Ideas come to me in the form of a chair. Usually it starts as a small drawing in a journal and then a large pastel. Drawings are important to my process. On paper I can work out color combinations while getting a general feel for the piece I want to…
As a photographer and artist, Jill J. Jensen has displayed her color photographs in solo and group exhibits since the 1970s. Her work is found in galleries and private collections across the United States, including a display at the offices of the…
Karen, a native of Minnesota, now calls Iowa home, where she lives with her husband, children, and grandchildren. She studied sumi-e from masters in the Chinese art form for over 15 years. She has exhibited and sold her paintings throughout the…
Karen, a native of Minnesota, now calls Iowa home, where she lives with her husband, children, and grandchildren. She studied sumi-e from masters in the Chinese art form for over 15 years. She has exhibited and sold her paintings throughout the…
Peggy Jester is a native Iowan living in Urbandale, Iowa. She earned a BA from the University of Colorado and a MFA (1981) in painting from Drake University. She taught drawing and printmaking at the Des Moines Art Center for ten years and continues…
Thomas Jewell-Vitale, Professor of Art at Loras College in Dubuque, returned to his Alma Mater in 1976 almost a decade after leaving: first to pursue religious studies at Gregorian University in Rome, then to study figure drawing at Academie der…
Marcia Joffe-Bouska received her BA in Art and Art Education from Clark College (1973) and her MA from Northern Illinois University (1977). In addition to showing work throughout the Midwest, her art is represented in public and private collections…
