Home and Away: Paintings by Karen VanDam Michmerhuizen and Pamela Day

Home and Away: Paintings by Karen VanDam Michmerhuizen and Pamela Day captures the beauty of nature through paintings of Michigan's distinct​ ​seasons​ by Karen VanDam Michmerhuizen​and ​Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny, France​ by Pamela Day. Karen paints outdoors applying oil and cold wax to canvas with a brush and palette knife. Her plein-air landscapes draw viewers into their natural settings. Pamela paints with gouache, a versatile and opaque watercolor, to capture intimate views a giant Gunnera—from rising bulb to fanned out leaves—in her Giverny in Spring series. Each painting reveals a new stage with a variety of textures, shades of