Red Door Gallery

St.Hilaire best known for her soda fired ceramic wall installations. Her architectural influence allows her to design site specific work and also push ceramics to a more contemporary fixture within space. Her work can be seen in many public, private, and corporate collections throughout the US and Canada.

Grubich has always been at the fore front of contemporary ceramics inspiring the audience to take a long look at his biology inspired forms. His attention to detail and texture further invites the audience to interact with the work.  Grubich has won many national awards for his ceramics including Ceramics Award from Muskegon Art Institute and the Morse Museum Award of Winter Park Florida. Publication feature in Ceramics Monthly, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Press.

St.Hilaire, a career long wood worker and craftsman, has finely blossomed into his own as he produces one of a kind furniture that is not only aesthetically beautiful but nurturing to the environment as well. All his work is produced with wood that once has a previous life in century old homes. It is all recycled and used for our enjoyment..

Strabel known for her experimental twist on water color keeps us excited with every new piece. Using a wide variety of techniques and materials often in a collage type method to created creative abstract compositions.

Peters, a Ludington resident, has captured our areas landscapes like no other. She is best known for her use of hand- made paper to add texture and depth to her acrylic painting. Her palette is bold and reminiscent of the colors of our seasons. She is wildly celebrated and a must have for Northern Michigan collectors.

Blankinship, one of the area’s most recognizable water color artist is a character from one of her own paintings. She along with others dance through her work as fun loving gestural figures that show the  artists’ confidence and freedom with her medium.  Her vibrant palette only begins with the tips of her red toes.

Dalman a wood fired potter from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, creates extraordinary functional ware that can be seen in many homes and on tables throughout Michigan. As a master potter one can see the confidence through his use of gesture in both his forms and his brush work. He is a must have for ceramic collectors.

Uren, a Marquette resident, is a refined wood worker that exemplifies the beauty of native Michigan wood. Whether it’s being used in a one of a kind piece of furniture or a functional cutting board his attention to detail is never failing. His contemporary designs have been featured in American Style and many other publications in the world of fine contemporary craft.

Barh’s Michigan landscapes allow the audience to imagine themselves cruising down a back country road and becoming part of one of her pastels. Her bright bold colors excite her serene and peaceful compositions. When up close one can absorb her exceptional focus to detail and her layers of texture that make her pieces jump off the wall.

As one of the original artist of The Red Door, Kelly is at the fore front of contemporary fiber art. She has won many accolades for her embroidery and appliqué work. Her use of color and form to create one of kind pieces that are a must see and have for ever Northern Michigan home. Kelly who is heavily inspired by her surroundings and passion for outdoors focuses and highlights the beauty she sees around her.

Born and raised in Northern Lower Michigan Koehler recalls the arts and the natural world always being a huge part of her life. Bridging her two passions of nature and art together she has begun to develop a dialogue between the viewer and the natural world as she creates expressive tree forms and moody landscapes through several print making techniques.

Stretar, a young and upcoming artist who expresses his passion for his natural surroundings through the use of pastels, is unmistakably a magician at making the audience come back for a second look. His works soft presence makes one feel as though they are looking at an antique painting. The classic and mature compositions are truly fitting for even the most conservative collections.