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Billie Reed, Beauty Abounds

5/18/2022

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There is no one photograph that is exactly like another, as every photograph is a split second visual that will never be repeated in a lifetime.

I have always loved seeing the world through the camera lens and have professionally for the last 25 years.

In my photography, I continually strive to reveal the beauty of people, places and things through the lens, offering you a new way of looking at them…up close and personal. Everything in life has a unique beauty all it’s own. That is what I desire you to see as you experience my work.
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andrea van wyk

4/6/2022

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Artist's Bio
Andrea (Busker) Van Wyk has been teaching Visual Art classes at Pella Community Schools since graduating from Central College (‘84).   Following the completion of her Masters degree in Art Education from Iowa State University (‘99), Andrea has been teaching Art Appreciation for DMACC at Pella High School and has been the adjunct professor for the Elementary and Secondary Methods of Art Education at Central College.  Andrea and her husband Mike live and farm east of Pella where they raised their two children.  After 38 years in education, Andrea is retiring from teaching this May to pursue her career as an artist, travel and spend more time with her family.


Andrea has exhibited solo shows of her work in Iowa and Illinois, most recently at the Ankeny Art Center, the Fairfield Art and Convention Center, the Quad Cities Airport, the Quad Cities Botanical Center, Simpson College, Indian Hills Community College, Central College, Iowa State University, the Des Moines Central Library and Mars Cafe.  You can find Andrea on Instagram at AndreaVanWykArt and you can view all her work at AndreaVanWyk.com. 

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Kelsey wilson – Fruition

1/18/2022

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Fairfield Art Association

11/1/2021

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Fairfield Art Association Traveling Exhibit
Juried art exhibit of 24 canvas pieces measuring 16X16 by artists from the Fairfield, IA Area. For more information about the organization, visit https://fairfieldartassociation.org
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Kindred Spirits

9/15/2021

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Julia Dyche, George Hunt, Lynnette Knight and Michael Lynch were all students of George Rose at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri.  During that time, they also got to know George Rose’s wife, Rose Ventling. All of these artists have since remained Kindred Spirits.

Julia, George, Lynnette and Michael all went on to earn MFA’s after studying with Mr. Rose at NWMSU.
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Bridget Marcus

8/9/2021

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birds of many feathers

Bridget Marcus has been bird watching for most of her life and her wonder and love for birds is only increasing as the vulnerability of our avian neighbors becomes ever clearer. Growing up in South Africa much of her free time was spent in the “bushveld” resulting in a deep knowledge of South African birds. Since emigrating to the midwest United States, she has grown to know and love the birds of eastern deciduous forests and urban gardens.

About five years ago, inspired by her mother’s watercolor painting, she took watercolor and then pastel classes at the Des Moines Art Center. During this time she started doing a watercolor or sketch of the bird depicted on the Audubon ‘bird a day‘ calendar and has now a collection of about 1500 of these birds, some in sketch books and some on watercolor paper. A small sample of these birds are included in this exhibition.

Bridget loves intense, highly saturated color and so has been drawn to pastels. Jack Wilkes, her private teacher and mentor, has exposed her to the magic of this medium. The birds selected in the “Flight Patterns” series shown here are South African birds in flight. The backgrounds either represent an “African” pattern seen in fabric and in indigenous art forms, or seek to depict the birds’ environment, maintaining a tension between bird and background.

Elephants have been another source of wonderment for Bridget and she has been fortunate to have had numerous awe-inspiring – and on one occasion terrifying – elephant experiences in Southern Africa. In addition she and her family adopted a couple of elephant orphans at the Sheldrick Orphanage in Nairobi and were then able to visit this remarkable facility. The plight of African elephants is desperate and Bridget seeks to draw attention to their magnificence using charcoal which seems to capture their majesty particularly well.

As a part of Bridget’s commitment to aid in bird conservation, she will donate 30% of any sales at this exhibition or from online sales to the Audubon Society to assist them in the meaningful work being done by this important organization.

Learn more and purchase her artwork at
www.bridgetmarcusart.com
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Dina Bechman

6/16/2021

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Life, The Universe and Rainbows
Artist's Statement:

"I am a mixed media artist.  The base of my work is created with alcohol ink on yupo paper. Also displayed are some ceramic pieces I created at my Paint Your Own Pottery Studio - Five Monkeys Inc.

I have loved rainbows since I was a small child.  There isn't a time that I see something with a rainbow on it that it doesn't make my heart smile.  Creating with the whole color spectrum just makes me happy.  This body of work is very circle centric.  The first few pieces had circles so I just kind of went with it.  Much of my work has cut out pieces which makes for lots of scraps of beautifully colored pieces and I don't like to waste anything, most certainly anything pretty, so you'll see bits and pieces of the same paper in multiple finished pieces.  "Life" is made from leftover pieces of paper from the last three or four years, it is also my largest paper piece to date. "
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Deborah Beenken

5/4/2021

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Welcome back to a more regular library and art gallery experience!! We hope you enjoy being in the library and take a little time to browse the gallery while you're here. Deborah Beenken's fluid art is in the gallery May 1- June 14.

Here's her artist's statement:
"I am a self-taught mixed media abstract artist currently working in fluid art. I was drawn to fluid art because of its free-flowing process. What I didn’t realize was I had to let go of any preconceived ideas of having total control over the movement of the paint. I had to “go with the flow” which has not been an easy for me to do. In my mixed media abstract artwork, I have control and a very specific direction of where each piece of work is going. In fluid art, the paint has a mind of its own and tends to go where it wants to.
 
I’ve always been attracted to lively, vivid colors. Most of my pieces showcase my love of color. Bright colors bring me joy and simply make me happy. It has taken a lot of trial and error to find my perfect product-to-paint ratio and finding which colors work well together and which ones do not. Fluid art has become a relaxing release for me. Release of everyday stress, emotions, and frustrations."

– Deborah Beenken, DeBe Creative Art
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The Layers, Dina Beckman

3/31/2020

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The library closed due to the Covid-19 outbreak just a couple days after Dina Bechman hung her artwork in the gallery. We're sorry we missed her show time. But she has agreed to share her work with us in 2021, again in March and April!

We look forward to when the library reopens and we can see local artist's work in the gallery. We hope everyone stays healthy until then!
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Iowa Watercolor Society Miniature Group Show

2/6/2020

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The Iowa Watercolor Society was organized in 1977 by a small group of enthusiastic watercolorists. Which means they are 39 years old this year! IWS now celebrates well over 150 members and offers the opportunity for interested painters to network with artists statewide. Find out more about them at www.iowawatercolorsociety.org

This miniature show has become an annual event at our gallery and we hope you enjoy another year of wonderful little paintings. Get up close and enjoy!

Artists include:
Ann Pisarik
Anna L Conway
Carleen Hon
Connie Guillaume
Debra Garner
Jean McReynolds
Kathy Strohl
Linda Schanus
Lisa M Christensen
Marilyn Romine
Martha Rhoades
Mary Johnson
Mayela Fonseca
Rich Parker
Susan C Colby
Susan D Jauron
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