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“Fields and
Foothills” by Arne Kvaalen
Arne was born and raised in Montana. He majored in art at
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, studied at the
Minneapolis Art Institute and Walker Art School in Minneapolis,
and later received his M.F. A. for post-graduate work at the
University of Iowa.
He now live in West Lafayette, Indiana, where he continues to
work as a painter, having retired from 29 years of teaching at
Purdue University
About his work, he says:
In the art world of the 1950’s and 1960’s I
learned to appreciate abstract form, sensuous paint, and the
brush–stroke. Those years were good training. As I have moved
back into realism, the abstract brushstroke has been shaped into
tangled grass, weeds, and trees.
Landscape always has been my primary concern. In my early years
it was the Western land from which I came. But in the last
decades I have discovered the land along the Wabash. It is lush
and verdant in contrast to the West, a gift of God to feed the
world and inspire artists.
Stop by to view a sampling of Arne’s pastels to appreciate
the vibrant colors that he uses to capture our ever-changing
landscape.
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“Pine Forrest Floor” by Brian Gordy
Brian Gordy, a resident of Muncie, Indiana, holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Art Education from Ball State University. He
taught art in the public schools, the university level and
privately for over 20 years. He exhibits throughout the United
States and has earned numerous awards for his watercolors and
charcoal drawings. His works are included in the permanent
collections of The Sheldon Swope Art Museum (Terre Haute, IN)
The Richmond Art Museum (Richmond, IN) and Minnetrista Cultural
Center (Muncie, IN) and many corporate and private collections.
Mr. Gordy’s work has been featured in The Best of Watercolor
Volume 3, Rockport Publishers 1999, Arts Indiana and Lake
Superior Magazines. He is a Signature Member of Transparent
Watercolor Society of America, and Red River Watercolor Society.
His exhibition, “White River Turtles: Watercolors by Brian
Gordy” at Minnetrista Cultural Center in Muncie from October
2007– January 2008, introduced a series of paintings showcasing
the native turtles of Indiana which have been reproduced into
limited edition giclee’s.
Mr. Gordy, with his wife Genny and son Ben, own and operate
Gordy Fine Art & Framing Company, a framing studio and art
gallery in downtown Muncie that features hand carved gilded
frames as well as the works of local and regional artists.
Brian’s watercolors and hand gilded original frames have earned
him the official designation of Indiana Artisan, by the State of
Indiana.
ART of Framing is proud to display a variety of Brian’s White
River Turtle Prints.
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“Coffee Time” mugs by Carol Burt
Carol Burt has been an art educator for the past 20 years,
teaching 15 years at the elementary level and five years at Ball
State University. Her current position is at East Washington
Academy in Muncie, IN. She has studied ceramics continuously for
the past eight years and began exhibiting her clay work in
juried exhibitions in 2003. She has received over a dozen
educational grants, presented regularly at state and national
conferences, and has served on the executive council of the Art
Education Association of Indiana as District Three
Representative, Vice President, President, and Past President
for a total of nine years. Her awards include Outstanding
Educator in Higher Education from the Art Education Association
of Indiana in 1995, Muncie Community Schools Educator of the
year in 2004, and Art Education Association of Indiana
Distinguished Fellow, 2005.
We are please to carry Carol’s work, which is both functional
and beautiful.
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“House” Jackson County by John Bower
John Bower’s black-and-white images of abandoned houses,
cemetery statues, and building facades are fine portraits –
silver-gelatin renderings of an honored Indiana past. As First
Lady Judy O’Bannon has written, John Bower’s photographs are an
“exploration of the Soul of a people.”
A Hoosier native, Bower has published 7 stunning Indiana
photography books, all celebrating our remarkable cultural
heritage. He has had 25 solo exhibitions (including a 4-month
show at the Indiana State Museum), has received 4 Individual
Artist Grants from the Indiana Arts Commission, has been named
an Indiana Artisan, and was honored as a Distinguished Hoosier
in 2011.
Bower’s work is a hauntingly beautiful melding of art and
history. Its compelling visual and emotional appeal has resulted
in several hundred articles in newspapers and magazines,
including an 8-page spread in Indianapolis Monthly.
According to Bower, “The abandoned and forgotten buildings and
objects that dot the countryside retain a special energy left
behind by their former owners. In exploring back roads and
out-of-the-way places, my goal is to preserve, on film and in
books, the richness, significance, and value that surrounds us –
yet often goes unnoticed – so it can be experienced and
appreciated by others.”
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“Brookville Reflections” by Ron Burgess
Ron Burgess is a life long resident of Lafayette, IN. He studied
art under Sister M. Rufinia in the1950’s. His early work
included Oils, watercolors, pastels, sculpture and pottery. His
preferred medium is pastel.
Ron has also taken several workshops including studies with Rob
Rohm at the Fredericksburg Art School in Fredericksburg, Texas
and in Traverse City, Michigan. He has also completed art
courses at Purdue University
Ron is a member of the Indiana Plein Air Painters, Association,
The Hoosier Salon, Indiana heritage Arts and Chicago Pastel
Painters. He has won numerous awards with local and regional
exhibits.
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Pendants by Jan McCune
Jan’s jewelry is rustic yet contemporary. The word “Rustic”
connotes a hand-hewn object and shows the marks of the artist
rather than appearing slick and machine made. Trained in
painting and printmaking, Jan is concerned with surface –
weather it is the brushstrokes and thickness of the paint on
canvas or the look of the inked printing plate ready for the
press. This same interest translates to her jewelry. Plain,
shiny metal is not nearly as interesting as a surface that is
manipulated through etching, folding, stamping, hammering and
such. She usually prefers a soft, brushed finish to a highly
polished one though in some cases, a high sheen is exactly what
is needed to highlight a stone and design. In her riveted
pieces, she deliberately lets the rivets show and uses them as a
design element to accentuate the hand-hewn quality of the work.
Jan cuts and polishes the stones herself rather than buying
readymade cabochons because she enjoys the process and also
wants to control the look and form of the finished stone.
Jan’s jewelry makes nice one-of-kind gifts.
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“Brookville Reflections” by Rebecca
Brody
Rebecca's watercolors show the beauty and
splendor of our feathered friends, from Sandhill cranes swooping
over familiar Midwestern landscapes to pelicans and flamingoes
in more exotic settings. Since learning about the fabulous
Sandhill crane migration between Canada and Florida and their
stop over at Indiana's Jasper-Pulaski Wildlife Preserve, Rebecca
has been obsessed with painting them against our beautiful
countryside. Watercolor is her media of choice; and is not even
slightly tempted to mix it up. However, she does enjoy using
different surfaces. Some of her paintings are on Brookston's
famous Twinrocker handmade paper, tinted various shades of
brown. Other pieces are on YUPO, which is a new plastic (and
completely archival) surface. Pigments are not absorbed into the
paper; the paint sits right on the top, and swirls around and
around, re-arranging itself long after she's left the room.
Flying Out
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Flight of the Ibis
Flamingoing
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Transitions - In
my Life; In my Art by Heidi Harner
Due to changes in her own life, Heidi’s art too has evolved. Under the
mentoring of contemporary master artist, David Slonim Heidi has
changed in how she thinks about her work. Slonim stresses studying the
Masters and Heidi admires the artwork of Mary Cassatt, John Singer
Sargent, Andrew Wyeth and George Inness. If you are familiar with
them, you will see their influence in Heidi’s newer work as she
continually strives for her own artist's voice.
On the Inside
Looking Out
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“Beyond the Pale” Paintings of
Rivers Edge by Jeff Hagen.
Jeff’s show will include, Venice, New York,
Lafayette, Moscow, London, Columbus, St. Jo, and
Holland Michigan, Minneapolis (Dinky town area), St.
Paul, St. Louis, Memphis, Rabbit Hash, small river
towns in Kentucky and Indianapolis. The show will
also include some writing and storytelling
resonating the voices of the river...River
Talk...Jeff is working on new paintings for the show
that include some new places at Rivers Edge that he
experienced on a recent trip with his church to
Lotts Creek settlement school in Southeastern
Kentucky.
Here’s what Jeff says about his work:
“In my life, I've always been drawn to water, both
as a recreational adventure and as an art medium. I
have an affinity for watercolor in my expression of
both the visual world and the spiritual world of
nature. Water, there is something primal and deep
down in the soul that stirs and flows and produces a
current of creativity within me.”
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