Rosie Kuhn Bouse After enjoying a tour of the CATC building with grandfather Bob Cornelius, Kai’s grandmother Martha queried the eight-year-old, “What did you see?” His candid answer was, “a place where ‘old’ people make beautiful things.” How correct he is, because Bob is among the folks who create beautiful things. He is primarily a…
Rosie Kuhn Bouse “Shush!” whispered Santa Ann Swirczynski as she addressed her class full of happy elves on Nov. 17. “Don’t let it be known that we used ‘alcohol’ in the Indian Paint Brush Room.” The class had a blast using alcohol inks to decorate glass ornaments for family and friends. The creative juices flowed…
Rosie Kuhn Bouse For 20 years, Carolyn Buchmann has been an active member of the Paint & Palette Club. She has been painting and drawing most of her life. She was educated at Indiana University, majoring in art education. While living in Florida, she enhanced her artistic abilities by taking further classes with well-known American…
Rosie Kuhn Bouse Ray is often seen painting in the Indian Paintbrush Room 103 in the CATC building on Mondays and Fridays. Anyone who frequents this room will probably discover Ray over in “his corner” with paintbrush in hand and his own palette of colors ready to use or mix creatively. There has been a…
Rosie Bouse Ron Hale and his wife Nancy lived in many colorful places during his Navy career: Rhode Island, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Cuba, and Spain. After retiring from the Navy in 1990, where he served as a Chief Boatswain Mate, Hale’s interest in art accelerated. He had time to pursue a Bachelor of Fine…
Rosie Bous Upon meeting Julia Kellogg, one might think that she was a born artist. “To the contrary,” she says, Julia did not delve into her painting and collage creations until 2010 after retiring from her 29-year career as a corporate executive for Kohl’s. It was, however, in Julia’s genes to create lovely works of…
Rosie Bouse There was a happy hum in the clubhouse hallways as attendees of the “Art Is Our Happy Place” winter exhibition came to meet the artists on Feb. 22. The guests ambled leisurely, chatting with the artists during the cocktail hour, which preceded the Big Swing’n Band dance. A wide variety of art was…
Rosie Bouse Not long after October’s pumpkins had been prepared into November’s palate-pleasing Thanksgiving pies, December’s parties produced pounds of pasties, plum puddings, more pies, and perhaps a few more pounds for each of us! Such was the spread at Paint & Palette’s Christmas party. Deb’s dessert was not only picture perfect but decadent. Mary…
Rosie Bouse Janet Coddington was a school counselor by profession, but her interest in art has been rekindled in retirement. She now is enjoying her membership in the Paint & Palette Club. Her story and art are displayed in our window in the CATC building. There you will find quite an assortment of Janet’s delightful…
Rosie Bouse If you were to observe Ann Swirczynski’s workshop on Creating Holiday Ornaments with Alcohol Inks, you would note a definitely happy holiday hum. The Indian Paintbrush Room in the CATC building was buzzing with creativity as participants transformed plain glass globes into regal orbs, sure to be treasured as heirlooms by family and…