixth Street, sits the Harbor View Condominiums and a plethora of shops at its base. Dan Nugent, owner of The Glove Apparel, along with his wife, Laura, have opened a spin-off sister-store venture, Little Mittens next door to The Glove Apparel.“Little Mittens is Pentwater’s premier children’s boutique and home goods store. We offer a large variety of infant, toddler, and youth-sized clothing including T-shirts, sweatshirts, hooded sweatshirts, hats, socks and accessories,” Nugent said.“Our home goods include children’s cups, plates, dishware and tableware, as well as a variety of lotions, soaps, candles and other home accents.”

Store patrons will “find many of the Michigan-themed designs on T-shirts and sweatshirts at Little Mittens that are available in adult sizes at The Glove Apparel,” Nugent explained.

“Whether it is a new T-shirt for a visitor, or a onesie for a new baby, or a gift for a friend or a baby shower, Little Mittens has it all.”

Down the street, Crista Winteringham, owner of West on Monroe boutique, has also expanded into an additional spin-off storefront, she calls The Michigan Store. Her flagship store had a section of made in Michigan items, and she has expanded that into an entire store full of apparel and household items that fit the store’s moniker in this new venture.

Longtime downtown business owner and artist, Cheri Petri has opened a second location in the same place that she and her late husband, Bert Petri, owned and operated Our Gallery for 25 years. She opened Petri Gallery on Second Street in 2014 and has now expanded back onto Hancock Street. Along with serious art classes, Petri offers more laid back and fun Cork and Creations nights, where participants can come and create a painting that Petri or one of her artists on staff guides step-by-step, while sipping on bit of vino.

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Across the street in the Hancock Building is the newest rotating art “happening” The Ramp Gallery. “I guess it is what you could call a ‘popup’ gallery, as it really comes into being only on the last Friday of the month as part of the Pentwater Gallery Stroll. It is curated and managed by the Pentwater Arts Council,” artist and coordinator Frank Galante said. “It is called ‘The Ramp’ because that’s exactly what it is. It is located in the hallway of the Hancock building, on the walls along the ramp that leads from the ground floor up through the second floor. This hallway is well lit with an abundance of natural light and possesses a long unbroken stretch of blank wall space, both of which make it an ideal place to hang and view art.”

The Ramp Gallery will be open during the Gallery Stroll on the last Friday of August and September from 5 to 8 p.m.

On the same side of the street down towards Lowell Street is the new Old Baldy Food and

Fun ice cream and food stand, miniature golf course and arcade. The venture is located where the Pentwater Dari Creme was formerly housed and new owner Jeff Wrisley has worked to utilize all the existing buildings into a multi-faceted stop for beachgoers, tourists and locals alike.

The name comes from the dune of the same moniker in Charles Mears State Park. The fun side is in the form of an onsite miniature golf course and an arcade that has vintage video game machines and virtual reality as well. Wrisley opened in May of this year and the food side of his store is in the form of fair-type indulgences, such as pulled pork, brats, hot dogs, fried items and of course ice cream.

Back across the street and just behind Pentwater River Outfitters is Sunshine’s Pizza, owned and operated by the Williamson family.

This is truly a family affair with three generations working there. They named the restaurant after a nickname, head of operations, Tom Williamson, received from a family friend. Owners Richard and Joan Williamson knew it would take a lot of work to get the formerly empty building ready for business. “These are our family recipes and both my sons created wonderful pizza recipes. We have our own private recipe for sauce. If we get local support, we will be open all winter,” Joan said.

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She also signs each piece with a simple, yet striking “bWOOD.” All of her work is acrylic on canvas, and she said that she likes to utilize the indoor/ outdoor Iook. She also said that she listens to classical music while she paints. “I started with small pieces. I painted on boxes and bowls and showed them to a gallery and they put me in a show.”

As her art has evolved, so has the size of her work.“I don’t like working small.”This is demonstrated in the large canvases in her studio and in her patron’s homes. She added that she also works on multiple pieces at a time and though she still paints often, she used to paint every

PTW photo by Andrew Skinner

space and multiple canvases. How could one don’t want to change anything. I even think not be inspired? “It’s a nice place to work,” she that some of my older work was more interesthumbly states. “Gordi and I worked on this and ing, and I find I am going back to that now. I’ve we made his vision come to life.” come full circle.”

Wood also noted that she did all of the landOutside of just painting for the sheer joy it scaping around her home and has been fea- brings, Wood said that she has done and does tured on both the home tour and garden tour. take commissions, but the person inquiring “Design is exciting. It’s problem solving,” she must allow her to work within her own palette. said.

“I like bar scenes, crowd scenes and indoors. I While in Chicago, Wood said she showed give some input, and then say ‘if you like it, you many of her pieces at the Plum Line Gallery in can buy it, if you don’t, that’s fine.’”

Evanston, Ill. Before the gallery closed, she said She went on to explain that the art world she could not keep her art in stock there, as it was very popular.

Wood said she uses no visual references for her paintings, there is no story she centers on and paints no one that she knows. They develop under her skilled hands and take on a narrative of their own. She encourages those that view her art to “make your own story” out of her painting. In her gallery biography, she states, “I paint intuitively and let these figures grow and evolve into distinct personalities, interacting with one another in decadent abandon, possibly postulating some vague social commentary.”

She said she often receives questions on her subject matter, as painting nudes can stir up a sea of curiosity, but Wood said the reason Bonnie Wood works on a painting in her Pentwater studio as a yet to be completed work of art hangs on the wall. is simple and her paintings are “not for titillation.” The uncontroversial and prag- and market is fluid and cyclical. She said that day the year around. Sometimes, she noted, matic reasoning behind her choice is that she figurative art is not moving so much right now she has to “wipe out a character” and all of her started out with only four hues, and creating a and she currently does not have any represen- characters start as nudes.“They love to interact, flesh color from those was a given choice. “My tation in any of the downtown Pentwater art they are responding to each other,” Wood said work is always a surprise to me,” she said. “I’ve galleries, but she said people still inquire about of her characters. “That’s when I know they are finished.” sold a lot of work over the years. I’ve found that her regularly.

Each year, Wood creates a Christmas card to adding clothing makes (my characters) more Up until last year, she had been in Art on the send out that always depicts nudes. “It’s someinteresting, with more texture. I just start with Town Gallery for over 10 years. She currently what spiritual, with a star. The nudes are on a a brush and it develops from there. I work intui- has her works on display and for sale in the J rooftop looking at a star.” tively, like an abstract artist. I’m not sure where Petter Galleries in Douglas, Mich. and at the Wood said she has completed several hunto go with it, clothing or not, until it’s finished,” Tamarack Gallery in Omena, Mich. dred pieces since she began to paint and has Wood said. “I use no visual reference whatsoWood said that she does name each of her never taken nor given classes. ever. I don’t know what these people are going paintings, sometimes on the way to drop them For those interested in viewing, purchasto be like. Some characters even repeat them- off to the gallery. Some of these include: “Faming or commissioning Wood’s art, she can be selves.” ily Secrets” which features four people and a Unlike other artists, who are very critical of dog, “Extended Family” depicts seven people contacted by e-mail at bonnw@att.net or by their earlier work, as their skill level has pro- with “different looks” and a white cat, and oth- phone at 312-316-6334.

“There is a certain following for this type of gressed, Wood is on the opposite end of that ers “The Bathing Club,” “Closing Time” and art,” Wood said. “These certainly are conversaspectrum. “When I look at my older work, I “Downstairs Folk” to name a very select few. tion pieces.”

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