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Quad City Arts’ Art at the Airport presents mixed mediapaintings by Corrine Smith of Rock Island, acrylic paintings by James Eli Bowden of Peotone, IL, and steel sculpture by Matt Moyer of Columbia, MO
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James BowdenAcrylic Painter from Peotone, IL
James Eli Bowden is a retired art professor and owner of a signage company. His abstract paintings are linear with a focus on shape and color painted on sheets of PVC. His work is painted in a flat, hard-edge style that creates a visual space on a flat surface. Each painting is preconceived, based on detailed small-scale studies that he first creates. Bowden states, “The paintings represent themselves, rather than being repetitional. Shape and color are assimilated to develop tension and an ambiguous space.” The goal of his work is to create a painting that has contradictory qualities where a work appears one way at first look, then changes into something different upon further viewing.
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Matt MoyerSteel Sculpturist from Columbia, MO
Matt Moyer is a nationally exhibited public sculptor. His steel creations pay homage to machines and industrial implements. Each sculpture is abstracted and embellished with patina and paint to give the work a feeling of time being passed. The body of work has a playfulness to them, hinting that real-world machines have child-like qualities; evoking notions of playfulness, the desire to explore the world, and the joy of just having fun being themselves. “I bridge the gap between development and deterioration by exploring human ingenuity, resourcefulness, and sometimes, the absurdity of our built environment,” says Moyer. “I encourage viewers to embrace the glory of mechanization and contemplate the expressive human qualities of efficiency, agency, and ingenuity.”
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Corrine SMith
Mixed Media Painter from Rock Island, IL
Corrine Smith is a mixed media artist with a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky. Her work is a formal approach to exploring the elements and principles of design. Smith begins by rendering organic and geometric shapes visible in everyday surroundings to create stylized flat shapes. By combining acrylic paint and handmade papers, Smith blends contrasting forms and colors to create ambiguous spatial relationships within the work. “I do not perceive any of my work as an end in itself,” says Smith. “I am always striving for an aesthetic surprise.”
BROWSE & SHOP THE GALLERY
We offer curbside pick-up or shipping (Shipping starts at $40, call for a shipping estimate).
For more information contact Visual Arts Director Dawn Wohlford-Metallo.
For more information contact Visual Arts Director Dawn Wohlford-Metallo.
ABOUT Art at the Airport
The Quad City International Airport gallery space, also known as Art at the Airport, is a formal contemporary gallery that has more than 1,600 sq. ft. of exhibition space in floor-to-ceiling glass cases. Nearly one million visitors view this space annually. This gallery is located in the front of the main arrival/departure seating area. Exhibits in this space are bi-monthly and showcase artists living within 250 miles of the Quad City area.
For more information, visit the Quad City International Airport website.
For more information, visit the Quad City International Airport website.
Artist CALL For EntriesView our latest call for entries and submit your work! Quad City Arts provides a multitude of locations to display and exhibit artwork. Join countless of artists that have exhibited in our galleries in our 50 year history. Most call for entries at Quad City Arts are free and open to midwest artists.
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