Decorate your Garden

Summer is finally here. We will be spending more time outside, and gardens are a big part of what makes summer so wonderful. Here at The Gift Shop, we have very special, unique items to dress-up your garden. This week we will look at garden decor from Mary Abbott, Marvin and Robin Blitchok, Theresa Lowe, and Nancy Garcia.

Mary Abbott is brand new to The Gift Shop. She creates beautiful mosaic pieces. They are colorful and very detailed. The four shown are all meant to be outdoors.

Marvin and Robin Blitchok create intricate, imaginative metal works for the garden.

one of Marvin's and Robin's metal wreaths

wooden bird house atop intricate metal-work stake by Marvin and Robin Blitchok

Theresa Lowe works with stained glass, beads, and branches to create lovely sounding wind chimes for your outdoors.

Nancy Garcia has fashioned Toad Houses from clay. They have deep, detailed designs, and unique little front door overhangs.

Make your garden even more beautiful with some decorative works from The Gift Shop!

Showing now at Anton Art Center: 
"Members Exhibition 2019": 50th Anniversary Edition Exhibit Dates: May 4 - June 8, 2019. This is an exhibit showing the works of members of Anton Art Center. It features many different and exciting art pieces. Come in to see the art, and vote for your favorite for "The Peoples' Choice Award".

Coming soon to Anton Art Center:
"Rainbow" June 1 - July 3. Selected works from members of the Mount Clemens Art Association, Lakeside Palette Club of St. Clair Shores, Romeo Guild of Art, and Warren Tri-County Fine Arts Association. Juried by Valarie Allen. Opening reception and awards Saturday June 1, 2-4pm

Distinctive clay at The Gift Shop

We have very distinctive clay artists here at The Gift Shop. Today we will look at the work of  Margaret Villalobos, Chris King, and Sharon Parker.


Margaret Villalobos is new to The Gift Shop. Margaret's imaginative pieces have a very organic feel to them.

"Flower Platter" by Margaret Villalobos

"Mountain Scene" bowl by Margaret Villalobos

"Flower Vase" by Margaret Villalobos

Chris King produces classic pottery. His glazes are just beautiful.

Sharon Parker has been a popular clay artist in The Gift Shop for many years. Just look at these pieces and you see why.

"Bird House" by Sharon Parker

Michigan plate by Sharon Parker

Showing now at Anton Art Center: 
"Postcarded" A mini-masterpiece postcard design contest and exhibit! Exhibit dates: April 27 - May 23. The call went out and postcards came in from all over the world! The artists have donated their postcards to sell as a fund-raiser for Anton Art Center.

"Members Exhibition 2019": 50th Anniversary Edition Exhibit Dates: May 4 - June 8, 2019. This is an exhibit showing the works of members of Anton Art Center. It features many different and exciting art pieces. Come in to see the art, and vote for your favorite for "The Peoples' Choice Award".

We will be closed on Saturday May 25 for Memorial Day.

New Jewelry at The Gift Shop

Just in time for Mother's Day, we have two brand new jewelry artists here at The Gift Shop, Lidia Kaku and Linda Powell.

Lidia Kaku is an artist of many talents. We have her jewelry featuring her hand-shaped polymer clay beads.

 Linda Powell creates one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry featuring art glass beads, ceramics, sterling silver, and gemstones. 

See Lidia's and Linda's unique creations, and all the other Mother's Day choices at The Gift Shop!

Showing now at Anton Art Center: 
"Postcarded" A mini-masterpiece postcard design contest and exhibit! Exhibit dates: April 27 - May 23, 2019. The call went out and postcards came in from all over the world! The artists have donated their postcards to sell as a fund-raiser for Anton Art Center.

"Members Exhibition 2019": 50th Anniversary Edition Exhibit Dates: May 4 - June 8, 2019. This is an exhibit showing the works of members of Anton Art Center. It features many different and exciting art pieces. Come in to see the art, and vote for your favorite for "The Peoples' Choice Award".

Coming this weekend: 
"Made in Michigan Show" to downtown Mount Clemens May 10 and 11. . This event is an open air show dedicated to all things Made in Michigan. Countless products are grown, manufactured, or distributed by Michigan based businesses, and we will showcase many at this family friendly event. The show is on Macomb Place, hours are: Friday 11:00am-8:00pm, and Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm.  

SatARTday Join us this Saturday evening, May 11th, 5pm - 9pm for a live demonstration of Raku pottery making by Pewabic Pottery! SatARTdays are presented by Fist State Bank-Michigan.

"Artist of the Month" for May

The Gift Shop "Artist of the Month" for May is Antonietta Woerner.

"Born in Germany, I immigrated to the United States in 2000. Being a massage therapist by trade my hobbies were always working in the artistic field. Coming from quilt making, knitting and crocheting I switched to jewelry ( beads) making and finally found my home in painting. I am working to make painting my full time hobby. It is an art which I really enjoy doing and also enjoy the reaction of people when they see the art work."

Here at The Gift Shop, we have Antonietta's jewelry, featuring her intricate woven-bead work.

She has also brought us her paintings. The three below are done with alcohol ink on tiles covered with resin for protection, mounted and framed.

"Old Tree" 4"x 16" tile

"Lighthouse" 4"x 4" tile

"Evening Glow" 12"x 19" tile

Antonietta also paints in the "Acrylic Flow" style with resin on canvass. They are large, stunning pieces.

Antonietta Woerner is a multi-talented artist. Come in and see her work, and all the wonderful art here at The Gift Shop.

Showing Now at Anton Art Center: "Postcarded" A mini-masterpiece postcard design contest and exhibit! Exhibit dates: April 27 - May 23, 2019. The call went out and postcards came in from all over the world! The artists have donated their postcards as a fund-raiser for Anton Art Center.


Coming Soon to Anton Art Center: :"Members Exhibition 2019": 50th Anniversary Edition Exhibit Dates: May 4 - June 8, 2019. This is an exhibit showing the works of members of Anton Art Center. It features many different and exciting art pieces.
Opening Reception on Saturday, May 4, 2019, 2-4pm Refreshments provided, parking is free on weekends!
Come in to see the art, and vote for your favorite for "The Peoples' Choice Award".

Bring Beauty to your Walls

Here at The Gift Shop we are so happy to have talented wall-art artists. Our artists create in oils, watercolor, pastels, pen and ink, photography, acrylic and more.
This week we will look at the wall-art artists Judy Munro, Marianna Defer-Pfeifer, and Helena Kuttner-Giasson.

Judy Munro is new to The Gift Shop. She has been in our Holiday Market, and had great success. Judy paints in oils. Here are three of her landscapes.

Her style, use of color and movement are just beautiful!


Marianna Defer-Pfeifer has been with Anton Art Center, and The Gift Shop for many years. In fact she taught painting here at Anton. Her style is classic. Pictured is her oil painting "Lake Michigan".

Helena Kuttner-Giasson uses watercolor, acrylic, and pen and ink to create her works.

Come in and see all the great wall-art here at The Gift Shop. Also...Just in time for Spring and Easter, Jan Lindell-Meinhard has brought in some of her adorable ceramic bunnies!

Coming soon to Anton Art Center: "Postcarded" A mini masterpiece postcard design contest and exhibit! Exhibit dates: April 27 - May 23, 2019. Opening Reception on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, 2-4pm. Refreshments provided, parking is free on weekends!

Unique, original cards at The Gift Shop

Here at The Gift Shop, we have many unique greeting cards to choose from. This week we will look at original cards by Patty Woodstock, Mino Watanabe, and Winnie Chrzanowski.

Patty Woodstock is one of our multi-talented artists. Her cards display her fanciful clay creatures. She created, fired, and glazed each one. Then she photographed them in their "natural habitats", and made them into the greeting cards. Pictured are just three cards from her collection.

Mino Watanabe is one of best selling artists. We have her imaginative paintings in prints, and as greeting cards.

card by Mino Watanabe from her "plant spirits" collection

"Sheep for Peace" card by Mino Watanabe

another "Sheep for Peace" card by Mino Watanabe

Winnie Chrzanowski is an award winning photographer. We have her work framed, as prints, and even on coffee mugs and clipboards! Her greeting cards are striking and beautiful.

"Ice Cream Tulip" card by Winnie Chrzanowski

"Nodding Trillium" card by Winnie Chrzanowski

"Snowy Owl" card by Winnie Chrzanowski

Each of these cards is unique, and original...just like their creators. And, as I have said before, framed cards can be great little pieces of art.

Showing Now at Anton Art Center:
"Macomb County Annual Secondary Student Show"  March 9 - April 11, 2019
This very special show is a juried student competition & exhibition! Awards are sponsored by Blick Art Supplies, the Kenneth and Patricia Hoover Educational Foundation, and the Anton Art Center.
The 2019 Macomb County Secondary Student Show features 356 selected artworks by over two hundred students!

This is the last week to see this wonderful show. Bring in your own kids and grandchildren so they too will be inspired to create!

"Artist of the Month" for April

The Gift Shop "Artist of the Month" is Jan Lindell-Meinhard.

Jan is the resident artist, painter, and clay instructor for the Troy Recreation Department. 

We have her clay pieces here at The Gift Shop. Jan is skilled at hand-building clay pieces. Her imaginative creations, embellishments, and brilliant glazes make her works stand-out. Painting images on her pieces with glaze is just one of her specialties.

gorgeous large leaf plate by Jan Lindell-Meinhard

maple leaf plate by Jan Lindell-Meinhard

dogwood flower dish by Jan Lindell-Meinhard

unique "bubble glazed" plate by Jan Lindell-Meinhard

oak leaf vase by Jan Lindell-Meinhard

See these pieces by Jan, and more at The Gift Shop.

Showing Now at Anton Art Center:
"Macomb County Annual Secondary Student Show"  March 9 - April 11, 2019
This very special show is a juried student competition & exhibition! Awards are sponsored by Blick Art Supplies, the Kenneth and Patricia Hoover Educational Foundation, and the Anton Art Center.
The 2019 Macomb County Secondary Student Show features 356 selected artworks by over two hundred students!

You just have to see this wonderful show, and bring in your own kids and grandchildren so they too will be inspired to create!