The Artistic Family Danowski

For the next two weeks, Perspective on CAR 25 will be airing a one-hour documentary about a talented Racine family: The Artistic Family Danowski.

Ed and Mardell Danowski have five natural children and two adopted daughters, all of whom have some kind of artistic talent. Artistic and theatrical talent runs deep on both sides of the Danowski and Bohn families, and has expressed itself in water colors, crafts, writing, interior design and sculpture. Their son, Jeff, has just released his third book, In Flying Colors, and Ed has just released another book, The Green Turkey. They have been running from book signing to book signing this winter.

Ed and Mardell's second son, Don, is a water color artist who has followed his father with a love of nature, blending realistic animal features and impressionistic mood.

Ed and Mardell have been married almost 50 years and Perspective covers most of that time. Ed was a top executive with S.C. Johnson through the '70s and '80s. Their three youngest children, Cheri, Dan and Greg, all excelled at art: Dan specialized in metal work and cartooning at St. Catherine's, while Greg and Cheri sell their water colors at art fairs.

Their path to finding two adopted daughters is explained on Perspective, which is produced by John Polodna, and airs on Wednesday at 10 a.m. and 9 p.m., and also on Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on CAR 25, channel 25 on the Time Warner network. This episode will run through Jan. 27.