Author Archives: violetpie

In the fall of 2008, the Chipstone Foundation and the Milwaukee Art Museum did a complete overhaul of their American Collections Galleries.All the murals from 2001 are now gone, all the walls rearranged, and the galleries are transformed. The new … Continue reading →

This was an easy and fun lead-in wall to paint, from the exhibit "The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs"…The scroll design was taken from one of his pieces, and I always enjoy doing large lettering. A couple of in process … Continue reading →

For the 2008 Decorative Arts show, J. Palin Thorley: Modern and Traditional Design in Twentieth-Century Ceramics , I was asked to paint a lead-in wall re-creating a Thorley "cartoon" design whaich was featured in the show. Here is the finished … Continue reading →

The Degas Sculptures show at MAM was also full of really fun projects for me. In addition to the lead-in wall, I was asked to paint his "Little Dancer" on the wall behind the piece, very large scale, and to … Continue reading →

This show is a favorite of mine…probably because I enjoyed the painting so much. Tea Table Coffee Table was a show from 2005 at MAM. This one was again curated by Glenn Adamson. I was asked to create wall murals … Continue reading →

Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony was a show at the Milwaukee art Museum from 2004, a temporary exhibit in the Decorative Arts galleries.  I was asked to do two wall murals, one to be created from the carved … Continue reading →

The blockbuster show from 2004 at the Milwaukee Art Museum, American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts,1790-1840, was another Chipstone curated/Lou Storey  designed collaboration. I think there were more projects for me in this show than any other. Lou asked if … Continue reading →

In 2003, I was asked to do a large number of murals and other things for the Milwaukee Art Museum’s major show called Industrial Strength Design: How Brooks Stevens Shaped Your World. Again, this show was designed by Lou Storey, … Continue reading →

Back in 2000, I was asked by exhibition designer, Lou Storey, to paint some murals for the new installation in the Decorative Arts wing of the Milwaukee Art Museum…which opened along with Calatrava addition to the Museum in 2001. Here … Continue reading →