The Martini Girls
Debbie Callahan
As I got older, I worried more about how my drawings would look when I finished. And so I would often look at a blank piece of white paper and be afraid to begin to draw on it. But then one day an art teacher, noticing that I wasn’t putting any marks down on my paper said to me “it’s only paper”. And you should know that if the drawing doesn’t turn out the way you want you can always start again. So now, I am not so afraid of the white paper and I worry less about how my drawing will look when it is finished. I enjoy more just doing the art and know that “it is only paper” and I can try over and over again. And I can begin again…
From the time I was a small child I have liked to draw. And it was very spontaneous and I didn’t worry about what the drawing might look like when I was finished. I enjoyed the making of the drawing- the different colors of the crayons, the feel of the paper and especially the way the crayons looked on the paper.
Marcia Hero
Marcia Hero has been creating art since the age of 8. She studied oil painting while living in Monterrey, Mexico, focused on hand building clay pottery while at Mount Mary College, and took up pastels after taking classes from artist Pamela Scesniak in Milwaukee. She is Vice-President of the Wisconsin Pastel Artists, a member of the League of Milwaukee Artists, the Wisconsin Visual Artists, Bay View Arts Club, Wisconsin Plein Aire Painters Association, the Milwaukee Sketch Club, and several other art related oganizations. 
“I have no ethereal philosophy about painting. The attempt to convey the beauty in the subject I’m viewing exalts my mind and spirit. The drama created, when painting very dark, or drapery backgrounds in still life, is thrilling, as is the conveyance of the reflective qualities of glass or metal objects, or the tactile stimulus of animal fur. It all stirs emotion through my senses, sometimes to the point where I can hardly contain my enthusiasm.”
Marcia Hochstetter
