Carol Brauer-Schmidt - oil pastel and mixed media
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My artwork emerges from the child in me who loves color and the feel of making marks on paper. Shapes motivate me, and my enjoyment comes from exaggerating and simplifying these shapes in color, form, texture, and sometimes a little whimsy.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 For the Beauty of the Earth, Artist's Alliance group show, Atrium Gallery, Grand Haven, Michigan
2007 Evoking the Mystery, Artist's Alliance group show, Gallery Uptown, Grand Haven
2006 Vanishing Landscapes Artist's Alliance group show, BBAC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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Walks of Life - Golden Autumn

 

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2006 Images of Europe, Three Person Show, Gallery Uptown, Grand Haven, Michigan

2004 Bonjour...Adios, Two Person Show, Gallery Uptown, Grand Haven, Michigan

2004 Vanishing Landscapes, Artists Alliance Theme Show, Gallery Uptown, Grand Haven, Michigan

2003 Great Lakes Pastel Society, Juried Competition, Midland, Michigan

2003 Four Pastelists Only, Gallery Uptown, Four Person Show, Grand Haven, Michigan

2002 911 Reflect & Respond, Battle Creek Art Center, Juried Competition, Battle Creek, Michigan

2002, 2003, 2006 Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Juried Competition, Muskegon, Michigan

2002 Festival of the Arts Juried Competition, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2001 Crooked Tree Art Center, Juried Competition, Petoskey, Michigan

2001 Van Singel Center, Group Show, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2001 “Color Play”, Off the Wall Gallery, Two Person Show, Muskegon, Michigan

2000 “Travels”, Gallery Upstairs, Two Person Show, Grand Haven, Michigan

1998-2001, 2005 Celebration Annual Juried Competition, Grand Rapids, Michigan

1988-2008 Lakeland Artists Shows, Grand Haven, Michigan

1998-2007 Winterfest Juried Competitions, Grand Haven, Michigan

1997 Hoeksema Gallery Invitational Show, Grand Haven, Michigan

1997 Women’s Issues Juried Competition, Grand Rapids, Michigan

1995 Bettye Clarke Cannon Gallery, Two Person Summer, Show, Muskegon, Michigan

Maude’s Gallery, Ludington, Michigan
Lakeland Artists, Grand Haven, Michigan

CIVA

Art Teacher, St. John’s Lutheran School, Grand Haven, Michigan

Art Talks & Demonstrations

EDUCATION

1997, 1991 Oxbow School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Saugatuck, Michigan

1992 Grand Valley State University Summer Arts Program, France

1968 Valparaiso University, BA, Art Education, Valparaiso, Indiana


COLLECTIONS (Corporate, Private, Public)

Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Michigan

North Ottawa Community Hospital, Grand Haven, Michigan

Mercy General Health Partners, Muskegon, Michigan

Fifth Third Bank, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Brauer Productions, Traverse City, Michigan

Hampstead Interiors, Ann Arbor, Michigan

St. John’s Lutheran School, Grand Haven, Michigan

International Aid, Inc., Spring Lake, Michigan

Children’s Assessment Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan

SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS

2008, 2005, 2001, 1999 FUMC Celebration Award, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2005, 2000, 1998 Winterfest Award, Grand Haven, Michigan

1999-2008, 1992-1996 Lakeland Artists Awards, Grand Haven, Michigan

2003 Pastel Journal magazine, July/August issue featured oil pastel artist
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