Beauty Reminder: Art Opening Wed., Aug. 13, At Historic Mansion

CHICAGO - Aug. 11, 2025 - PRLog -- The special art opening and reception for The Natural World art exhibition will be held this Wednesday, August 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the historic Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, IL.

Artist Anne Nordhaus-Bike will attend the opening, displaying her hair along with her watercolor painting of blue flowers. Nordhaus-Bike has dyed her hair specifically to harmonize with her painting, which also sports a blue frame.

"I was so excited to be chosen to participate in this show," Nordhaus-Bike said. "Just before the opening, I decided to have my hair colored with a special blue to match Exploring, my watercolor of blue flowers that was chosen for the show. So visitors wll enjoy a double dose of blue along with double the fun."

The Natural World runs Monday, August 4, through Saturday, September 20, at the historic Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, IL. The show represents this year's edition of the Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists (CAVA) annual summer member exhibition.

Mayslake Peabody Estate is located at 1717 31st St. in Oak Brook, IL. The gallery hosting the show is open Monday through Friday, noon to 3 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is closed Sundays and select holidays. For more information, go to https://annenordhausbike.com/blogs/blog/blue-flowers-wate...

About Anne Nordhaus-Bike

Nordhaus-Bike paints colorful, joyful watercolors inspired by nature, and makes mixed media art.

Her work has appeared in numerous solo and group shows as well as many arts programs, presentations, and performances. Her work has been published in periodicals and books, covered in numerous print and online publications, and featured in broadcast media, both on television and in a feature film.

Nordhaus-Bike received a degree in art history, with honors, from the University of Chicago and went on to launch a fine arts column that ran for two decades in the Gazette Chicago newspaper, where she served in various capacities from the paper's founding in 1983 to its closure in 2024.

She founded her multimedia arts firm, ANB Communications, in 1993.

A member of the prestigious Woman Made Gallery in Chicago since 1998, she published her book, Follow The Sun, in 2012. The book includes more than a dozen of her original watercolors. Among her many awards and honors, she was named to the National Women's Hall of Fame's Wall of Fame in 1997.

For more information go to https://annenordhausbike.com/ or email anne@annenordhausbike.com.