48 | JULY 20 • 2023 

ARTS&LIFE
ART FAIRS

B

ruce and Christine Green met at an art fes-
tival in Florida, got to know each other with 
particular attention to shared artistic interests, 
married and merged their talents. Now, they are mak-
ing bright, colorful abstract images on aluminum.
Their various work, spanning 47 years of marriage, 
has been offered and made available by order through 
outdoor art fairs presented around the country. This 
year, they are showing their work in Michigan at fairs 
based in Ann Arbor, West Bloomfield and Suttons 
Bay, which is near Traverse City.
Visiting West Bloomfield’s Orchard Lake Fine Art 
Fair, July 29-30, takes Christine close to the city of 
Ferndale, where she grew up as the daughter of the 
city’s late mayor, Robert Paczkowski. The couple’s 
various Michigan travels allow them to visit with her 
sisters still living in the state.
“What we’re doing artistically is unique to us,
” said 
Bruce, who does the processing using various types of 
equipment with heat transfers and leaves the colorful 
designs to his wife’s imagination. 
“It’s using a printing technology that a lot of pho-
tographers are utilizing with this material. Only a 
couple of painters have I ever seen working with it,
” 
he added.
The couple, appearing at about 15 fairs this sum-
mer, will be showing about a dozen large paintings 
and 50 smaller ones. All of their works are new to 
this year’s presentations and can be adapted in colors 
that go with the placements planned for particular 
clients thinking of specific spaces. 
“
About half of our major pieces are customized to a 
certain size or color,
” Bruce said. “We can do all that.
” 
The Greens were doing pottery together before 
they began with this special kind of painting about 10 
years ago. They have been selling their work at sum-
mer fairs for 40 years and will be at the Ann Arbor 
Summer Art Fair July 20-22 and the Suttons Bay Art 

Bruce and Christine Green 
will showcase their art at 
three upcoming art fairs.

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SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Bruce and Christine Green 
will be showcasing their abstract art 
this summer throughout Michigan.

Traveling

COURTESY OF THE GREENS

