The Art of Jean Accola: April 17 through May 9, 2010

Jean Accola, Durand, WI, demonstrates her love of the natural world in her work: Mississippi sloughs to Hawaiian wildflowers and ferns and Wisconsin's own trilliums and exploding cattails. Attention to detail and a keen eye for composition make her work stand the test of time.

Accola credits the influence of many other artists including Sister Barbara Cerney, her high school art teacher; Walter Williams and Margaret Mason, great teacher and mentors; the study of Sumi-e with Susan Frame, and others. She attended Clarke College, Dubuque, IA; Augsburg College, Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota where she majored in biology.

Jean has been honored to do paintings for the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, the Minnesota State Parks, the Wisconsin Academy Review the Northern Gardener, and many private and corporate collectors.

She is married to Steve Peinovich, also known as Yata, a well regarded musician. They have two adult children and live in a converted country schoolhouse in Western Wisconsin. Visit her website at www.accolagallery.com