News Posts – Page 3 – Brighton Area Historical Society

B.T.O. Clark (Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk Clark and Family)

17-Jun-2017

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Artist: Lawrence S. Falardeau, Lifestrands ArtworkBio: Brightons 150th Anniversary Project, Lifestrandart.com

Duke the Hereford

17-Jun-2017

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Artist: Lisa DeLuca, lisadelucafineart.com Lisa DeLuca is an award winning Michigan artist whose love for interpreting nature on canvas began as far back as kindergarten, where she remembers drawing trees and animals for her classmates. Growing up in Detroit and then later moving to Brighton, has given this prolific painter a diverse cultural foundation to glean […]

Alvira Gilully

17-Jun-2017

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Artist – Patricia Dombecki Bio: I’ve been an artist all my life and can pinpoint it down to when I was four years old and received my first paint set to play with. My interest in art continued from there until I completed my degree in Fine Art from Wayne State University. I worked as an art teacher for community ed, alternative […]

Bessie the Holstein

17-Jun-2017

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Artist: Lisa DeLuca, lisadelucafineart.com Lisa DeLuca is an award winning Michigan artist whose love for interpreting nature on canvas began as far back as kindergarten, where she remembers drawing trees and animals for her classmates. Growing up in Detroit and then later moving to Brighton, has given this prolific painter a diverse cultural foundation to glean […]

John McKinney

17-Jun-2017

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Daniel Marsh

17-Jun-2017

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Artist: Richard Larson, rich.larson@att.net My Brighton historical figures were painted on illustration board and canvas using acrylic paints. Research was necessary to establish facial and clothing details. I worked as a commercial illustrator for forty years in Chicago, Denver and greater Detroit before concentrating on fine art painting.

Orson Quackenbush

17-Jun-2017

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Artist: Diane Schenkel moved to Brighton Michigan in 1970. She graduated from Brighton High School in 1978. During her four years in high school, she had several art classes Diane painted a mural on the wall in the old gym. Painted the high school’s playbill for Man of La Mancha. Had a drawing that hung […]

Alice Jolly – Mrs. Jolly’s Millinery

17-Jun-2017

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Artist: Sarah Grusin Bio: Sarah Grusin enjoys portrait painting and drawing and has been a member of the Brighton Art Guild for 10 years. She took up art more seriously after she retired from the Smithsonian. She used water-based oil paints to create her portrait of Mrs. Jolly. Since there were no photos of Mrs. Jolly, she drew inspiration […]

Railroad Repair Gang

17-Jun-2017

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Original Art by: Susan Sanderson Title: Railroad Repair GangLocation: Brewery Becker500 E Main St. Susan Sanderson is a local artist specializing in painted works using acrylics, watercolor, pastel, and mixed drawing media. She believes artwork has a responsibility to engage, entertain, and educate the viewer on many diverse levels. Her background in mechanical drafting and […]