Pyle Center Solo Exhibition

I have forty-two paintings on exhibit on the first floor of The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, Wisconsin. My exhibition will be up until January 12, 2023.

The Pyle Center is open 8:45 am – 4:30 pm every business day. The building may be open earlier or later according to business demands. Call the front desk to inquire about hours: 608.262.1122. email: pylecenter@pyle.wisc.edu

Plymouth Holiday Membership Exhibition

Sleigh Ride 9 x 12 watercolor $580
Best of Show Award

My painting Sleigh Ride won Best of Show at the 27th Annual Holiday Membership Exhibition in Gallery 110 North, inside the Plymouth Arts Center. The exhibition with artwork from 78 member artists will be up until Friday, January 13, 2023.

Lori Beringer, judge’s statement: Can you hear it? Swish, thump cold wind, sun shining. I am transported with all my senses and imagining. A confident hand, bold and masterfully creating depth, bursting the subject forward out of its framed existence! The shadowed path and grasses describe the typography beautifully. Music in paint. Harmony in shapes and color. Visual made into poetry!

Admission is free and is open to the public. The Plymouth Arts Center is located at 520 E Mill Street, Plymouth, Wisconsin. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 4 pm. Saturday – Sunday 1 – 3 pm. Closed Monday and holidays. 920.892.8409 www.plymoutharts.org

Apalachicola Quickdraw

Dry Dock

In March I participated in the Forgotten Coast en Plein Air quickdraw in Apalachicola, Florida and won Second Place for Dry Dock. It was a warm, rainy day. I had trouble finding a dry location to paint out of the rain. I found an overhang and chose to paint several boats in dry dock.

Plum Bottom Gallery Plein Air Day

Keary Kautzer painting en plein air
On Saturday, July 23, 2022 you are invited to come watch me paint en plein air at two locations of Plum Bottom Gallery…Fish Creek and Egg Harbor, Wisconsin.

From 9 am to 11 am I will be painting outside Plum Bottom Gallery’s Fish Creek location at 4175 Main Street, Fish Creek. Their new gallery is located next door to Hide Side Corner Store on Highway 42 and Main Street.

From noon to 3 pm Plum Bottom Gallery will be hosting a Plein Air Day in honor of the Door County Plein Air Festival at 4999 Plum Bottom Road, Egg Harbor. Any painter in the Door County community is welcome to come paint on their 20 acres and the public is invited to watch them paint during this time.

The Plum Bottom Gallery at this location will feature my work and also the works of Thomas Buchs, Stephanie Lord, Stephen Wycowski, Tom Smith, and Pamela Grabber.

Plum Bottom Gallery represents over one hundred artists from across the country. The galleries are open year-round Sunday – Thursday 10 am – 5 pm and Friday – Saturday 10 am to 6 pm. Phone: 920.393.7885 for more information. My paintings are available for purchase online at www.plumbottomgallery.com

Artist Spotlight: Keary Kautzer

I am featured in the e-newsletter for the July 20, 2022 issue of Plein Air Today. I shared where I find inspiration for painting and how I got started in my art career.

Click the link below and scroll down to the Artist Spotlight section of the newsletter.

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Thelma Plein Air 2022

Father’s Day, oil, 16″ x 8″ $540

Carousel, oil, 12″ x 9″ $460

Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fond du Lac hosted their first annual Thelma Plein Air event June 17 – June 23, 2022. I am happy to announce that I won the First Place Award for my painting Father’s Day and Honorable Mention for my painting Carousel. Both of the paintings were painted en plein air at Lakeside Park. The paintings will be on exhibit until August 6.

Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts is located at 51 Sheboygan Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm. Saturday 10 am – 3 pm. Closed Sunday. Admission is free. Parking is free along Main Street with a two-hour limit on weekdays from 8 am to 6 pm. Call 920.921.5410 for more information.

Spring Art Show

Ice Age Trail 14 x 21 oil
Escarpment   11 x 14  acrylic
Escarpment 11 x 14 acrylic

Spring Show Reception on Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 2 pm to 6 pm. I will be one of the featured artists at Plum Bottom Gallery located at 4999 Plum Bottom Road, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin. I will be available to tell you what inspired me to paint some of my favorite paintings on exhibit. I look forward to seeing you there.

Plein Air Day Celebration on July 23, 2022 from noon to 3 pm. I will be one of six artists painting outside at the 4999 Plum Bottom Road location outside of Egg Harbor. Come learn why we are so passionate about painting on location.

Plum Bottom Gallery has a new gallery in Fish Creek next to the Hide Side store. Their Grand Opening Celebration will be on Saturday, June 18 from 4 pm to 7 pm.

Plum Bottom Gallery represents over one hundred artists from across the country. The galleries are open year-round Sunday – Thursday 10 am – 5 pm and Friday – Saturday 10 am to 6 pm. Phone: 920.393.7885 for more information.

Most of my paintings are posted online at www.plumbottomgallery.com and kearykautzer.com.

Pyle Center hosts WRAP Exhibition

Returning to Port 9 x 12 watercolor $380
Dusk 14 x 21 watercolor $640

I am exhibiting two of my favorite paintings on the first floor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Pyle CenterReturning to Port and Dusk. They will be up until April 2 10 am. The exhibit is part of the Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP). The Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) provides statewide art workshops and exhibits for nonprofessional artists.  Art work is shown in a noncompetitive exhibit in regional communities.  Each one has a different artist demonstration or slide lecture and may have a different judge to lead the afternoon critique.   The exhibit judge answers questions on design, composition, and technique during a group critique and evaluative discussion.  You may enter as many Wisconsin Regional Art Workshops as you like. 

The WRAP Exhibit cycle runs July 1 to June 30.  State Award Winners chosen between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022 will be invited to participate in the Annual State WRAP Exhibit in Wausau in July and August, 2022.  An artist may show only one work, even if multiple State Exhibit Awards have been received.

At the conclusion of the exhibit is the annual State Conference. Two days of festivities celebrating the art and artists of the annual exhibit include a gala Evening with the Arts and “State Day”.   

The Pyle Center is located at 702 Langdon Street, Madison, Wisconsin. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 7:45 am – 4:00 pm and weekends if there is an event there. You may call the front desk to ask to confirm the gallery hours 608-262-1122.

Paintings at Plum Bottom Gallery, Egg Harbor

Wintergreen
Nicolet Bay 11 x 14 framed. $300

I invite you to come visit both Plum Bottom Galleries in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin. I have ten paintings at the Plum Bottom Gallery, 4999 Plum Bottom Road and 7813 State Highway 42, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin. There are two galleries. One is on Plum Bottom Road nestled in twenty acres among perennial gardens, woods, and prairie and has become a Door County art destination. The newest gallery in downtown Egg Harbor is located in the heart of the village and features views of Green Bay in a 120 year old homestead.

Plum Bottom Gallery represents over eighty artists and has been named Best Gallery in Door County. The galleries are open year round every day from 10 am to 5 pm. Phone: 920.393.7885

You can view my paintings online via their website: www.plumbottomgallery.com search for artists