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ple, is a view of the mechanics, hard-
and having two children, the painter
ware and excitement of launching
cut back on the time she spent with
rockets into space. The watercolors of
her artwork. As her children — Eric,
Sonia Molnar also will be featured in
16, and Lauren, 13 — got older, she
the Cary exhibit.
again found more time for projects.
"I like to complete each painting in
Among the places that have featured
one session," says Wolok, who has a
her landscapes are the Birmingham
studio in her Bloomfield Hills home.
Bloomfield Art Center, Scarab Club, -
"I make a plan for each
Lawrence Street
work and set aside three
Gallery and the
Above: Twopaintings from
to four hours to finish."
State Capital
Wolok's "Golan Heights" series.
Wolok says she's
Library.
always been interested in
Below left: Fran Wolok:
Currently,
art and studied industrial
"From the Bayou."
she participates in
design at Wayne State
the Birmingham
Below right: "Rocket Garden,"
University. Between high
Bloomfield Art
drawing on Woloks background
school and college, she
Center Rental -
in industrial design, will be
lived in Tel Aviv and took shown at the Cary G41
Gallery, which
some art classes there.
provides works of
, "I got a job doing
art`to corpora-
technical illustrations," she explains
tions on a temporary basis.
about her early professional attention.
"I give myself assignments and fol-
"Working from blueprints, I made
low through," Wolok says. If were
drawings for factory manualsspro-
taking a trip anyplace — from
duced by an auto company. I think
Washington to Italy — I look out for
the commercial experience helped me
new things. If I'm returning some-
gain my speed."
place, I take different roads -to familiar
After marrying Dr. Philip Wolok
destinations."

Wolok says that she has a strong
sense of color and uses loose brush
strokes. She likes the consistency of
oils and painting on canvas.
"I like colors as much as a kid
opening a new box, of crayons," she
says.
Learning how to market her
paintings has been a gradual process
for the artist. She became attuned to
holiday shows and was represented
at the Detroit:Artists Market last
year. She also pursued opportunities
at the Art Center in Mt. Clemens.
"I've found that I have to reach
out and get the word out to arrange
exhibits," says Wolok, who also has
had a show at the Jimmy Prentis
Morris Building of the Jewish
Community Center in Oak Park.
Besides affiliating with professional
groups, such as the Society of Women
Painters, Wolok is active with Jewish
organizations, including the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit,
Hadassah and Adat Shalom groups.
She also enjoys being part of an
investment club that closely follows
stock performance.
"I don't get attached to paintings,
and I change them around the
house," Wolok says. "Eventually, I'd
like to become more than a regional
artist.":

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Fran Wolok's work will be on dis-
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