Lainey Beck
Lainey Beck’s passion for expressing her feelings through her art career has evolved from oil paintings, to stacking upholstered chairs, to encaustic artwork. CITYVIEW recently asked Beck about her artwork. [...]
Read More →Lainey Beck’s passion for expressing her feelings through her art career has evolved from oil paintings, to stacking upholstered chairs, to encaustic artwork. CITYVIEW recently asked Beck about her artwork. [...]
Read More →Art takes many forms. From oil paintings to charcoal drawings, to sculptures and statues. Art made from fabrics and textiles gives more depth — something you can touch. That’s what [...]
Read More →Artist Chris Vance sits casually on a paint-stained stool, wearing a black Metallica T-shirt and torn jeans, among tall walls, including dozens of half-started paintings. He points to his reserve [...]
Read More →Artist Olesya Maupin is well known for her beautiful paintings in her hometown of Almaty, Kazakhstan, which borders Russia. As she invites me into her basement studio in Ankeny, she [...]
Read More →After spending hours, weeks and months perfecting colors, shadows and shapes, artists are eager to share their creations. Locally, artists look to galleries, libraries, coffee shops and stores to display [...]
Read More →Seso Marentes is to be known as an Iowa artist — not just an artist whose ancestors came from Mexico. He began his soul searching path to discover his Iowa [...]
Read More →Claire Sedovic feels fortunate to embark on a dual role in her art career. She’s currently a visiting professor of graphic design at Drake University, teaches kids painting classes and [...]
Read More →In Ray “Bubba” Sorensen’s hometown of Greenfield, a graffiti rock was painted over with various artwork. One Memorial Day, Bubba suggested painting the 60-ton rock as a thank you to [...]
Read More →A friendly raccoon on a skateboard. A pink rabbit eating ice cream. These are just a couple of the animal illustrations artist Ally Frame creates. That’s her goal: to create [...]
Read More →Pat Millin’s mother was an artist. So, naturally, when it came time for Millin to choose a career, she pursued psychology. “I didn’t want to compete with her,” Millin explained. [...]
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