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B U S I N E S S Cathy Clark Schroeder, Bobbie Calandro, Rachelle Woodard, Claire Friedricks Taylor, Gretchen Armbruster, Kitty Cleveland, Megan Westervelt and Cindy Trist.
For 11 years, Gretchen Armbruster has
Armbruster Artworks School because she gets to teach and mentor a diverse
has never received instruction and helping them
been teaching students in her downtown
group of wonderfully talented people. Her students
discover, little by little, their true ability.”
Covington workshop. The classes, which began
include some of the northshore’s favorite artists,
in her garage, are now in their own home on
whose works hang in galleries and museums across
Columbia Street. She says, “Covington is great
the country. Gretchen enjoys fostering the talents
because there are a variety of restaurants and
of her adult students at any level, and in many
events that take place in downtown.”
mediums, teaching them different techniques.
Gretchen says she loves her job so much
And, she says, “I love working with a student who
Armbruster Artworks is located at 502 Columbia St. in Covington. 630-6295. armbrusterartworks.com.
Rachelle Woodard
Megan Westervelt
Cathy Clark Schroeder
While Rachelle’s interior design portfolio spans
After taking many workshops, Megan
“Art is my passion, and my favorite thing is
over many decades and states, she is also a
Westervelt has found that a regular art
to paint en plein air on my rural property. My
calligrapher, iconographer and artist, working
class at Armbruster Artworks gives her the
art is naturally impressionistic,” says Cathy
in pastel, oil, and watercolor. Through her time
opportunity to paint different subjects
Clark Schroeder. Animals, waterscapes and
spent painting at Armbruster Artworks, her joy
and use different techniques with a great
nudes are her favorite subjects, oil and
and love of painting has returned. She has
teacher and support of classmates. “I love
watercolor her favorite media. “As someone
been recently inspired to paint many of the
to paint landscapes, but also love exploring
who seeks the natural experience of humans
Catholic saints, both ancient and modern day.
subjects that are out of my wheelhouse. I
and animals, I strive to make art that reaches
Rachelle’s online collection at rachellewoodard.
have enjoyed learning about layering color
the hearts of others and makes them
com includes paintings in various media, her
and seeing light in a painting. We usually
happy.” Cathy says her classes with Gretchen
interior design work, pillows, and notecards
paint in oils in class, but I also enjoy other
Armbruster encouraged her to grow with
depicting her recent saint portraits.
mediums.”
expansive subject matter.
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