Rock island gallery
Featuring exhibitions by regional Midwest artists
Gallery Opening Reception
THursday, August 18, 2022 | 6 - 8 pm | FREE Admission | Beverages will be Served
1715 2ND AVE, ROCK ISLAND, IL
Make plans to visit our Rock Island on Thursday, August 18 between 6-8 pm to meet two up-and-coming artists.
See: mixed media portrait paintings by Jennifer Bates and color field paintings by John Nelson.
See: mixed media portrait paintings by Jennifer Bates and color field paintings by John Nelson.
ROCK ISLAND GALLERY
Jennifer Lynn Bates & John Nelson
August 18-October 7, 2022
From August 18-October 7, 2022, Quad City Arts presents mixed media portrait paintings by Jennifer Bates and color field painting by John Nelson. The public is invited to attend the opening reception on August 18th from 6-8 pm where the artists will be present, and refreshments will be served.
Jennifer Lynn Bates
Bates, of Cedar Falls, is an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Hawkeye Community College with an MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute. Her series of work investigates infamy, the ripple effects of power, human rights issues, and dreams of the (seemingly) common person. The mixed media paintings contrast the faces of current or recent absolute rulers of countries around the world with the faces of immigrants, refugees, international students, and asylum seekers now residing in the Cedar Valley. “The Dictator is infamous. Dreamers are often anonymous. Now, they hold equal attention,” says Bates. The compositions use both the figure and background to both harmonize and contrast this dichotomy.
John Nelson,
Nelson, of Quincy, is a color field painter with a graduate degree from Northern Illinois University. His work explores the personal act of seeing in relation to an abstract field of color. Each artwork is the interplay between two panels joined together and created side by side where whatever is done to the right panel is then done to the left in a separate but pleasing proportion. “I want to create overall fields of color that have small variations within them,” says Nelson. He achieves this through the use of impressionist and dot mark making techniques to create his overall compositions.
Jennifer Lynn Bates
Bates, of Cedar Falls, is an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Hawkeye Community College with an MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute. Her series of work investigates infamy, the ripple effects of power, human rights issues, and dreams of the (seemingly) common person. The mixed media paintings contrast the faces of current or recent absolute rulers of countries around the world with the faces of immigrants, refugees, international students, and asylum seekers now residing in the Cedar Valley. “The Dictator is infamous. Dreamers are often anonymous. Now, they hold equal attention,” says Bates. The compositions use both the figure and background to both harmonize and contrast this dichotomy.
John Nelson,
Nelson, of Quincy, is a color field painter with a graduate degree from Northern Illinois University. His work explores the personal act of seeing in relation to an abstract field of color. Each artwork is the interplay between two panels joined together and created side by side where whatever is done to the right panel is then done to the left in a separate but pleasing proportion. “I want to create overall fields of color that have small variations within them,” says Nelson. He achieves this through the use of impressionist and dot mark making techniques to create his overall compositions.
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.
Rock Island GalleryThe Quad City Arts Gallery is home to an exhibition space located on the first floor. The building, which was once a turn-of-the-century department store, features hardwood floors, and a fourteen foot-high ceiling. The exhibition space is more than 1,500 sq. ft., a perfect space to showcase large paintings, sculptures and enjoy an occasional performance.
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