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ARTWORK BY MATT MABIS | WING HAVEN. YEAR 5 OF 200.

Matt Mabis
Wing Haven Clay Tiles
Clay

I grew up in a small rural village in Ohio as a son of a cabinet-making wood carver and a seamstress. My extended family was filled with other types of craftspeople and artisans as well. With such a fertile garden of influence around me, I was inevitably drawn to the arts like a moth to flames.

Clay gives my hands the tactile experience I enjoy and has a wide range of applications. I found that the visual representation painting and drawing can achieve, clay can do as well when used in sculpting reliefs.

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ARTWORK BY GWEN GUTWEIN | WING HAVEN. YEAR 1 OF 200.

Gwen Gutwein
Morning Mist on Seven Sisters
Oil on canvas

“Several years ago I visited Wing Haven for the first time. 

I was enamored by the old log cabin buried in the woods and the caretaker’s home nestled in its beautiful setting with a dense canopy of trees behind.  At that time I didn’t take the trek down to the little lake.  Instead I set up my easel and did a painting of a beautiful teepee dappled with dancing light.  It was a lovely warm day and I left there satisfied with my painting.

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