11/13/2024
STUDIO SHOW
November 22-23
Friday, 10 - 8, Saturday 11-5
101 Judd Street
Marine On St Croix, MN
Featuring the work of:
Mary Jo Van Dell, oil painting
Don Gahr, folk art
Laura Albertson, textile
Ani Kasten, potter
Maggie Jaszczak, potter
Talking today about Don Gahr and his work.
Don Gahr began his artistic career with a painter’s brush, but the wood carver’s knife, clamps and chisel have carried him a long way down the road to recognition. Many of his works wind up in displays in corporate offices, hospitals and headquarters. His work is part of the permanent collection at the Minnesota Historical Society and Mayo Clinic. Smaller examples of his creations are equally at home mounted on the walls or resting on the mantels above the fireplaces of numerous collectors throughout the country.
Gahr works with bass wood, white pine, redwood, birch and oak. He stains his pieces with five to ten coats of oil glazes and varnish. In his rural Wisconsin setting Gahr often finds pieces of wood whose shape suggests to him an idea or a creature to be fashioned with the tools of his profession.
It can be a swooping hawk, a gliding bird, a leaping lizard, howling wolves or animals at rest. Gahr’s animals can be extremely humorous and charming. Gahr’s sly sense of humor shows through in some of his work.
Many new pieces of Dons work will available to view and buy at the November Studio Show. Don will be available to talk to you on Saturday November 23rd from
1 - 3pm.
