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Quad City Arts’ Art at the Airport presents glass art vessels by James Scheller of Staunton, IL, acrylic sculptural paintings by Sally Havlis of Chicago, IL, and sumi-e paintings by Karen Kurka Jensen of North Liberty, IA.
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Karen Kurka JensenKaren Kurka Jensen uses the art of sumi-e ink painting to create abstract landscapes. Growing up among forests, lakes, granite rocks, and sparkling waters in Minnesota, Kurka Jensen always felt at home outside. “From mountain tops to desert, deep blue skies to the mysteries of the cosmos, I’m inspired,” states Kurka Jensen. “Sometimes I just sit and look. I let these things be. I breathe. I dwell in this presence, quietly, patiently.” Her paintings take the viewer on a similar journey where it is possible to get lost and feel at home in the same breath.
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Sally Havlis Sally Havlis is a Chicago artist and teacher with an MA and MFA from Northern Illinois University. Her work explores non-literal communication by using various media to pursue imagery that is devoid of symbols, but seemingly about something in an indirect way. “I am interested in imagery that does not convey or reinforce existent information,” states Havlis. The Billow series is made of forms traditionally associated with the domestic life of women while participating in the male dominated history and tradition of abstract art. The wall hung work exists between sculpture and paintings.
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Jim SchellerJim Scheller was raised in Mt. Olive, Illinois, a small town on old Route 66 halfway between Springfield and St. Louis. After two decades on the Chehalem Mountain outside Portland, Oregon Jim moved to his home studio to the Illinois prairie near his son Phillip in 2018. Now in Staunton, Illinois they make decorative kiln formed glass art.
Jim became enamored by glass in 2012 after a long and rewarding career as an engineer and technologist. He has dedicated himself to his craft and art. Extensive study of and experimentation with the medium is a passion and healthy addiction. The vessels in this exhibition are inspired by the work of early 20th century painters (E.g., Mondrian, Gorin, Kandinsky, Klee, Tauber-Arp, van Doesburg). |
Phillip SchellerPhillip Scheller began his practice at the studio in 2019, developing a unique series of intricate works. He starts by cutting thousands of 9x9mm pieces of glass from a 3mm thick sheet. Over a span of weeks these pieces are assembled, fused, and slumped in a kiln creating one of a kind art.
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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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