Written by: Janet Kelman
Margot S. Neuhaus is a versatile artist who has worked with different media including stone, wood, paint, and photography. Margot’s painting, “In Spite of Everything,” is part of the Summer Invitational 2025 at WSG Gallery, 111 East Ann, in Ann Arbor, through July 19. It is a piece that expresses her joy, “in spite of everything”.
In her own words, Margot describes her work as an artist:
“As I set out to work, I often sit on the ground or the floor and surround myself with the natural materials with which I work, play. I order the materials in patterns that speak to me, I carve them in lines that go with the grain, or I draw them the length of a breath. Somehow a communication is established between the material and myself. When I am fortunate, I feel that the communication goes beyond the material, beyond me. I feel that I myself am a part of a pattern that speaks of a greater order. In turn, something in me changes, as does the work I do. The door has been opened a crack and a bit more light let in.”
You could visit Margot in her studio when she will be part of the new Ann Arbor Fall Art Tour, tentatively scheduled for November 8 – 9, 2025.
Margot’s website is www.margotneuhaus.com.
