About us - Huron River Studio

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, Traverse City Michigan
Sept – Oct 2024 Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale Michigan

Awards

June 2024 – Michigan Watercolor Society
Aug 2024 – 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

After his retirement from teaching, being a lifelong admirer of the cosmos, he has continued his passion for the night sky by capturing the deep space wonders that were only viewed through an eyepiece. 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. Tim blends the intrinsic beauty of the sky with the wonder of the science in his collection of Astrophotos.

Contact Us

Email us @

studio@huronriverstudio.com

Our Location

Belleville, Michigan