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Artist Statement
I remember the fun of being involved in designing class floats, dance routines,
posters. That’s about as close as I got to art in my youth. There was no
encouragement in the arts as such, and little exposure to anything beyond our
small town. But at a small school you could pretty much be involved in any
activity you wanted so in many ways the opportunities were broader than in a
larger city. And usually youth were expected and allowed to handle their own
activities which gave us freedom to create .
Years
later I met Steve who had benefited from an art education I hardly even knew
existed. He knew how to turn visions into objects, and
introduced me to designing, inventing, building, and carving in wood. I discovered
a world I love; where the hand, eye and the spirit dance, and the possibilities
are endless. I
don’t separate art and craft, whether of life or objects. Creativity begets
creativity, whether writing or carving or painting or playing music, each area blends into another which leads to something different.
There
is so much to explore, to discover. Creative expression is difficult, fun, time
consuming, challenging, satisfying, a lot of work — sometimes all at the same
time. Chaotic and
peaceful, it has become an everyday part of my life. It gets into everything I
do, and drags me into more. It connects me to myself. It connects me to those
around me. Everyone who touches my art adds to it, to me, and I to them. Along
with the intensity and frustration, there is a lot of fun. The way of life I’ve
chosen allows me my way of art. It’s a good way to live, and it suits me.
Sue
Robishaw
Selected Juried / Invitational Exhibitions &
Awards
Animal/Vegetable/Mineral Show — Berkowitz Gallery, Univ. Mich.–Dearborn MI
Art on the Rocks, Marquette MI — Juror and Awards Judge
Artists in the Round, Marquette MI — Award
Bay Arts Member Shows — Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba MI — Awards
Creativity Unfolding — Solo Exhibit — Kasota Gallery, Bonifas Fine Art Center
Expressions Art Show & Auction, Marquette MI
Expressions In Wood and Wool, Marquette MI — 3 Person Exhibition
Glacier Glide, Marquette MI — Awards Judge
Into the Woods — Marquette County History Museum — special exhibit
Language of the Lakes — Bonifas Art Center, Escanaba MI
LSAA Juried Member Show — University Art Gallery, Marquette MI — Awards
Northern Exposure Shows — Bonifas Fine Art Center, Escanaba MI — Awards
Superior States, Governor’s Invitational — Lansing MI
Wood and Watercolor — Bay College Art Gallery — 2 person Exhibition
ManyTracks -- Sue
Robishaw and Steve Schmeck
We live and work in our home, studio, and shop in the northwoods of
Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Our art, our work, our lives, and our play
interweave and blend to such a degree that it is often hard to tell where one
ends and the other begins, which is how we like it to be.
Our interest in a sustainable lifestyle and world permeates
our life and work. The sun provides our electricity, the wind pumps our water,
and the woods and the sun heat our home and cook our food. We strive to live a
non-disposable life.
The artwork that is created by each of us reflects our lives,
both inner and outer, individually and as a part of the larger communities in
which we live.
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