Pastel

2007

Technique: Pastel

Wade's BayouRed HouseWater StreetDouglas

From “Keeping an Eye on History” at the OSH 2018 The Kalamazoo from the Red House Anne Corlett oil pastel on paper, ca. 2007 the story | The Red House, 325 Water Street, Douglas, overlooks Wade’s Bayou and the Kalamazoo River across to Saugatuck to the north. Designed by architect Jeff Scherer and completed in 2001, another distinguishing feature of the Red House (see “Interior, The Red House” also in this exhibition) is a small balcony off the entry hall, an excellent place for visitors to step out and take in the splendid views across Wade’s Bayou and the Kalamazoo. the art | Anne Corlett spent a day there, making multiple images as the light shifted and played across the cattails and water of Tannery Creek in the foreground. This is one of the views that day. the artist | Anne Corlett earned her B.F.A. from University of Wisconsin and continued her studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Royal Academy of Art in London, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, and Oxbow / Ox-Bow. While her studio is in Saugatuck, Corlett also travels extensively and has painted in locations across the United States. She describes her role as an artist as, “When painting, I take hold of the energy around me and focus it onto the canvas. This action celebrates existence.” SDHC Collection, gift of Kenneth R. Carls and James A. Schmiechen Accession number 2018.13.07