Hydrangea, 12″x12″ “Natural beauty abounds in our backyards…and beyond,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “We just need to look for it.” Contact Elizabeth G Fagan Art by Season The Great Lakes region of North America […]
Tag: June
June sees the official start of Summer, but temperatures in the Great Lakes region normally remain Springlike. Average high 72°F, low 57°F. Vying with May for the wettest month, June’s 8 days of rain can bring the first thunderstorms of Summer.
Way to Go
Way to Go, 5″x7″ “A Great Lake is a massive wilderness that’s different every day, every season,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “Sometimes Lake Michigan is simply a horizontal line—the point at which air meets […]
Verdigris Green
In collaboration with London’s Natural History Museum, British paint retailer Farrow & Ball created 16 colors based on nature’s own tones. Artist Elizabeth G Fagan sometimes uses Farrow & Ball colors in her work. “My […]
Byron
Byron, 8″x8″ Artist and life-long animal lover Elizabeth G Fagan aims to spread compassion for our fellow creatures on planet Earth. “At the county fair, Byron the Llama was a crowd favorite!” says Fagan. Contact […]
Ultimate Gray
“Different seasons bring different moods to the Great Lakes region,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “Ultimate Gray is the color of doves.” Fagan sometimes uses Pantone colors in her work. “My use of defined colors […]
Great Lakes Trance
Great Lakes Trance, 11″x14″ “A Great Lake is a massive wilderness that’s different every day, every season,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “Sometimes Lake Michigan is simply a horizontal line—the point at which air meets […]
Pond Patrol
Pond Patrol, 20″x30″ Artist and life-long animal lover Elizabeth G Fagan aims to spread compassion for non-human life on Earth. “Red-Winged Blackbirds can be fiercely territorial. One bird dive-bombed my head in Millennium Park in […]
Ultra Marine Blue
In collaboration with London’s Natural History Museum, British paint retailer Farrow & Ball created 16 colors based on nature’s own tones. Artist Elizabeth G Fagan sometimes uses Farrow & Ball colors in her work. “My […]
Great Lake Bounty
Great Lake Bounty, 20″x30″ “The Great Lakes contain some of the oldest known rocks,” says artist, photographer, and writer Elizabeth G Fagan. Paleozoic fossils from the Devonian through the Permian (419.2–252.17 million years ago) wash […]
Head Up, Shoulders Back
Head Up, Shoulders Back It’s circa 2000s, I am circa 40s, and I’m learning how to walk again. My physical therapist has a keen eye for a hanging head, slouching shoulders, weak abs, a protruding […]
Bright Lake Rocks
Bright Lake Rocks, 8″x10″ & 16″x20″ High surf on the Great Lakes leaves behind an unending supply of rounded stones. “I am kind of a rock nerd,” says artist Elizabeth G. Fagan. “My favorites are […]
Intense Teal
“I love working with color,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “LMLC Primary Colors is a collection of bright tones by Sherwin-Williams.” Fagan frequently adopts Sherwin-Williams paint colors in her work. “My use of defined colors […]
City Wolf
City Wolf, 5″x7″ “My intrepid German Shepherd Rosie was sometimes mistaken for a wolf at Montrose Dog Beach in Chicago,” says artist and life-long animal lover Elizabeth G Fagan. Through her art, Fagan aims to […]
Outdoor Edibles
Elizabeth G Fagan volunteered to write the monthly column “Green Talk” for the News Graphic in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. This essay is from the column’s archives. See more “Green Talk” >>> June Little stirs our […]
Lake Michigan's Left Coast 