Robert Schewe’s passion for the arts sparked in childhood, nurtured by a music-loving family. Before the move, the couple lived near Glen Lake for several years, where their now-adult son and daughter attended school. Robert Schewe visited the area regularly with his wife before getting the chance to move up a few years back.
“Development comes from your soul, I guess that’s what art is all about.” “You can call me somewhat of a general practitioner - it’s just the need to create something with your own hands,” he said. Robert Schewe’s work ranges from ink drawings of animals to paintings, photographs and boldly colored prints. “I love the circular sort of symmetry to it, drawing us into our community. She said the “TC Kaleidoscope” resonated with her. Prints in several sizes also are available online and through the Schewe Art and Design Studio.ĭonna Kennis took the time to look over each piece with delight, taking a break from her shopping to chat with Robert Schewe. Robert Schewe debuted “TC Kaleidoscope” at the Grand Traverse Commons’ Christmas at the Commons event. He’ll see something that our granddaughter does and he’ll sit down and draw out the whole sketch.” “They all have portraits of themselves, sometimes two or three that they don’t know about, because they’re sitting in his drawer waiting to be finished. “They inspire a lot - young minds are a good thing,” Ellen Schewe said. The biggest, and most welcome, interruption, she added, was the pair’s five grandchildren. “We both had illnesses over the past couple years, and you know, you take all that time to put all that together and then you get interrupted by a health issue.” “A lot went into it,” said Ellen Schewe, the artist’s wife of 46 years. Still, “TC Kaleidoscope” proved a drawn-out effort.
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That accuracy made creating prints of the piece with computer software much easier. “The original is accurate within a sixteenth of an inch - it had to be.”
“I had to re-draw it many times to get accurately the architecture of each piece,” Schewe said. The original painting took several months of work from planning to the actual drawing and measures about 4.5 feet by 4.5 feet. “The main thing was staying true to the architecture and the original color schemes,” he said. The outer ring is adorned with sailboats, some simple crafts and others a nod to vessels like the Manitou.Įach piece took hours of research and dozens of reference photos, which Schewe took himself.
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