Artists

Jeannette T. White

Jeannette has had a lifelong love of the arts. Her interest in art was peaked, when as a child, she watched her mother draw and paint. Jeannette earned a degree in Art Education from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee and a Masters in Teaching and Leadership from St. Xavier University in Chicago. Her teaching experience spans 25 years. Throughout her teaching career, Jeannette continued moving forward with personal creative endeavors which included painting in watercolor and oil.

Jeannette has a studio at 16th Street Studios in the Racine Business Center, Racine, WI. She is an accomplished artist who has had many successful exhibitions. Her paintings can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States.

Visit Jeannette’s website.

Richard Bell

Laughter is good medicine

Life Seemed Good, But… is a collection of over 90 short funny stories. Imagine a cross between Aesop’s Fables and the Brothers Grimm. Richard started writing humor as therapy back in 2004 when his wife was diagnosed with leukemia. Shortly after that they were both laid off from there jobs. Since Richards stories helped him deal with the great stress he was under, he thought that perhaps they could help others as well.

Born in Chicago and now living in Wisconsin Richard started writing a monthly column for Wassup Local magazine called Modern Fables (Lake County IL) in 2008. In 2011 it turned into an eBook, and today it is a paperback. Richard donate proceeds from his book to cancer and Alzheimer’s research at Rosalind Franklin University in North Chicago.

The book is rated PG for minor drug references, limited cartoon violence, anti-humor and bad puns. Due to circumstances, some of the stories are dark humor. It is a picture of life in and around the Mystee forest as viewed by a variety of talking animals, strange characters, and the author’s twisted perception of reality, often involving lasers and aluminum foil. The stories appear random but contain many interconnections as well as hidden trivia. It just might be the funniest thing you ever read.

Books can be purchased at The Red Oak Restaurant

Juli Janovicz

Juli searches for the poetry between what is seen and what can’t be explained. She draws and paintsbthe flowers and the colors as they feel. Though the flowers are removed from the garden the garden remains. It is this tension and movement she tries to portray on a flat piece of watercolor paper. The essence of the individual bloom and the nuances of the vase capture her imagination. As she draws and paints, the color of the flowers and the memory of the garden vibrate in their container.

Juli arrived at painting from other art forms with a B.A. in English and a Master’s in Library and Information Science. She immersed herself in cottage gardening for more than twenty-five years, studying garden design, color theory, antique flowers and historic gardens. Juli took classes in the studio art program in Expressive Botanical Arts at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois. Her studio is at 16th Street Studios, located is Racine Business Center, Racine, WI. Juli’s work can be found at local galleries and restaurants in Racine, Kenosha and northern Illinois areas.

To learn more about Juli Janovicz and see more of her artwork visit her Instagram, Facebook or The Blue Moon Gallery.