Art Gallery

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Call for Artists!

   

Liz Gardner
Fabrics

My interest in textiles stems from weaving, knitting, dyeing, sculpting, and other textile techniques. These processes allow me to work in a loose, intuitive, and unrestricted manner. I enjoy pushing textile techniques beyond tradition with the use of unconventional materials. Objects have a life cycle similar to that of humans. Although they eventually decay and erode, they will always have a significant history. I as an artist feel compelled to hold onto these found materials and create a new history and future for them.

 

Kara Werner
Painting
coaxed from the collective unconscious, these archetypal image-shapings hold the ability to animate our inner lives through the energies running through each watercolored canvas. for this reason, you may feel you recognize them – indeed, they have been with us all along.

 

Kate Brunk

Photography

Kate Brunk is a native Kansas Citian living and working in the ever changing and growing downtown Crossroads district.

Kate focuses the majority of her photography on local visual experiences throughout Downtown, West Bottoms, KCK, Plaza, 39th Street, Westport and other locations.

katebrunkphotography

 

Kurt Klein

"The Art of the Machine"

 

 

Jen Mellard

Jen M is back for her second show in the 39th street art walk. Her show entitled At Long Last includes photography of European architecture & flowers.

Come view her work July 12-August 8, 2005 at Room 39 (1719 W. 39th Street). Or visit her on the web anytime:

www.jenmellard.com

 

 

 

Brett Scott

I often photograph Lawrence band, dance, and art events, seldom using a flash, often lamenting/loving the draw of darkness.

 

 

 

John Sandbach

Painting

One of the Midwest's foremost astrologers, John has a creative resume to be reckoned with.

Come out and see this artists work in the field of visual arts.

 

www.johnsandbach.com

 

 

Jessica Andersen
Working towards a B.A. in Studio Art from UMKC Jessica's main focus is acrylics and mixed media. She loves to incorporate text in pieces "My work comes from my soul and my heart. It makes me feel good."

Her other work includes oil pastels, graphite and charcoal

 

 

Benjamin Timpson

I have taken ordinary every day objects and have turned them into extraordinary abstractions, emotions and realities.

The body of work is called "end of the roll" because of the transition between 35mm and the digital forecast.

 

 

 

Ryan J. Bodenstab

The art I produce is a peek into my soul, it's the creative presence of conformed thoughts and bleeding emotions enhanced by God-given talent received at birth. To influence the viewer and control their emotions, without breathing a word, is my main objective. Then I know I have communicated with them successfully.

It's always surprising and rewarding when other people explain my art to me. Their explanation and mine are never the same. That's why art is so fascinating, there are no boundaries for the creative mind and you'll find yourself exploring art as your mind explores itself.

www.rjb-arts.com

 

 

Beth Budesheim

Painted Journeys

My paintings invite you to look deeper within, and walk the path of your imagination and dreams to access your own connections, inner peace, empowerment, healing and possibilities. With each painting I set the intent to connect with something greater...with Spirit. Creating a painting is, for me, as much an artistic process as it is an intuitive process. As I paint, it's like intuitive channels open more & more within me. Sometimes I do not even consciously know why i'm painting a certain image,color or symbol but in the end it all makes sense or the person I've painted it for shares with me some significance it has for them.

 

paintedjourneys.com

 

Hafla (Belly Dance Party)

at The Crave Cafe
Friday, May 20th at 8:30p

Opening the Hafla with a performance. Eight performance spots open to sign up for. Great opportunity to get some stage experience in a supportive environment.
Sign up w/ Kim at 816-813-9001 or nyeahra@yahoo.com
Open dancing afterwards.
Dancing on the Patio (shoes required)
Drummers (of all levels) Welcome!!!!!
Wear your hip scarf.
If this is successful, we may be able to do this each month, so come on out!

 

Todd Hendershot

Photography

I started taking photographs at the age of ten, after receiving my first camera from my father. I have always loved the outdoors and been facinated by architecture. As I traveled around the country and through Europe I have attempted to capture my appreciation for these two subjects in my photographs. I hope you enjoy them.

 

 

Ashley Waite

Pottery and Acrylic Painting

 

 

Sarah George

MIxed Media Prints

 

 

Massive Tassel

Tribal Fusion Bellydance

To contact for booking or info massivetassel@hotmail.com

Check out their brand new website for information

 

Elliot Biswell

Art of the Unspeakable


When I started painting as a young kid, it was a way for me to create a landscape in which to escape - a way for me to express emotion - similar to what most kids do, I suppose. That was my creative drive for a while.

Then I began to view painting as experiments, the paint and my creativity being variables and the canvas being the constant. These are experiments in light and color and texture and line, mixing materials not normally mixed together, combining different styles in one painting. This is my creative drive now- experimentation - collaboration - exploration of the visual field.

Contact the Artist Visit the Artist's Websit

 

Zoe LaGrece &
Da'Lene DePriest

Zoe LaGrece is Mother, mason, always Artist, Author, Teacher. Her favorite creative venues include words, food and fiber, dirt, sticks and stones.

I believe imagination gives people that little extra touch of "something". If you have a gift you should use it in a way to make people feel good. As an imaginator it is my duty -NO, my pleasure - to use my powers for good.

 

 


 

James Jandt

Handmade Paper

These works are all made in traditional methods -in screens and on tables. Many are purely pulp and others include found objects. The works are colorful and abstract in the main.

 


 

Riley Davis

Photography

 


 

Timothy EverLes

Photography

 


 

Trevor Blue

Painting

 


 

Kristen Corlett

 


 

Krista Gagelman

Painting
Krista received her BFA in painting from Fort Hays State University in 1999, and since then has lived in Kansas City. Krista has worked as an artist for more than 15 years, creating works in various mediums and disciplines such as watercolor, pastel, charcoal, etching and lithograph printing, and mixed media, stone, and bronze sculpture. Recently, Krista made a decision to pursue a career as a professional artist, in order to explore her natural talents and passions. Her most recent works are mainly composed of acrylic and mixed media on masonite and watercolor monotypes.

 


 

F. Max Fearing

Painting to liberate abstracting the real, realizing the abstract Impacting boldly, emotionally, thoughtfully Importance to color, composition from the gut Out of the mind to the canvas Questions of earth, history and culture. What answers? Approaching lateness, for humane tomorrows Life repeats circumstancees, enabling change, Altering outcomes, creating a future.

Max Fearing has opened Studio Max at 1509 1/2 Westport Rd come by or call 816.561.7654 for an appointment.


 

Sandra Templeton

Templeton has won numerous awards and prizes, including being voted into the prestigious NY Society of Illustrators. She earned a degree in commercial art from CMSU and studied painting at the KC Art Institute before working 5 years as a court room artist for channel 4. Sandra's Artwalk exhibit will feature pastel nudes. "I started out drawing from the figure to keep myself up on anatomy for my illustrations, but it has become an art form for me now."

 

Kurt Kline-

photogaphy

Collection of historically significant sporting motorcycles from the Heart of America Motorcycle Enthusiasts. Club President, Jim van Eman.


 

John Deuser

Photography -

Collection of historically significant sporting motorcycles from the Heart of America Motorcycle Enthusiasts. Club President, Jim van Eman.


 

Jon Bidwell

Digital Photography -

All digital - All the Way.


 

Jo Bonewits

Collectible miniature ceramic pitchers, pots, bowls, dishes, casseroles, bean pots in raku, stoneware and porcelain from Jo Bonewits of Crazy Woman Pottery. A perfect gift for the doll house enthusiast!


 

Cara Compernolle, Kansas City, MO

Cara Compernolle is a local artist. She lives in a little house in Westport with two huge dogs, and paints because she likes to. Her work features images and symbols which have a personal significance, but which the viewer is free to interperate in their own way. Cara believes art should be personal, and that the meaning of a piece can change with each new experience. She hates writing artist's bios and would rather be tending her orchids.

www.cara.west41.com


 

Carley Overbay

Oil Painting -

no Bio


 

Mike Rector

Photography -

no Bio


 

Glenn Lewis

Photography -

Glenn Lewis is a carpenter, photographer, and massage therapist living in Kansas City, MO. He has been riding bicycles and taking photographs since the age of four, and has been accused of owning and working on far too many bikes at one time.


 

 

Jay Newbery


Hotter than Bond, Cooler than Bullitt.


Kalen Compernolle

Photography captures my imagination Opening and closing the eye creates Endless possibilities Emotion, expression, experimentation A visual wonderland of velocity and light Movement and color are mine to explore Through both worlds And in the angle hidden in shadows it coils Around my neck Consuming me and all of creativity Where in the dark unknown we are drawn Kalen
Female
Dancer
Digital Photographer
www.kalen.sacredeartharts.com

 

Steve Melvin

Photography
Black & white photography is my passion, and I enjoy the nitty-gritty aspects of it. So I do it all myself. From taking the pictures, to developing most of the film, to making the final prints, it's all under my control. I believe the quality of my work speaks for itself.

My photographs are printed, by me, on real silver-halide black & white photographic paper. This paper has a very long tonal scale and can produce beautiful images. It can also be toned, enhancing both its look and permanence.
www.stevemelvinbw.com

   

Connie Gurley

ceramics with feminine form

My work is influenced by trees, church architecture, and ancient images such as Chinese bronzes and the stone image of the goddess of Willendorf. To me, these images symbolize growth and decay, change and intractability, aging and self-acceptance. The spirituality that comes forth in these images is living and rooted in the earth yet reaching for something beyond the ordinary. As an individual I am rooted in my spirituality and my family while I am also reaching for the stars. Working in clay is my attempt to stay grounded and whole among the chaos of life. Through clay I touch the creatively earthy, feminine core of my being. It humbles me and brings me peace as I express the energy and fullness I find in life.

   

Scott Giesler

Working in joint compound and roofing tar, giesler works to meld the mediums of sculpture and painting. I choose large format work due to the limits of the materials i use and in because I am seeking a sense of physical gravity in my painting. I would prefer to work in even larger formats, but the weight of the materials is self-limiting. I am drawn to the human form with each of my paintings finding their roots in individuals of my personal acquaintance...

 

   

Jeanette Heinrich, Kansas City, MO

Jeanette Heinrich...

   

Phillip Miller, Kansas City, MO

Phil Miller has published one book of poetry, Cats in the House, Woodley Press, and three chapbooks. His poems have appeared in magazines, journals, and anthologies, including Poetry, Poet & Critic, Boulevard, American Scholar, New Letters, Kansas Quarterly, Pulpsmith and College English; Monitor's Anthology of Magazine Verse and Kansas City Outloud II. His reviews have appeared in New Letters Review of Books, Literary Magazine Review, and The Kansas City Star. He received the first place Seaton Award for Poetry from Kansas Quarterly. He also directs Kansas City's River Front Reading Series. He has taught English at Kansas City Kansas Community College since 1976.

   

Melanie Butler, Kansas City, MO

Melanie Butler is a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute and a former student of world-renowned potter, Ken Ferguson. After working for several years in corporate America, Melanie answered her true calling to be an artist by quitting her managerial position, opening a studio, and creating functional earthware. This series is a representation of the work she has been developing since February of this year. All pieces are high-fire stoneware and glazed with a wide variety of colors. The work will be available through November 10, 2002.

   

Deborah Hanna, Kansas City, MO

My inspiration in a work of art is primarily spiritual, and I feel that a completed painting is imbued with a life of its own. Symbolically, colors play an important role and provides me an avenue of expression. I begin a painting by applying color at random, then focus On it to see what images are revealed. I continue the Process until the painting is complete.

   

Jon Bidwell , Kansas City, KS
Jon Bidwell is an artist & photographer living in Kansas City, KS.

www.jonbidwell.com

   
Chris Shreve, Kansas City, MO
A native of West Virginia, Chris Shreve is an upcoming "abstract/surreal" artist who works primarily with graphite and oils. He and his wife, (with their dog, cat, and 31 fishes) now enjoy residency in Kansas City, MO
   
Nathan Charlson, Kansas City, MO
Contemporary mixed media.
   

F.C. Watts, Kansas City, MO
Industrial Sculpture.
   

 

Jackie Denning

Jackie has produced over 55 shows in 10 years ranging from galleries to art fairs. She has also taught classes in screen printing, batik and silk painting. She has sold hand made clothing, clocks, pillows, woodcuts, portraits, watercolors, acrylics, pet portraits, murals and much more. Click on jackiedenningart.com to view samples of her work.

   

 

John Scott

Well what can we say. He is as enigmatic as his art work.
www.scottfitness.com

   

 

Zoe Kaufman

Zoe commits all her spare time to bead work.

   

 

Da'Lene DePriest

I believe imagination gives people that little extra touch of "something". If you have a gift you should use it in a way to make people feel good. As an imaginator it is my duty -NO, my pleasure - to use my powers for good.

   

 

Andrew Gabler
I have been taking art classes ever since I can remember. One of the first things I remember as a 5 year old was going to a class where we would sing and dance and imagine we were trapped in boxes.

My mom brought home a square of red dirt called clay. She taught me how to make pinch pots and bowls with lids. She also taught me how to put handles to these bowls without them falling off or being brittle.

In elementary school, I fell head-over-heels with Mrs. Brokaw. She always let me do what I wanted in class and taught me there were no limitations to creativity and imagination.

Later on in high school, I was introduced to one of my favorite habits; photography. Nine years later, my relationship with photography is still strong and has grown with time and awesome instructors. There is still so much I want to learn and explore with this medium. Of all the ways I have tried to express myself, it is my favorite.

   

 

Tracy Rockwell, Kansas City, MO
Tracy Rockwell.....

   

Jorge Garcia, Kansas City, MO

Jorge Garcia has recently relocated to KC from New York City with his wife and twin daughters. While in NY, he studied Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. And for the past 3 years has been in the art framing business.

A few years ago, he discovered the art of silk-screening and has integrated it with his love for photography. In this series at The Pedestrian at SOTA, he hopes to call attention to commonly overlooked aspects of public streets, bringing them into sharper focus. .

   

 

Zoe LaGrece, Kansas City, MO
Zoe LaGrece is Mother, mason, always Artist, Author, Teacher. Her favorite creative venues include words, food and fiber, dirt, sticks and stones.

   

 

Leslie Lambeth-Kohlmeyer, Kansas City, MO
"The Windows To My World"
A Pop Art Glass Fusion Design. Fenêtre Nouveau.

I was born and raised in Kansas City. I went to the University of North Carolina and graduated with a degree in Arts. I am currently living in the historic Northeast with my new husband. My favourite hobby is scavenging through the trash to find my newest art project. That is how I got started with the windows. I'm not sure I'm qualified to call myself an artist; I just really love finding beauty where it might have gone unnoticed.

   

 

Ashley R. Hughes, Kansas City, MO
"Momentary Season"
Over the last nine years, my art has been following a steadily evolving path in which one idea leads to another. My work started with a common idea in photography and amongst photographers. The elevation of the ordinary. As a photographer, you are always looking at the world around you trying to find an image... These photographs display diagrams on how I interpret the human mind. It is layered with some confusion as some things fade and some things come forward. With time it is constantly changing. It is very much a personal ritual, like a diary. It also comments on one of the most common uses of the photograph, to hold on to memories and never to forget.

   

Susan Prout

My name is Susan Prout. In 1995 I was a busy mother with four children and just becoming aware of my spirituality. During this time I was able to take a short spiritual retreat to a sacred site in Northwest Missouri. While at the site, I had for lack of a better word a "vision". Before my eyes was a moving geometric forms in a rainbow of colors, starting with red and gradually moving through to white. I tried to explain this to my friends but to no avail.

About ten days later, another geometric form appeared while I was in dream state. Upon awakening, I attempted to sketch this luminous design with a lead pencil and white paper, but found that it just did not convey the wonderful moving shapes I was seeing before my eyes. Much to my husband's surprise, I went to the art store and bought some expensive art supplies to express my vision. I then started to draw these designs on black paper. I
continued to draw as I saw new images for the next year and a half. This is the "Visions from the Void" series.

For more information about Susan and to see more of her work visit her at www.angelicreflections.com.

   

 

Noelle Stoffel, Kansas City, MO www.noellestoffel.com
Noelle Stoffel has been drawing and painting as early as she could hold a pencil. She started taking art classes at 2 years old. Following the private lessons, in her elementary and high school years she attended classes at Cardinal Stritch College and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Noelle graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1995.

   

 

Michelle Giele, Kansas City, MO www.lavagua.com
With a lifelong passion for fine art Michelle Giele combines her talent with modern/abstract flair. While on scholarship at the Kansas City Art Institute and during her education at the University of Illinois Michelle studied art but pursued a degree in Civil Engineering.

   

 

Madeline Ann Scott, Manhattan, KS www.scottfitness.com
Madeline is a very young aspiring artist. She works with a variety of media, including watercolor, crayon, pencil, pen, and play dough. At the age of 4.5, this is her first art show.

   

 

Kara Werner, Kansas City, MO
Kara began painting with the simple desire to have something to hang on her walls. Her work juxtaposes turbulent ambient works with imagistic allusions to naturalist themes and tribal images. A political activist, artist and writer, Kara puts food on the table as a manager, and promoter at Fred P. Otts on the Plaza.

   

 

Jennifer Johnson, Kansas City, MO
Jennifer johnson is a barista/counselor at muddy's coffee shop. She enjoys sunset walks, cheese, and garlic. She started painting a mere 5 years ago. She is self taught and nice.

   
   

 

Kate Cookson
Is an artist who works part-time as a massage therapist and as a Kaerobox instructor (aerobic kickboxing). She has worked in mediums such as ceramics, collage, acrylic, and oil paints. Currently, she is pursuing amateur boxing and looking into a career in aviation.

   

 

Karrie Maxwell
Loves sculpture and printmaking, but her true passion is painting. Karrie graduated from Columbia College Chicago where she studied fine art. She was a sculptor's apprentice in Florence, Italy after graduation. Karrie currently lives in her homtown of Kansas City where she spends most of her time painting.

   

 

Annie Montgomery, Kansas City, MO

NO Comment here either. . .

   

 

Char - Maker of Marks

   

 

Rob Chester

Rob Chester is an oil painter and collagist that lives and produces in Mid Town Kansas City. Since college he has actively collaborated with photographers to create collage exhibitions and comic books. His comic book material has been published thus far in the Kansas City Jam Session (2002), and the Kansas City Comic Creator's anthology (summer 2003). He graduated with a BFA 2001 after studying painting under John Louder at Central Missouri State, and at Teikyo University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. In 2003 he will be moving to Uzbekistan in Central Asia to teach and study language and culture.

More information about the artist can be obtained below.

http://recipricalart.tripod.com/index.htm

   

 

J. Stapleton Jr.

J. Stapleton Jr. is an award-winning photographer and writer. His photos have been published in many local and national magazines including Toy Shop and Perspectives. His latest manuscript "Moisty" won an editor's choice award at San Diego State University's Writers Conference 2003 and his documentary "No War on Sundays" has shown twice to large audiences, selling out videocassette copies three times.


   

 

 

Jen Mellard


Jen Mellard is a Kansas City 39th Street Artist with an eye for coloful details in everyday life.

Her photography is currently on display at the Overland Park Convention Center's "Art at the Center" as well as her new website @ www.jenmellard.com.

Come see her on her home stomping grounds!!

 

 

 

 

Elise Carlson

Elise Carlson is a 21 year old native of Kansas City. She has no religious or political affiliations, and no education. She enjoys David Letterman and Milky Way Spread.

 

 

 

 

Daniel Coonfield


Daniel Coonfield:

A student of traditional art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Coonfield works from life to create realistic representations of people and nature. The only boy in a family of seven sisters, Coonfield hopes to eventually break free of reality in the manner of Dali, Morrison, Huxley, etc.

 

 

 

 

Aaron Ross


Aaron's iconoclastic nature and eye for color combine into an instantly recognizable style. Self-taught, his work is vibrant and always evocative.
www.AR-T.com

 

 

 

Beth Budesheim

Like the artist who creates it, Beth Budesheim's work is woven with a sense of earthy spirituality. The emotional tone in her faces are serene yet deeply authentic in their inward looking and presence. Beth's work encompasses a range of artistic expressions including paintings, decorative furniture painting, murals, graphic design, Altar boxes, and PrayerCards.

Her website is www.paintedjourneys.com

 

 

Anne Garney

Anne Garney received a gift of her first oil paints and canvas at the age of ten and proceeded to paint her first landscape. She's been painting ever since. Born and raised in Kansas City, she graduated from the University of Kansas and continued her education in painting with classes at the Kansas City Art Institute.

Visit her on the web as well @ www.annegarneypaintings.com

 

The Art of Cigar Box Labels

George Schlegel

The Schlegel Collection contains one of the most complete representations of cigar box label production by a single American lithographer, George Schlegel Lithographing Co. (1849-c.1960). Its contents document the creative output of this historically significant New York printing firm that was owned and operated by four generations of German businessmen. Original label art, keyline drawings, progressive proofs, lithographic stones, cigar bands, office file and shop file labels, title certificates, title folders, title registration cards, bills of sale and letters of correspondence between Schlegel employees, clients and jobbers comprise this special collection.

Paul Olivarez

Paul is an artist with the technological wizardry to Highten any earwear experence. This is accomplished with the latest and most advanced engineering techniques that are yet to be previewed in the public domain.

 

Jas Carpenter

Artist's Bio Coming Soon

Red Star

spirit teaches me to paint
so that i may paint spirit

Painting is the main focus of my life. I have explored many concerns and directions in my work. Line and form, relationship of objects, play of light, plasticity of color and relationship of painting to surface are some of my long term painterly concerns. At the root of my work is spirit moving through me. My imagery is often about unfolding, becoming, metamorphosis, peeling layers of light and consciousness-blooming.

Kettie Brownwill

Kirk Day

Nature Photographer

Martin Greenwood

Clint Downing, Kansas City, MO

Clint Downing is a product of two great musicians with two great minds. Clint thanks his parents for teaching him about life and understanding. Those around you must support the creative foundation in which to build upon in order to thrive as a tour de force creator.

Reflections of Existence

Fascinated with my inescapable visual attraction, I photograph particular pieces of my life in NYC. This is my Raw New York. Using these images I hope my viewer can see my monologue, my play. I hope one day to create glasses so my viewer can see with my filter. Until people can wear these glasses, I will keep on using my camera.

Gina Hayes , Kansas City, MO
Gina Hayes is a graphic designer with an interest in color, line, typography, and structure. She uses oil, acrylic, tempra, and spray paint on canvas. Gina graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 2001.
Alex Fox, Kansas City, MO
Heidi Gutknecht, Kansas City, MO
F.C. Watts, Kansas City, MO
Industrial Sculpture.
Nathan Charlson, Kansas City, MO
Contemporary mixed media.

Cara Compernolle, Kansas City, MO
Cara Compernolle is a local artist. She lives in a little house in Westport with two huge dogs, and paints because she likes to. Her work features images and symbols which have a personal significance, but which the viewer is free to interperate in their own way. Cara believes art should be personal, and that the meaning of a piece can change with each new experience. She hates writing artist's bios and would rather be tending her orchids.

www.cara.west41.com

   
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