Rosalux Gallery is open weekends in July from 12PM - 4PM. Come on by and check out all the new work!
Lake Life tin collage completed for Meadowbrook Clinic
Just completed and installed Lake Life tin collage for Meadowbrook Clinic in Minneapolis, MN. Nicely compliments the Lake Minnetonka from Excelsior Park tin collage that was completed for Meadowbook Clinic a few years back.
Lake Life
Lake Minnetonka from Excelsior Park
Rushing Water tin collage
Installed the Rushing Water tin collage for a private client today. Just in time for the fishing opener!
Rushing Water
MN Original | Mosaic artist Michael Sweere
A former art director, Michael Sweere created his first mosaics out of discarded product packaging from his various advertising accounts. After learning the basics of the medium, he started incorporating more traditional mosaic materials like tile and tin.
Sweere scours thrift stores and rummage sales to find materials for his work, which includes imagery of nature, animals and landscapes.
Mike's feature segment on MN Original #609: Michael Sweere
Full MN Original episode #609: Michael Sweere + Jayanthi Kyle + Coffee Art + GTCYS
Michael Sweere on MN Original #609
Luna Danza mosaic
Completed the Luna Danza backsplash mosaic for a private home just this week. Vibrant color palette and subject matter was great to work with. Will be installed at client's home in the coming weeks.
Luna Danza
Over the Treetops, Fort Dodge Municipal Airport
A project made possible with the help of the Catherine Vincent Deardorf Charitable Foundation. Click here for article.
Over the Treetops
MN Original | The Gallery at Children’s Hospital
Art plays a crucial role in the healing process for patients and families at the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. Whether it’s the one-on-one art therapy or the infusion of kid-friendly art installations throughout the buildings, art helps to make the hospital more familiar and friendly for all who walk through the doors. Through its Arts & Healing program, Children’s Hospital will end up with more than 700 pieces of commissioned art.
Click here for MN Original episode : The Gallery at Children's Hospital
Majestic Lake
The Storyteller
Birches installed at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
Click here for full article by Margaret R. Wentz.
Birches
Artist Michael Sweere creates a tin collage & installs the work
Demonstrating the 'stitching together' of tin while working on the Learning to Fly collage that is located at Lake Superior College in Duluth, MN. Click here to see the entertaining video.
Learning to Fly (detail)
Learning to Fly
Foundlore: American Folk Art Reinvented at the Ivy Arts Center
Three brothers and two friends pull together an inventive folk art show at the Ivy Arts Center.
Michael Sweere
Forecast Public Art | Carl W. Kroening Interpretative Center
Michael Sweere created a recycled-object mosaic mural depicting the natural life of the Upper Mississippi River. Sweere worked with the Carl W. Kroening Interpretive Center in the North Mississippi Regional Park. The mural has become a “centerpiece” within the Interpretive Center for fun, kid-friendly activities. The installation combines folk art whimsy and fine art accuracy to amuse viewers as they learn about the living creatures of the Upper-Mississippi ecosystem.
Click here to learn about the installation process at the Carl W. Kroening Interpretative Center.
Life on the Mississippi (detail)