Geneva Lake Art Association

Great Teachers Inspire

All of the award winning GLAA Art School instructors have art backgrounds, many years of experience, and are considered leaders in the art community.  Frequently exhibiting at the GLAA Gallery, they also exhibit outside of our Gallery. Please check their websites for a look at their beautiful artwork and join us for enlightening classes sure to improve your skills. Classes are small so individualized instruction can be given. Chat with other artists, share techniques, and get creative at the GLAA Art School.

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Meet The GLAA Art School & Workshop Instructors

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Harry Quinn

A graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), he is the owner of Visual Rhythm Design in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and teaches at the Art Institute of Wisconsin. A Lake Geneva resident, Harry Quinn's paintings and drawings grace many homes and businesses from New York to California and especially in the Bahamas, where he has an established reputation as a pastel and oil portrait artist.

Ken Cottingham

Pam Ring

Pam Ring has been a collage artist for over 30 years. For 5 years she was the display artist for the Westchester, New York, AC Moore Co., an arts and crafts store,. Most recently she was the artist-in-residence for the Shades Repertory Theater in Haverstraw, New York. Her work has also been licensed for holiday greeting cards. Although largely self-taught, she has studied under many well known mixed media artists, notably Claudine Hellmuth, Bev Braxton and Kelly Killmer.

Ms. Ring states that her collages are the ultimate in "green" art, for she uses found material in all her pieces - ephemera, billboard papers, flea market finds. She works in small formats so that her work is affordable to all who appreciate and desire to own original works of art.

Her work is readily identifiable - bright colors, easy to navigate compositions and whimsical juxtapositions. She recently expanded her work to include collaged jewelry.

Ms. Ring works out of her home studio in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where she lives with her husband and 3 dogs.

Jack Nichols

Few artists offer such depth or experience. Jack has a distinguished career creating memorable visual images. His portfolio includes wholly original characters, award-winning package designs and digital graphics for top-selling computer and video games. Employers/clients have included Pizza Time Theatre, where Jack created all the characters (including Chuck E. Cheese) and character-related merchandise for Marriott’s Great America theme park, Walt Disney World and Mindscape. From his art studio in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Jack’s unique blend of talent and whimsy is now available to all.

Mickey Fielitz

Nancy Newcomb

Nancy has been teaching the art of transparent watercolor in workshops all over the country for over twenty years. Her ability as a Master Teacher and award-winning artist make her workshops popular. Educated at the Art Institute of Chicago, Northern Illinois University, and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, plus studying with some of the watercolor workshop "greats", have helped to hone her skills.

Lynne Railsback

I don’t paint roses, orchids or iris. The plants that grow in the woods and prairies in the Midwest are my subjects. I particularly enjoy the plants in fall and winter with their interesting shapes, colors and textures.  I begin a painting without doing preliminary studies, drawing pencil lines on the paper or relying on photographs. Instead my inspiration is the physical plant "close up and personal". My pigments are limited to Viridian, Permanent Rose, Burnt Umber, Aureolin & French Ultramarine; my paper Strathmore 500 series 3 ply Bristol board and my brushes Jack Richeson 9000 series #3/0, #0/0 & #1/0. I have been privileged to have solo exhibitions in botanical gardens and arboretums as well as to be included in group exhibitions throughout the United States and U.K. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Janesville Rotary Gardens, New York State Museum, Racine Art Museum, Springfield Museum of Art, Zurich USA, and many private collectors have purchased my watercolors.. My work can be seen in many publications including "Today's Botanical Artists". I enjoy sharing my techniques and experiences with the students I teach as well as encourage them to develop their own style of painting.

Click here to view Lynne's GLAA Website Member Page.

Sandra Fink-May