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We’d love to hear from you. Cover photo by Jill Ziesemer February 2015 | foxcitiesmagazine.com | 5 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT Do you recognize this local architectural detail? Expansive relief mural overlooks the Fox River Windbigler s art enhances apartment complex basement ’ Jacquelyn Smith Windbigler has added an artistic flare to the atmosphere of the Historic Fox River Mills Apartments. Rather than capturing the Fox River in a painting, Windbigler created a detailed relief mural in the Appleton complex’s basement community space. Send us your answer along with “The relief downstairs is actually just something that was an your name and address no later than opportunity within another opportunity and it just sort of came Feb. 13, 2015. together collectively. The mills provide a wonderful palette,” says Windbigler. Correct submissions will be The mural was created over a span of about four weeks and entered in a drawing for a completed in November. $25 gift certificate to “(The Fox River Mills are) so inviting and the atmosphere and the crew were just fabulous. The crew would offer, ‘can’t we put some music on,’ and they were just so accommodating,” says Windbigler. The crew and maintenance members helped with the “accessory parts, painting the floors and walls, and creating the lighting.” “We are from northern Indiana; however, my husband’s work Jacquelyn Windbigler has kept us moving around the country for a long time,” says Name: Appleton Windbigler. Residence: While she has lived in Appleton for the past year, her Medium: Relief Pieces experience living in different locations has affected her artwork and Price range: $1,000–6,000 the types of mediums that she uses. “Moving around the county has actually broadened my vision about the different arts. The possibilities are just completely endless,” says Windbigler. “I started with drawing portraits and training the eye, studying library books in the arts or going to museums in Chicago or in Georgia, or wherever.” The curiosity of how a piece of artwork was created motivates Windbigler to start a new project. “(I) wonder, how did they do that, and that question has Submit your entry to always underlined‘ the next project. Design’ is not always painting [email protected] a picture or coming up with something out of your imagination,” or says Windbigler. “A lot of time, it is working with the elements FOX CITIES Magazine that are currently there and then melding them together to get a P.O. Box 2496 cohesive look.” Appleton, WI 54912 For Windbigler, art has predominantly been a hobby since she was young, but she also has worked on projects across the country. “I have worked in many design centers in the states, and that has been very fulfilling. If I were to say that it’s more than a hobby, I probably could, because I have worked for people in the way of interior design,” says Windbigler. “As far as where it will go from here, I imagine it will just be freelance because the big pieces that I have done up to this point have been from my own heart’s desire.” “The Lerner is a magnificent theater in Elkhart, Ind., and they just did a big renovation there and it was exciting to be a part of that,” says Windbigler. “One (piece) was just (created for) a fundraiser, a large elk. Another was a contribution of a painting of my daughter. We called it, “Meg and Ebby,” because she was holding our cat.” Next time you find yourself near downtown Appleton, take a trip down to the Historic Fox River JANUARY WINNER Mills to view the beautiful relief of the Fox River. If you would like to learn more about the piece John Breaker, Menasha created by Windbigler, contact [email protected]. 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