Nancy Stroupe

 

Artist’s Contact Information:

 

stroupe@wmich.edu

 

269 345 0985 (home and studio)

 

 

I am currently showing at Midtown Gallery, Kalamazoo, on a regular basis.

 

Work shown previously at:

 

Carnegie Center for the Arts

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

Kingscott Gallery, Kalamazoo

People's Church, Kalamazoo

First Presbyterian Church, Kalamazoo

First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo

Friendship Village, Kalamazoo

Battlecreek Center for the Arts

Traveling exhibit sponsored by Alma College

Library, Western Michigan University

Park St. Gallery, Kalamazoo

Kripala Institute, New York

I have always loved making things. The process and the product are  sources of pleasure for me. The making takes various forms: I began  as a painter, discovered printing and worked as a lithographer for  several years, then turned to relief prints. Linocut begged for embellishment, so I collaged images, many of them inspired by the major religions of our planet.

Recently I have handprinted tiles and am again painting, this time on tile surfaces as well as canvas.

 

I continue to be drawn to images which suggest something beyond the immediate and apparent--probably a reflection of my studies in literature, psychology and theology. Wife, mother of three sons,

grandmother recently, I am retired from teaching, ministry and counseling to continue full time at my oldest profession--art.