A family of art enthusiasts encouraged Maggie Stetter’s lifelong interest in art. Her mother, Mary Fritz, painted oil and acrylic landscapes of her childhood home in Austria. Her dad’s cousins, William Warmuth, a portrait artist in Milwaukee, WI, and Dory Grade, a California acrylic floral artist were also sources of inspiration.
     Maggie began her art career by drawing the animals around her. After art classes with William Warmuth, oil portraits and acrylic still life paintings followed.
     While raising two children with husband Roy, Maggie taught high school English and German, then worked at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and continued her education. There was little time for painting at this stage, but enough time for pencil and paper, so the drawing continued. Maggie earned a Master’s Degree in Education at about the same time her children graduated from college.

     Encouraged by more time to paint, Maggie worked in watercolor, pastel, acrylic, ink, oil, mixed media and, of course, pencil, creating artwork of her growing family. Watercolor became her preferred medium especially after Roy’s retirement in 1996 and a move to Tennessee. She grew to love the translucent and difficult medium for depicting the lovely landscapes and flowers which graced her new surroundings.
     In 1999 Maggie joined DAB, a small group of painters near Paris Landing. Weekly painting sessions with other artists refined Maggie’s watercolor techniques. In 2005 Maggie joined the Tennessee River Fine Arts League, a group of Henry County artists who actively show and teach their art.
     Maggie Stetter now paints by commission. Her mediums are watercolor, pastel, colored pencil and mixed media. The focus of her commissioned artwork is pet portraiture. She continues to create portraits of her children and grandchildren, and in the family tradition, has added landscapes and florals to her collection of artwork.