Below are the pictures and bios of a few of the amazing artists that have kindly donated their time and artwork to the Gift of Life Art & Wine Social.
www.chrisvanceart.com
Art is my diary. Throughout time art has marked place and time. My work is the expression of daily events that form ideas and transform the canvases. I don’t attempt to settle the piece before paint hits the canvas. I like the canvas to tell me what it needs in the form of line and color. I look at composition and balance, and my feelings drive the piece on a subconscious level.
Ideas are an internal ingestion and the art is the medium of the expression. Understanding my work is to understand me as a person. Evolution in the paintings shows how small ideas turned into big ideas and those ideas back from big to small. The smallest things in life strike ideas that fuel my work in progression.
www.johnbosley.com
John Bosley is a central Iowa artist who tremendously enjoys drawing and painting with an emphasis on figurative work. He graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is steadily building his painting portfolio. His work is currently on display at the Vitae Design Collective until December. Overall he’s a pretty cool dude and hopes you’ll check out his website at www.johnbosley.com.
Miss May’s Spatula Specials- Facebook
Art and creativity has always been a passion for Sarah Wolf. She found her talent and her signature kitchen spatula creations when she attended studio classes at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. Sarah's first public showing of her work was demonstrated at the Sculpt Siouxland Auction in Sioux City, Ia. Sarah currently resides in Des Moines, IA and is employed with Nationwide Insurance. Sarah Wolf graduated Briar Cliff University in 2006 with a degree in Business Administration emphasis in Marketing and a minor in Art.
brolson.daportfolio.com
With over 19 years of photography, graphic design, and print experience, I tend to be a jack of all trades. I love to dabble in all forms of art and create for the soul purpose of creating. If I need or want something, I create it. I stay very busy with music and the arts and most recently in the past few years have reignited my passion for photography that melds traditional work with advanced digital expression. I am constantly drinking in information in all areas of art that interest me...I love to learn! My portfolio consists of fine art, painting, drawing, 3D modeling, corporate identity and photography. My motto is: "There is nothing I can not do"!
I Currently work at Meredith Corporation (Better Homes & Gardens, ReadyMade Magazine, Successful Farming, etc.) for the past 6.5 years in the image center.
http://jillhackman.webs.com/portfolio.htm
Jill grew up in Northeast Iowa, graduated from Wartburg College, and is currently working on her MBA at the University of Iowa. She enjoys painting as a creative outlet and is glad to share her art with the My Angel Foundation. Jill currently resides in West Des Moines and is employed with Nationwide Insurance.
Follow drew @ www.twitter.com/landmatters
Drew joined RDG Planning & Design as a land architect & public artist following his graduation from Iowa State University in 2007. (Bachelor of Landscape Architecture & Minor in Digital Media).
Drew is a passionate Iowan who is intrigued by socially informed decision making and ecologically responsible design. High levels of enthusiasm and curiosity drive the outcome of his individual and collaborative design works. The priority goal is to continually find expressive ways of merging human and environmental concerns. Whatever the media, the desire is to transform everyday ideas into meaningful memories, places, and thoughts that influence people to do their part well.
Public artist at RDG Planning & Design.
Meredith Goodwin is originally from the small town of Hedrick in the southeast part of Iowa. She attended Pekin Community Schools for all 13 years, graduating in 2003 and then moved to Missouri to attend college. She attended Truman State University and majored in Business Administration with an emphasis on Marketing and minors in Spanish and Psychology. After graduating in 2007, she moved to Des Moines for a job and has been residing and working in the greater Des Moines area ever since. Meredith attends The Downtown Church and is active in the community through the church.
Tara Van Dyk freelance artist, origionally a Southern California native moved to Iowa in 2006. Currently endevors include tattooing, mixed media collage, looking for various avenues of expression and selling her art hopefully soon online.
My whole life I have been blessed with an artistic eye. Until recent years, I didn’t recognize my talent for what it truly is: God working through my eyes and hands to create pieces of art that intrigues and evokes emotion in the observer. My imagination captures fragments of this beautiful world in order to create my own personal artistic interpretations. Most of my artwork contains arrays of reds and purples, teals and greens. These colors are taken from God’s natural color palette contained in nature and the world around me. I have been told that my paintings are often energetic, fiery and passionate in their overall color scheme and feel, which also reflects my personality. Ultimately, God gave me artistic talent as a gift to use and not waste. I hope to continue on a journey of exploration toward revelation of my overall artistic gift.
Molly (4/12 years old) was born in China and has lived in Des Moines, Iowa since she was eleven months old. She enjoys creating in various media including pen and ink, watercolor, tempera, collage, papier-mâché, dough and glitter-glue. She recently attended art camp at the Des Moines Art Center where she fell in love with print-making and the work of Jackson Pollock, in that order. Her mother is a kidney transplant recipient. Every day is a celebration of life at their house.
My Angel Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated toward inspiring others to spread hope through compassion by providing support to individuals impacted by organ and tissue donation, educating the public about the importance and facts of organ and tissue donation, and promoting volunteerism by connecting individuals with organizations that support their passions.
Click here to learn more about My Angel Foundation.
Click here to learn more about My Angel Foundation.
Gift of Life Art & Wine Social
Friday, November 13, 2009
at Des Moines Social Club
Friday, November 13, 2009
at Des Moines Social Club
