Much admired as a “new regionalist” this presentation of works by the late Ilze Siltumens-Holzer (1955-2005), who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in January 2005, highlighted her landscapes of the rural Midwest in the style of which she was so well-known.
Ms. Holzer earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in 1992. After two years of study at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, she decided to devote her efforts exclusively to oil painting, studying with nationally acclaimed artists Tom Uttech, William Nichols and Adolph Rosenblatt. In 2002, Ms. Holzer moved with her husband, James Holzer, to Hannibal, Missouri where they owned and operated the Red Hat Gallery, now known as The Gallery of Fine Art.