gallery forty two

"This is not your typical Door County fare." Visitors to Gallery Forty Two will be welecomed by art styles typically found in metropolitan galleries. You might call it "contemporary" or "modern" art, we prefer to call it "Fresh Art." And, there's something here for everyone. From landscapes to abstracts, from whimsical to thought-provoking. Art displayed at Gallery Forty Two will easily find a home in your business or residence.

"A must-see gallery. Right in the heart of Door County."

Watch this site for hours, special events, openings, and artist listings.

contact:
gallery phone: 920-868-4567
appointment phone: 612-240-6679

10% of the sales of original artwork at Gallery Forty Two art go to benefit Door County Habitat for Humanity. Thank you for your purchases.

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We're still open 24/7 ONLINE! Gallery Forty Two will reopen May 1st - until then we will host special gallery nights with wine, cheese and music. To make sure you are notified about these events, and request to be on our Door County arts and entertainment email notification list.

Kicking off the 2008 season at Kick Coffee. Tim paints a tribute to coffee in this brightly-colored collection of freshly-brewed paintings - all derived from caffeine-induced doodles that made their way to the large 30" canvases. (See images of the show here.) The show will open May 2nd at Kick Coffee on Third Avenue in Sturgeon Bay - run for a month, and then move to Gallery Forty Two in Juddville. By the way, the gallery will be offering freshly-brewed coffee this year in addition to the typical G42 wine and iced tea offerings.

And, here's an event you won't want to miss:

It's a CD Release Party!
The Jana Nyberg Group (who have performed at our art and music jams on a number of occasions) You may also have heard the group at their regular Door County gigs at Gordon Lodge and The Mission Grille. Please join us in celebrating the release of their new CD on Saturday May 10th from 4pm to 7pm at Gallery Forty Two. They will be performing live, have CDs for sale and, of course, there will be the usual G42 refreshments.

the artists at gallery forty two

tim nyberg paintings/photography

The majority of the work at Gallery Forty Two is by gallery owner Tim Nyberg. For the past thirty years, Tim has been a graphic designer and illustrator for everyone from Fortune 500 companies to the corner retailer, from McDonald’s to restaurants right here in Door County, for national magazines, bookcovers, web sites, and his own humor books - most notibly the “Duct Tape Books” (available in the Juddville Junction General Store corner of Gallery 42).
Tim brings his commercial art sensibilities to his fine art and enjoys exploring and blurring the line between the two. If you walk through the gallery and smile or chuckle, it’s payment enough for Tim (although your purchases are certainly appreciated as well). You can see samples of Tim's work here.

About the diversity in Tim's painting styles:
I'm constantly exploring in my art. I'm not afraid to try new things, not afraid to fail. Really, what's the worst that can happen? I've wasted a little paint. I just paint over it and the underlying "failed experiment" just adds to the richness of the new image.

I can relate to this quote by Pablo Picasso: "God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things."

john turula ceramics/sculpture

John began his work in clay in the early 1970s on an Army base in Virginia. Following the acquisition of an art degree, he paid his dues by making production honey pots for a year. Turula moved on to wheel thrown, burnished, salt fired “big round things,” a college and museum school teaching career. He then left the wheel for hand-built figures - ideas that started as doodles - “little trains of thought that I’d try to get to stand upright.” Now, John’s work is human scale sculpture - stacked hand-built components - “unplanned beyond a notion.”
John lives and creates in his Bay City, Wisconsin studio. More of his work may be viewed online at www.nopointink.com.

george ouimette ceramics/sculpture

Gallery Forty Two is delighted to add George Ouimette to its list of guest artists. George teaches art at Southern Door High School. His art reflects his surroundings - usually combining found wood with clay to create one-of-a-kind vessel based pieces. You can see more of George's art online at OuimetteStudio.com

On many Saturday afternoons throughout the year Gallery Forty Two provides live music - jazz, classical, blues, folk, rock and new age - to which artists, musicians and writers are invited to participate. (Call 920-868-4567 if you would like to participate.)

"It becomes like a dance - the artist takes leads from the musican(s) and visa versa. Each playing into each others' sensativities and creativity. It's quite a challenging and rewarding experience. And, from comments made by onlookers, they seem to enjoy observing the creative process as much as the artists enjoy participating." - Gallery owner, Tim Nyberg

"Door County artist Tim Nyberg has been sponsoring a number of events in his gallery in which he paints improvisationally to live (improvised) jazz. He did the painting in the attached photo [left] at the recital of Lawrence jazz faculty pianist Lee Tomboulian last week, and the audience loved it. It brought the arts together and gave non-musicians a very unique visual way of comprehending the abstract notions of improvisation." - Fred Sturm, Director of Jazz and Improvisational Music at Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Appleton, WI

Previous participants in the Art Music Jam include:

Ross Catterton a reed player from Lawrence Music Conservatory in Appleton. His inventive sax compositions range from mellow/sad/pensive to joyful, happy and energetic. Ross is often joined by percussionist Jake Nyberg.

Keyboard phenom Lee Tombulian. Lee is the jazz keyboard professor at Lawrence Music Conservatory in Appleton and has a list of "has played with" as long as the road from Appleton to Juddville. We were successful in getting Lee to bring his accordion along with him from time to time. If you haven't ever had the chance to enjoy Lee's virtuosity, his music can be heard online with his group CIRCO.

The Jana Nyberg Group performing improvisations and original compositions. Adam Meckler (trumpet) is a recent graduate of Lawrence University's Music Conservatory and is an award-winning jazz composer. Adam featured some of his original compositions created by combining audio sampling with live trumpet. Jana Nyberg provided etherial vocals and Jake Nyberg performed on drum set and other percussion instruments. Hear samples of their music at JanaJazz.com and MecklerMusic.com.

Gallery Forty Two's favorite electronic NUT - Greg Pagel. Greg's inventiveness on the electronic keyboards tend toward the wacky, although, he's an equally accomplished classical piano player. "It's great fun painting to Greg's music - it's alive with ideas, colors, textures... and, he improvs off of what he sees me painting as well." Greg may bring his accordion as well. You can hear his music online. Greg was often joined by percussionist Jake Nyberg.

Coming soon - we hope (date TBA): Mark Urness, bassist and professor at Lawrence University, will be joined by friends to provide the musical inspiration for the afternoon music/art jam. Again, other artists and writers are invited to join in the jam. An open mic will be provided to writers who create at the event.

more to come - stay tuned!

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GUEST VISUAL ARTISTS who would like to participate in the art&music jams are invited to do so, but should please call ahead of time to make arrangements due to limited floor space in the studio area. 920-818-4567

MORE MUSIC TO CREATE BY
My favorite jazz vibraphonist is Joe Locke. His energy during performance is incredible - he's as much fun to watch as his music is to listen to. This is a painting of Joe that I did while listening to his music. It's now in his personal collection.

Watch Joe perform on his web site: JoeLocke.com

above: "Weather Ornette" - an acrylic painting created during Lawrence Conservatory of Music's jazz keyboard prof Lee Tomboulian's faculty recital.

above: "Mood Indigo" - an acrylic painting created during one of the Gallery Forty Two jazz improv sessions.

Tim Nyberg's art ranges from whimsical to thought-provoking. From objective to abstract. There's something here for everyone.

above: Joseph Came a Courtin' 22x28" $780 also available as giclée print and greeting card at Gallery Forty Two.

below: Structures and Solitude 16x16 $700
also available as a giclée print and greeting card at Gallery Forty Two

see more at the Online Gallery
The Price and Size List is located here.

Click here to see Tim's ever-expanding "Icon" series.

Opening for the 2008 season on Saturday May 3rd! Saturday and Sundays through May noon to 5p and by appointment (please call 612-240-6679).
Click to our Gallery Forty Two Online Gallery is available now. If you are interested in purchasing anything that you see in the online gallery, please and email an inquiry with the painting name and your contact information. The Price and Size List is located here. Thanks!

The moment you walk into Tim Nyberg’s Gallery Forty Two in Juddville, your senses are snapped into check. The vivid colors, the intense images, the abstract faces of cartoonish people…it all rolls over you at once like a sensational wave. His artwork has been described as non-objective, whimsical, and contemporary, and certainly unique. And that’s just the artwork. The man behind it all is just as complex, just as diverse. In one moment he’s describing the twenty-five “or so” books he’s written, in the next, the years he’s spent doing stand up comedy, and finally to the present, to the opening of an art gallery.

“I became too prolific, so I had to get a gallery,” Nyberg says with a slow, brooding grin spreading across his face. After studying art, theater, and graphic design in college, Tim went on to become an illustrator. He founded “Duct Tape Guys,” a hysterical take on the uses of duct tape that launched a series of related books. And then there was the stand up comedy. Tim is quite unlike the mental image one would usually conjure up for a stand up comedian. He is not in-your-face, or assaulting on the senses; rather, he’s somewhat soft-spoken and modest, but with a sly look on his face that leads you to believe that Tim’s got a secret.

Nyberg first came to the county in 1975 and returned again in 1990. He met his wife Julie at Bethel, who had roots in the county. After spending years in the Twin Cities, they decided to return to Door County in 2005, and Tim began to scheme about opening a gallery. “When we began to remodel in Sturgeon Bay, I had space to make art and began to create. I painted in college, but I wanted to return to it,” he explains. I’m flabbergasted when he tells me that he’s only been back at painting again for merely two years. The quality and quantity of the work in the gallery looks both experienced and fresh.

As we discuss his path to Gallery Forty Two I find myself drawn to a series of paintings on one wall. He explains that these particular pieces were created musically. Over the course of the summer since his opening on June 21, Nyberg has had live music events. Sometimes it’s Celtic music, and other times, jazz. Tim finds a comfortable spot to listen with a bare canvas, and lets the music guide him. “Some strokes represent tempo, some, rhythmic bass. There are no rules. I brush in time with the music,” he describes. Each song or piece has different character, and as I pass by each canvas, I can see the music he was listening to when he painted. It’s moving, beautiful, and evocative.

The scope of Tim’s work is wide and fascinating, that after being engrossed in these musical pieces, I suddenly find myself staring into the 3-D faces of circus people. In particular, there is one of a trapeze artist that is literally coming out of the wall. His trapeze is connected to the ceiling of the gallery, and you can see the motion the piece has, as the trapeze artist is coming out of the painting and “swinging” into the room. There’s an entire series like this, including a tightrope walker.

When asked what he enjoys most about running a gallery, Nyberg says, “I love seeing people walk through the door and smiling when they see something that they’re drawn to. And I like creating the artwork. Each piece is as much of a surprise for me as someone walking around a corner and seeing it for the first time.”

The space that Nyberg has created for himself at Gallery Forty Two seems to match the artist. It is both quirky and moving, hysterical and thought-provoking. The multiplicity of Nyberg’s talents complement the wide range of artwork he creates. Whatever secret Tim Nyberg seems to have undulating and rippling beneath the surface has piqued my curiosity, and if his artwork is any hint, the well has just been tapped.