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Des Moines Camera Club

3/20/2023

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Bubble of Life, in Iowa

The Des Moines Camera Club is a diverse group of creative individuals who are passionate about creating photographic images. Just like the uniqueness of our outdoor environment, each of us 'sees' and photographs the world in our own personal way. While some are attracted to colors, shapes, lines, or patterns of a scene, others may be inclined to capture equally interesting images emphasizing the action, mood or totality of a place. Some are spontaneous, capturing life as it occurs naturally around them, and others plan each shot predetermining the time, subject, place and perhaps using special equipment.

Regardless of our methods, we all strive to share our own unique vision and perspective through our photography. As a club, we cherish these differences and enjoy the versatility and creativity of the group.

We hope that you will enjoy our interpretations of 'Bubble of Life' and the individuality of each image.
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Embracing the Textures of Nature

2/16/2023

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Exhibit by Megan Hammer

Through the transformative process of turning wispy wool fibers into soft, strong felt, artist Megan Hammer explores the potential for harmony and collaboration with nature. She embraces the natural textures revealed through the felting process and presents intricate details which immerse the viewer in the artist’s discoveries, exploration of place, and experiences in our natural world.

Artist Biography

Megan earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art with an emphasis in Painting and Drawing from the University of Northern Iowa in 2003. She later became fascinated with using wool as an art medium, and has been creating vibrant, expressive fiber art since 2018. Recent exhibitions of her fiber art include the Carnegie-Ellsworth Gallery, the Polk County Heritage Gallery, and the Iowa State Fair Fine Art Exhibition.

Through sharing her work, Megan discovered a curiosity in others surrounding the art of felting. Since 2019, she has found joy and connection by leading creative workshops in which she shares felting techniques while encouraging an appreciation for nature. She has been a featured workshop instructor for organizations such as the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, Reiman Gardens at Iowa State University, Polk County Conservation, and the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival in Colorado. 

Megan’s artwork has evolved through different mediums, but has always been inspired by the simple, natural wonders she encounters. Megan can be found admiring and gathering inspiration from the flora of her surroundings, whether wandering the wild prairie, or weeding her backyard flower garden. She lives in Urbandale, Iowa with her husband, where she creates art while instilling a love of nature in her two young sons. 

meganhammer.com
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Serving Memories

12/7/2022

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Paintings by Barb Thompson


Serving Memories is dedicated to the commemoration of life events. By combining glass servingware with florals commonly used in celebrations, the end result inspires viewers to meditate on life experiences. This may be by scent memory, or by recognition of specific botanicals.

This project inspires a deeper appreciation of florals connected to special days, or seasons of our lives. These paintings present vegetation on beautiful serveware that may be rarely used, but are treasured and brought of china cabinets for life events. Bridal showers, tea parties, holiday festivities, and birthday parties are all celebrated in style; often paired with special dishes.

Barb Thompson is a Cedar Rapids based artist who loves to study florals and vegetation. Her aim is to capture blooms, colors and textures for year round enjoyment. She paints from her own garden and plants, as well as bouquets she curates from local floral shops. Growing up in the Midwest, she has learned to immerse herself in each season, and enjoy the botanicals as they bloom and change.
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Kindred Spirits

10/3/2022

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Group show with artwork by Julia Dyche, George Hunt, Lynnette Knight, Michael Lynch, George Rose, John van Rens and Rose Ventling
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Jeff Suchomel and Jeff Klisares

9/16/2022

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Jeff Klisares "ReVIVAL"

Revival is a collection of original oil paintings depicting modern contemporary country life in middle America, especially Iowa.
 
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Jeff Klisares is a self-taught artist/painter who was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. The second child, Jeff was probably destined to break the rules, while also attempting to please everyone in unconventional ways. His maker also chose to make Jeff mostly left-handed, adding to the humbling legacy of thinking differently than most others.
Jeff found himself armed with a B.S. degree in Industrial Administration from Iowa State University, including intense focus on Industrial Engineering and Landscape Architecture.
 Employment in Corporate America taught Jeff that functioning in a cult environment where creativity is frowned upon was not for everyone, though nearly, it seemed.
Jeff now paints.
jeffklisares.com

JEFF SUCHOMEL “Giving the mundane its beautiful due.”

All work presented here, with the exception of the San Francisco piece are from the Iowa area.  Many are from areas in and around Des Moines.

As an avid cyclist I see much of my potential work from the seat of a bike. The road figures prominently in this work as it does in our everyday life.
www.jeffsuchomelartwork.com
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Rusty Farrington

8/2/2022

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Mirrors, Messages, and Manifestations Recent work by
Rusty Farrington


My latest body of work explores the nature of place—its intersections of memory and imagination, of feeling and idea. The spiritual quality of “place”—literally, as topographical location and figuratively, as a meditational state—is an essential element of these pieces. The specifics of locale have become less important to me than the distillation of stories or ideas into the archetype, the abstract, and the transcendent; creating analogies for something ancient, something that carries layers of form and idea—like the space between the concrete and the ephemeral. My subject matter focuses on archaeological locations, the landscapes of religious texts and ancient legend, where I seek intersections of history and myth, of the spiritual and physical, of the archetypal and transcendent. I imagine what those places and times would have felt like. My works are like mirrors we look into—mirrors that are fragmented and broken, simultaneously refracting and reflecting, colored with the cultural biases of generations of people who collect, write, make art, music, or who tell stories through the magic of theater or film. The works are therefore manifestations of many realities, of many histories, of the imaginations that bind our cultures, sub-cultures, and pasts into who we are, transcending the ages to give us the opportunity to peer into the vastness of what makes us human.

Rusty Farrington Bio

I grew up in southeast Iowa, intensely exploring the hills and plains, timbers and fields of that landscape. Summer days, were full of trips out of town to explore timberlands, fish, hunt arrowheads, or just play in the creek near my home town. After high school I attended the University of Iowa, majoring in art after an initial dalliance into engineering. I graduated with a ba in 1984, and immediately pursued a master’s degree. I taught elementary and junior high art for four years (while working on my graduate degree) before moving to northwest Iowa in 1988. I finished my master’s in 1989, driving weekly to Iowa City, and teaching days at Iowa Central Community College. I retired from teaching full time at Iowa Central in 2018. I still teach a few classes there. I currently live in Rockwell City where I have converted an old hardware store downtown into a studio and workshop (Prairie’s Edge Studios).
 
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Andrew Clarridge

7/20/2022

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About Andrew: "I've been a practicing artist since 2005 and have exhibited professionally since 2011. I work with a mixture of media. My hand-made work consists of wood-burning, acrylic paint, colored pencil and charcoal on wood panel. My digital pieces are created through modifying images of my hand-made work, or they are generated from scratch. Visually my work centers around creating matrices of color fields and linework, then breaking apart and piecing them back together.  I feel this  technique helps to keep my work evolving. I intend to showcase and sell prints of my work  through this site.  PLEASE, contact me directly about collaborations, commissions, and/or purchasing hand-made work.  I would be more than happy to make something unique for your space!" – Andrew Clarridge
See more artwork and order prints at ClarridgeArt.com
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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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