22 | September 19, 2019 | the frankfort station life & arts frankfortstationdaily.com Frankfort artists’ work featured at art fair Submitted by Park Forest Art Fair Pictured is “Garden Queen,” a painting created by Frankfort artist Margi Hafer, whose work will be showcased at the Park Forest Art Fair the weekend of Saturday, Sept. 21. Photos submitted Boasting a rich history and wealth of gifted artists, along with status as one of the Southland’s most valued annual treasures, the Park Forest Art Fair, sponsored by Tall Grass Arts Association, in September celebrates its 64th year from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, and Sunday, Sept. 22, in downtown Park Forest on the Village Green. The artists hail from all over the metropolitan area. This year TGAA is pleased to introduce 23 new artists, as well as many returning artists. One of the new artists is Catherine Trezek of Mokena. Certainly familiar to south suburban art lovers will be Frankfort residents Margi Hafer, Richard Schmidt and Mary Ann Trzyna. Catherine Trezek is an oil painter. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Oxbow School of Art in Michigan. Trezek says she tries to express the relationship between love and nature in her art. Her technique includes soft brush strokes and colors of light to invoke the feelings of love. Hafer is a multi-media artist currently working predominantly in watercolor, acrylics and mixed media collage. She explains, “I have always experimented in new media techniques, stretching my experience as an artist. My work often has a spiritual quality that relates to my inner feelings as a woman with the roles of daughter, sister, wife, mother of four and grandmother of nine, feeding my visions and energizing my spirit.” Schmidt has been exhibiting in the Park Forest Art Fair and Tall Grass Gallery since 1990. He works in oils and watercolors and interprets the colors and light using a wet on wet technique and a modified pointillism style. His work is representational with a slight impressionistic edge. Trzyna has been exhibiting in the Park Forest Art Fair for approximately 11 years. One of the first places she publicly showed her art was the Tall Grass Arts Association Gallery. Most of her current work is landscape and still life paintings in pastel or oil. Her style is realistic and one of her most recent Tall Grass exhibit was an exhibit of highly realistic still lifes. For four years in a row, the Park Forest Art Fair has won the national “America’s Best Art Fair Awards” competition sponsored by ArtFairCalendar.com, the No. 1 website for art fair event listings. The survey recognized Park Forest Art Fair as one of the best small, juried, fine art fairs in the country. “This is the second oldest juried art fair in the Chicagoland region and it has maintained its quality over the years,” event Chairwoman Janet Muchnik said. Muchnik emphasized Frankfort artist Richard Schmidt, who works with oils and watercolors, painted the pictured image, “Pete’s Curiosity.” His work will also be on display at the Park Forest Art Fair. Frankfort artist Mary Ann Trzyna, whose work can be seen at the Park Forest Art Fair, created this pastel image of a lake horizon. the event always attracts a variety of talents, some new artists and many who have exhibited continuously for nearly four decades. “Fair visitors have a tradition here of talking with the artists and in fact, the artists expect people to stop by and chat,” she said. The eclectic nature of the fair is quickly visible to visitors who will see ceramics, etchings, sculpture, photographs, paintings in many media, digital art works, jewelry featuring original elements and hand-blown glass. A special feature of the fair is the Kids Art Alley, which offers a range of hands-on art activities to delight the younger set, including the almost legendary Children’s Art Contest. Food vendors will be on site including Poppin’ Plates, Exquisite Pound Cakes, Flaming Hotties, Terrell’s BBQ and Southland Caterers. The acclaimed Tall Grass Arts Association Gallery, 367 Artists Walk in Downtown, will be open during the fair with a traditional summer exhibit of works by gallery artists. More information is online at tallgrassarts.org, on the Tall Grass Facebook page and by calling the gallery, (708) 748-3377.
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