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WAUKESHA – Artist Thomas F. Selle will display some of his collected
works in an exhibit titled “Man and Woman” at the University of
Wisconsin-Waukesha’s Fine Arts Center Gallery November 13-December
15.
Located in the Fine Arts Center on campus at 1500 N. University
Dr., the gallery is open 9:00-10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.-noon Mondays
and Wednesdays; noon-1:00 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; 11:00
a.m.-1:00 p.m. Fridays, and during special events. For admission to
the gallery at another time, phone (262) 521-5445. Admission is
free, and the public is invited.
The former chair and currently the director of internships for
the Carroll College art department, Selle has been teaching art and
professionally creating it for more than 30 years. He has worked in
a variety of media and will be showing oil paintings, watercolors,
and works in wood in this exhibit.
In addition to responding to his own creative urge, Selle seems
to keep the viewer in mind. He imbues his oils with specific
meanings, using words and images of people, and leaves clues to the
moods, expressed with color, of his portrait-like characters. In his
wood carving, he has taken an experimental tack. For example, he has
carved a shoe to match one on display in a store, posing the
question, “When is a shoe not a shoe?” and leaving the viewer to
interpret them both as art. Finally, his watercolors incorporate
letters and words, sending written messages through pieces of art
and asking the viewer to decipher them.
Selle earned BS, MS, and MFA Degrees from
UW-Milwaukee in the early 1970’s and has had his worked included in
shows in a number of Wisconsin cities as well as in Indiana,
Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Chicago. He also has
sat on juries to judge the work of other artists and has won several
awards for his own work.
UW-Waukesha has the largest enrollment among
the 13 freshman-sophomore University of Wisconsin Colleges campuses.
For information about programs, admission, or financial aid, contact
the Student Services office at (262) 521-5040 or visit the Web at
waukesha.uwc.edu.
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