Anna Bland May & June 2023 Community Artist on Display Artist Statement My current body of work is primarily in fluid painting. I am inspired by the natural world, by the sky and water. I am moved to response by the light, power, and beauty I see in the [...]
Brenda Backman March & April Community Artist on Display We welcome our very own Wheaty, Brenda Backman, to the community art space for the months of March and April! You will have to see her series "Gut Punch" in person to truly appreciate the details in Backman's work. "I’ve been making art and stitching [...]
January & February Artist Artist Statement Kyle Renell My work is my ticket to the exploration of the world around me. This group of drawings was completed in 2019, when life was simpler and without COVID. It includes studies for A Journey of Life, a major work; character development studies; and water studies. The [...]
Robert Sunderman November - December 2022 Community Artist Fine Art Statement: The sketches and paintings in this exhibition are studies that I have worked on over the past eleven years that reflect personal experiences but also capture the beautiful structure of the skeletal nature of trunks and [...]
About the Artist: Becky Thomas, Painter/Illustrator passionately produces works that convey an appreciation for the simplest and most meaningful concepts from the world around us and how they touch our lives. Her work has been described as the product of a "keen eye" and a "quiet yet intense sensitivity." She grew up in a [...]
Kat Silent Water is a printmaker based out of Ankeny, Iowa, working in woodblock and linoleum relief since 2014. She recently embraced the alchemical properties of encaustic painting in her latest body of work, ‘Wax Cathedral’. Silent Water’s inspiration has taken root in Art Nouveau’s celebration of organic forms and cultural anthropology. Silent Water [...]
Sudhanva Kashyap Artist Statement I am a landscape photographer based in Ames, IA. My journey started in 2016 when I bought a DSLR to capture our road trip across California. As a researcher at ISU, my days are fast paced and chaotic. The whole world slows down when I am outdoors, in nature, with [...]
Swati Lodha Artist Statement I am a mandala and zentangle artist based in Ames, IA. My art journey began four years ago to blow off steam after a stressful day. The repetitive patterns and concentric circles, the cornerstone of a mandala, drew me in and I was hooked. I started out drawing traditional patterns [...]
Tricia Bowers Artist Statement As a person and an artist I value beauty above all, and color is by far my favorite quality of reality and the universe. As a painter I am free to explore and experiment with color, using different and fun techniques to share my beauty. I make mostly abstract art, [...]
March - April Artist: Robert Sunderman Fine Artist, Scenic Designer & Associate Processor of Theater Design, ISU Fine Art Statement: The sketches and paintings in this exhibition are studies that I have worked on over the past eleven years that reflect personal experiences but also capture the beautiful structure of the skeletal nature of [...]
