Upcoming Solo Exhibit at Lewis University "Confluence"

 

Upcoming Show with Water Street Studios Artists Collective

 

                         "City View from the Fountain" oil on canvas 48"x 36" .

 

"Coming Together" oil on canvas 24"x 36"    

                                           "Connectivity" oil on canvas 24"x 24".

                                                                               

I am a new member of the Water Street Studios Artists Collective at the beautiful Water Street Studios in Batavia, IL.  The month of July will be my first show with the group and I am very excited to be a part of this vibrant and energetic artist community.  The show will be on exhibit July 9- August 8 with an opening reception on Friday August 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Honorable Mention Award at Bridegeport Art Center Biennial

 I received an Honorable Mention Award for my painting "Sometimes in a Hurry" in the 9th Annual Bridgeport Art Center Biennial Competition.  This was a huge surprise for me and I was actually shocked when I received the news.  The Bridgeport Art Center is located in Chicago at 1200 W. 35th Street.  The exhibit is in the 4th floor gallery and will run from May 21- July 2, 2021.

My Show "Portraits and Memories: Legacies of Service" at Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

 

"Portraits and Memories: Legacies of Service" will exhibit at Water Street Studios in Batavia, IL in November

 

"Snapshots and Memories" oil on canvas 72"x 108"

With Veterans Day coming up on November 11th, Water Street Studios welcomes Portraits & Memories: Legacies of Service. This show by Jeanine Hill-Soldner, was developed over two decades. Shown in Chicago's National Veterans Museum, we are fortunate to bring Jeanine's personal story of multi-generational service and family sacrifice to the Fox Valley. This will be featured in the Dempsey Family Gallery from November 12th-December 4th. The opening will be held on Friday, November 13th.

Water Street Studios

106 South Water Street

Batavia, IL

"Portraits and Memories" a Virtual Show at Lewis University

"Snapshots and Memories" 72"x 122" triptych from "Memories of an Era"

https://spark.adobe.com/video/5WVBOKrrHH4cl"Portraits and Memories" at Lewis University

Here it is! My solo show at Lewis University in the Wadsworth Family Galleries that was scheduled for June 25- September, 2020. The University will be closed through the next few months due to COVID 19, and the gallery show was cancelled. I was so pleased when Art Gallery Coordinator Natalie Swain suggested a "virtual show". Natalie did a stellar job of putting together this virtual exhibit via a slideshow.

Enjoy viewing "Portraits and Memories" and please share to all your contacts.

Human's Merely Being at the Tall Grass Gallery:and a Preview of my Work in the show

"Coming Together" oil on canvas 24"x 24"

"Summer in the City Christina" oil on canvas 48"x 36"

"Summer Splash Chicago" oil on canvas 48"x 60"

"Fractured Reflection" oil on canvas 48"x 60"

"Sunlit Viewers" oil on canvas 24"x 24"

"Of the Present and The Future" oil on canvas 48"x 72"

"Sometimes in a Hurry" oil on canvas 36"x 36"

Here's the press release for this beautiful show.
 
Humans Merely Being

Seven artists portray the unique beauty of the human image

and the strength of the human spirit

Tall Grass Arts Association in Park Forest is honored to present a new exhibit opening on January 25, 2020. Humans Merely Being includes works by artists Javier Chavira, Michael Chelich, Judy Fan, Jeanine Hill-Soldner, Jean Lewis, Jessica Smit Mattingly, and Lidia Wylangowska.

Each of the award-winning artists has created an impressive body of figurative and portrait works. The exhibit offers many diverse approaches to portraying human images through realistic and expressive approaches, as symbolic, evocative, or strikingly literal representations.

Through their knowledge of anatomy and their technical expertise with a variety of media,

the seven artists convey identity, action, expression and emotion. Inspired by a number of different artists, movements, and sources  – the great masters of the Renaissance and Baroque periods; the Symbolist and Pre-Raphaelite artists of the late nineteenth century; narrative and allegorical paintings; classical methods of realistic drawing and painting; the challenging lives of children from Mali and Kenya; the joy of families spending time together in Chicago; cherished moments with their own daughters and sons – they create personal works that often move us to recognize our similarities, our shared situations, our common humanity.

These artists and educators have been recognized with honors, commissions, solo and  group exhibitions, both nationally and internationally. Their figurative works appear in numerous galleries and museums, in art journals and magazines, and in television   interviews and documentaries.

Working from life and photographs, the artists in the Humans Merely Being exhibit create what artist Jeanine Hill-Soldner describes as “fresh narratives, capturing the life, energy, movement, and excitement experienced in the moment.” Seeking to express the authentic beauty of the human figure, they often strive - as artist Jessica Smit Mattingly has stated her goals – “to physically portray the emotions experienced within, what lies beneath the surface, the larger stories and deeper meanings of our everyday experience.”

Curated by Claudia Craemer and Deborah Craemer, Humans Merely Being is on view

from January 25 through February 29, 2020, with an Artists Reception, open to all, on

Saturday, January 25, from 1-3pm.

Tall Grass Arts Association, 367 Artists Walk, Park Forest, IL 60466

www.tallgrassarts.org    708 748 3377