Meet our fabulous flock of artists!
This group of creatives come from all around Wisconsin, and makes up the artistic and organizational forces behind our shows and events throughout the year.
Nancy Nelson Going
Nancy Nelson Going brings you artistically curated and designed one-of-kind jewelry. Her designs are crafted from high quality precious and semi precious stones, pearls and custom, hand forged metals. She has been beading for 32 years and finds the history of beads, their colors and textures most exciting. Forging metal is a “ new “ love of nearly 15 years and it compliments the organic nature of Nancy's work. She loves all design and finds inspiration for her work in her garden, travels and wild places! Nancy hopes that you'll enjoy your visit and feel right at home on the farm, among the flowers and the Free Range Artists!
Megan Woodard Johnson
Megan Woodard Johnson is a mixed media artist from West Bend. She shows and sells her abstract paintings and across the country. She loves being a part of the Free Range Art Show in the spring! To see what else she's up to, visit her website:
Kandy Gibson
Kandy Gibson is a utilitarian potter who creates pots that are visually pleasing and unique in character, but also useful in everyday life. Each piece of stoneware pottery created reflects her enjoyment for throwing, carving, sketching, embellishing,creating and using, Most of her pieces are wheel thrown but some are hand built. The forms are usually organic in nature, which stems from her love of the balance observed in nature,
Krista V. Allenstein
I like to imagine driving down the road and seeing bright shiny signs filled with encouragement and kindness. Can you imagine the world filled with signs beckoning with “YOU ARE WELCOME HERE” and “YES” instead of “KEEP OUT” or “RESTRICTED”? What would that world look like?
Andrew Linderman
The pots I create are intended to bring artwork into daily living while enhancing the interactions between food, drink, people, and their community. As a craftsperson, I endeavor to create highly utilitarian wares for people to use, touch, see, and experience on a consistent basis.
My forms are loosely inspired by the natural world. Just like all oak trees are distinguished from any other species in the forest, each tree is also unique unto itself. I find beauty in the diversity that handcrafted works bring into our assembly-line culture.
Lisa Brobst
I’m a fine art woodworker who draws inspiration from the harmonious marriage of form and function. Through meticulous craftsmanship, I transform raw materials into functional art pieces that seamlessly integrate into everyday life. With a keen eye for design, I create furniture that not only serves a purpose but also evokes a sense of beauty and sophistication. My work reflects a commitment to timeless aesthetics, durability, and a deep respect for the inherent qualities of the natural material. Each piece is a testament to my dedication to creating functional art that transcends trends, enriching spaces with enduring elegance.
Kerri Schlitz Knapp
Kerri Knapp has always had a passion for painting and color. She thoroughly enjoys carving out time for art by painting landscapes on canvas en plein air or from personal photos. She loves to make a roadside stop to capture the vivid colors of a vista, colors of a sunrise or sunset and cloudscapes.
Karla Fuller
I am a salvage-based artist. I find beauty in the discarded and inspiration from the old & abandoned. Created with reclaimed and vintage ingredients, my mixed media collages and assemblages embrace the unique patina of age and the grace of imperfection. To use found and antiquated materials is an absolute privilege; for they are unique, one-of-a-kind ingredients serendipitously gifted to me as an artist. These materials are treated with regard and appreciation for their historical curio. I give them a second chance at life playing the roles of supporting cast members in my artwork compositions.
Kelli Greentree
Born and raised in and around Milwaukee, WI, Kelli graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in both Painting and Metalsmithing. After completing school she worked at the Milwaukee Art Museum for thirteen years as an Art Preparator/Gallery Technician. This was a fine job, but not the life-long calling she had been searching for.
Mentally ready to take the plunge, Kelli became a full-time professional Artist in 2014. Oil painting has become her main passion, creating colorful illustrative landscapes. She is inspired by nature and the great outdoors, and hope her work conveys the feelings of inspiration, peace, and rejuvenation to those who take a moment to view it. It's a way to remind the viewer (and herself) that every day is a new day, a new start, a new beginning, and a new chance to live your best life. You can find her selling her artwork at art fairs throughout Wisconsin and online.
Mel Kolstad
I am an artist, speaker, instructor and arts advocate from Fond du Lac, WI. I am a printmaker and collage artist, specializing in large series of tiny art.
Emiko & Mark Franzen
Hello! We are Emiko + Mark Franzen, and we're fine-art photographers based out of Grafton, WI. We are cat parents, and lovers of all things vintage. Spending time in nature is so inspiring to us. We love connecting with others through the unique perspective of our art.
Shari Grenzow Mauer
I’ve been a working artist since I was in my 20’s, mostly self-taught. I’ve worked as a designer of wood signs and award plaques, a laser operator, and spent many years traveling to art and craft shows in the Eastern half of the US selling my work. Since 2020 I’ve concentrated on learning to cut salvaged metal items with my plasma torch. I had lots of time during the pandemic to practice. All of my work is done freehand, sketching the pattern on the metal with chalk and cutting with a hand-held torch. The pieces are beautiful when they’re lit up after dark.
Roxane Mayeur
Roxane Mayeur works in the wax-based media of encaustic painting, consisting of layers of molten beeswax and tree resin, as well as cold wax medium. The layered wax surfaces can be highly textured and opaque or transparent and luminous. Roxane adds both vibrant colors and muted earth tones by embedding mixed media such as oil paint, dry pigments, marble dust, graphite, ink, and digital photography into the wax layers. Each piece employs an element of chance, making it unique and visually dynamic.
Christina Persika
Christina Persika of Persika Design Co. is a Milwaukee-based mixed-media artist, designer and muralist. Her work features motifs of nature and fauna that are infused with Scandinavian influence and folk art inspirations. Christina’s work meets the worlds of fine and applied arts through her joyful creations of original paintings, art prints, greeting cards, and hand-made objects.
Emily Graf
To me, the art of wet felting is about enjoying the process and pushing the limits of the materials. I can become completely absorbed and entranced when sculpting my products, focused on what is right in front of me as well as the texture and smell of the wool. I love the fact that, using the same natural materials, I can create elegant wearable art or a durable solid wool rug. Thank you for taking the time to enjoy and learn about this traditional art.
