About Huron River Studio
Huron River Studio is a husband and wife team based in Belleville, Michigan, creating abstract watercolor art, astrophotography, and immersive soundscapes. Their work explores the intersection of color, space, and sound, capturing the beauty of the unseen and the ethereal.
diane matz
About Diane
- With a background in art and psychology, Diane Matz’s artwork uses watercolor, mixed water media and collage to communicate reflections of the inner spirit, influenced by color, texture and nature. She began with a love of watercolor, later venturing into adding acrylic paint and collage, exploring layering, stamps, stencils, hand painted and stamped papers. Her work asks one to look closer, to speak from one spirit to another.
- Diane has a bachelor degree in psychology with a Minor in Art from Michigan State University. She also holds a Master of Education with a certificate in Art Therapy from Wayne State University. She has taken classes in Experimental Watermedia with Laura Host at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association (BBAC). Diane’s work has been juried into shows for the Michigan Watercolor Society, The Livonia Fine Arts Exhibition and BBAC student shows. She is a member of the Lawrence Street Gallery.
Exhibitions
- June – Sept 2024 The Dennos Museum, Michigan Watercolor Society, Traverse City, Michigan
- Sept – Oct 2024 Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, Michigan
- May – July 2025 Jane Charach Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Michigan Watercolor Society
- July – Aug 2025 The PARC Gallery, Plymouth Michigan
- July – Aug 2025 The Higher Art Gallery, Great Bodies Exhibit, Traverse City, Michigan
Awards
- June 2024 – Michigan Watercolor Society
- Aug 2024 – Belleville Council for the Arts – 1st Place
- June 2025 – Belleville Council for the Arts – 1st Place
Connect with Diane on Instagram
@dianegail9
tim miller
The Soundscapes
- As a musician, Tim began his career teaching public school in Merrill MI upon graduation from the University of Michigan, just west of Saginaw in the middle of the mitten. During this time, he was the one of the founding members of the Prism Quartet, dividing his time between teaching and performing. After a time, Tim moved back to the Ann Arbor area to take a position at Eastern Michigan University teaching saxophone. This enabled his performing with Prism to continue. It was during this time that Prism explored the new field of the EWI (Electronic Wind Controller), essentially a wind keyboard, that allows a wind musician access to the synthesizer. It was this time that hooked Tim into the freedom of sonic creation that working electronically allows. His electronic music uses the Digital Audio Workstation Reason, focusing on the nuance of electronic timbres that are brought alive with the expressive control of the EWI. His music is improvisatory and deeply rooted in textures, timbres, and rhythmic motion.
The Astrophotos
- Tim has been a lifelong admirer of the cosmos. After his retirement from 38 years in the classroom, he has continued his passion for the night sky by capturing the deep space wonders that were only previously viewed through the eyepiece of a telescope. Tim finds solace in sitting under the stars during warmer summer months, and brims with anticipation while darting in and out of the house to check the equipment during the winter. To him, capturing images of the night sky, blends the intrinsic beauty and awe of these objects with science, as we discover a deeper understanding of our place in the cosmos and how it came to be.
Exhibitions
- Aug – Sept 2025 CultureVerse Gallery, “Space is the Place”, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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