Connie Pelzek
Local artist Connie Pelzek received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. After teaching Art locally for several years, she decided to try something new, and received a degree in Interior Design from Mt. Mary College. She worked for 28 years as a Facilities In House Interior Designer at Rockwell Automation in downtown Milwaukee. During that time, she also did residential faux finishing and mural work. After retirement, Connie returned to her first love: painting. She has participated in art festivals throughout the country and is now exhibiting at Almont Gallery in Waukesha. Her work has been collected residentially and by several Wisconsin Corporations.
Pelzek has a love for nature motifs, bold color, and complicated textures and patterns. She has combined these elements in her acrylic paintings using a variety of painting techniques. Billowing clouds, lacy branches, and the patterns created by layers of soft leaves are explored in her atmospheric canvases.
With her background in Interior Design, Pelzek believes that the display of art in personal and public spaces should be an enriching and integral part of daily life. Pelzek created this piece for Waukesha Reads 2017.
True Grit is located inside Study Room 2.