Robert F. Battles
The impetus for this gallery, Robert, an artist who worked with many different mediums, ultimately would be known as a sculptor and artist who worked with paper, sharpies and colored pencils. His vast collection of art is a testament to his commitment to his craft - he was a purest in the sense that he was about making rather than selling or promoting himself. Robert worked for the last 30 years of his life as a full-time artist here, on the property where the collective is and we are privileged to have his work to share and show with the community. The resin/fiberglass sculptures from the 1960’s were made during his time working at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago when he was an Assoc. Art History Professor, from 1960-1969, prior to moving to South Haven.
Joan Bonnette
A local of South Haven, Joan is a well-established and experienced watercolorist and collage artist who uses many different elements as a source of inspiration: the lake, nature, animals, and the combination of shapes and forms. Joan exhibits in juried shows throughout the mid-west and has sold artworks both nationally and internationally. She is a member of the Scott Club and South haven Center for the Arts.
Diane Lynne Cheeseman
Abstract landscape and figuarative painter from South Haven who passed away in March 2025, Diane has art works in the collective at the request of her family. These beautiful watercolor pieces are local art treasures. Diane worked “plein air” or outdoors sometimes and her work is well-known to the local community.
Deena Kachadoorian
Deena lives and works as a jeweller in Ferndale, MI. Her work is an eclectic mix of vintage beads, stone, resin, and precious gems put together on sterling or gold, leather in a truly creative and beautiful way. Deena was a career painter and this is reflected both in her color pallette and aesthetic within her jewellery.
Edward Hoagland
Edward is a South Haven local who lived in Chicago with a career in advertising and illustration for 45 years. He retired last year and is now a full-time artist. His drawings are a reflection of his passions and interests: cartography, astronomy, animals, languages, and symbols that feel very mystical and from an other worldly time. He uses pen, ink and watercolor to create beautifully mastered works of art that take the viewer on a journey - he gives you the clues, you take the path you are meant to take!
Ellie Dietrich
Ceramist from Glenn, Ellie creates slab work that is both functional and designed from the beauty around her and the property around her; the lake and garden being her inspiration. No two pieces are the same and Ellie’s unique work stands out to be a showpiece for any home.
Lou Wolf Valance
Lou is a painter from Rockford MI who uses her own handmade paper to infuse into her paintings to create texture and layers that add depth and dimension to the abstract works that draw the viewer in with both subtle and both color and forms.
Miodrag Mihailovic
Miodrag or Michael as he was known came to the US in the 1950’s from Yugoslavia as a doctor/surgeon and worked in Chicago. He joined a group of artists in 1969 and moved part-time to San Bar on 74th St. in South Haven to paint and eventually retired there to build a studio and paint on Lake Michigan full-time. His work is very much about the movement of the Lake and the precision of the style is both mesmerizing and rich with color and movement.
Georgia Norton
Georgia is an artist from Paw Paw MI who welds using a range of found and sourced metal and materials that she fits and welds together to create shapes and forms that function both as decoration for indoor or in your garden space. Her abstract and quirky sense of construction make her work both accessible but also very creative and interesting.
