Focus on Door County

Gallery: The photographers shadow appears on the outside of a row of cherry pickers’ shacks. The shacks sit unoccupied and witness to a past era.

Gallery: The Cliff House interior, once a retreat for Jen Jensen, retired landscape architect and founder of the Clearing, includes a few basic pieces of furniture, all handmade. It’s located in a remote corner of the property and was built in 1935.

Gallery: Known as the three sisters, these white pine trees welcome students to the Clearing Folk School grounds and a sunset view of Lake Michigan.

Gallery: Candles and tea add to the peaceful feeling at the Cliff House at the Clearing Folk School.

Gallery: One of several counsel rings at the Clearing, The Small Council Ring offers students seating and a fire pit overlooking Lake Michigan. It was built in 1925 by Marshall Johnson, founder Jen Jenson’s son-in-law and was reinstated by Bruce Johnson, Marshall’s son in 1992. Counsel rings are often used for discussion areas or late night gatherings of staff or students.

Gallery: An archway provides a whimsical entry to the gardens of Silver Poplar Studios in Ellison Bay.

Gallery: A graceful paper bird rests high in the rafters of an old barn.

Gallery: Folk art and found objects are gathered together in an artful display.

Gallery: Displaying its brilliant wings, a butterfly resides in a small container.

Gallery: Photography taken during a photo workshop in the Door county area by Rosemary Davis fro Travel. The class took place at the Clearing Folk School in Door County.

Gallery: Designed and built by University of Minnesota landscape architecture student, Nate Bond for the Clearing, a labyrinth provides a place of contemplative walking for students and staff.

Gallery: This historic cabin serves as a dormitory for up to 5 students at the Clearing.

Gallery: A pine sprig secures the Cliff House for its next visitor.

Gallery: Decorative farm implements hang on an out building.

Gallery: Photography taken during a photo workshop in the Door county area by Rosemary Davis fro Travel. The class took place at the Clearing Folk School in Door County.

Gallery: Farm buildings brave the bright sun in a late summer afternoon.

Gallery: Usually working in much larger formats, these small canvases show Craig Blietz’s portraits of barnyard animals.

Gallery: A wall of canvases and painting supplies greet artist Craig Blietz each day in his newly-built barn studio.

Gallery: Domino, part of an acrylic on muslin panel painted by Craig Blietz in 2012.

Gallery: A red-haired young woman’s painting rests on an easel in Ingwersen’s Studio Gallery.

Gallery: Artist tools make for a colorful image themselves.

Gallery: At the end of a long boardwalk, the Bailey’s Harbor Range Lights helped guide ships into harbor. Open to the public during an annual Lighthouse Festival, neighboring Ridges Sanctuary workers and volunteers staff the Range Lights building, provide nature conservation and hiking grounds nearby.

Gallery: The sanctuary of the Boynton Chapel welcomes visitors. Its owners gave the 425-acre estate, which includes the chapel, to Lawrence University in 1963.

Gallery: A reflection of a farmhouse is glimpsed through the tattered lace curtained window of an out building.

Gallery: Inside the Cana Island lighthouse, the 97 black metal stairs wind round and round.

Gallery: Sunrise, as seen from the beach near the Cana Island lighthouse. The lighthouse is located on a peninsula between Moonlight and North Bays.