Florence, Wis.– The Wild Rivers Interpretive Center is hosting Carol Schultz as its next featured artist until July 12. This is a rotating exhibit designed to introduce residents and visitors to local artists who capture the beauty of local Wild Rivers, lakes and forests.

Schultz grew up in Iron Mountain. She is the middle of six children and in a neighborhood full of kids, there was always someone to spend time with outdoors. After raising children and working outside the home, she retired to the Spread Eagle area and found time to draw and paint.

She is a self-taught artist and author of children’s books. Her nature-inspired books gave her the outlet to write about and illustrate the wonderful area we live in.

The beauty of the Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin with the abundant wildlife, wooded areas and multiple lakes and rivers have always been an inspiration for her work. Winters are the ideal time of year to create artwork, while she spends summers outdoors as much as possible.

She encourages others in the area because there are so many wonderful stories to write and many creative people who should put their artistic talents to paper. Schultz hopes visitors will enjoy her work and that it will inspire them to create their own. She can be reached at RockyWaterArt@gmail.com.

Her featured pieces are displayed in front of the waterfall mural and are for sale. Matted prints and her children’s books are also for sale in the gift shop. The interpretive center is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays at 5628 Forestry Drive in Florence at the intersection of U.S. 2 and Highway 70. For questions call 715-528-5377.

The Wild Rivers Interpretive Center provides local and state-wide tourist information for visitors through a variety of brochures, guides, maps and advice.

It contains exhibits suited to all ages explaining the natural resources and history of our unique “Wild Rivers” area. There are many fish, mammal, and bird mounts to observe including a full-body albino buck mount.

The center also contains a gift shop selling educational books, t-shirts, souvenirs, puppets, and other outdoor related gifts and decor. The helpful front desk staff acts as the public resource desk answering questions and selling permits, licenses and passes for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources,, the Florence County Forestry and Parks and the Nicolet National Forest Service.