2023 Mixed Media 2D
Sara Burrier | Des Moines
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Born in the city of Des Moines Iowa, but with a heart for the woodlands and prairie, Sara creates pieces that explore the imagination and voices of nature. She is a professionally educated illustrator with 20+ years of experience in watercolors. Yet, in 2019 she began exploring, foraging, and building fairy lanterns. This has now become her mission - to bring the Iowa prairie into focus as a resource that is vital to the earth’s survival. Sara has always had a passion to create using natural elements; pencil, charcoal, watercolor, and now ‘treasures’ from nature assembled to create fairy dwellings and portraits. To Sara, the fairies represent the personalities of nature. They are a visual representation of our elements and ecosystems. In this way, Sara is able to communicate, through their homes and faces, the wonderment and majesty of the world around us. Created by the Creator, Sara finds ways throughout each day to create. Whether it be in her fairy gardens, organizing the house, drawing, or building. It all comes from, and in pursuit to, better understand what it means to live as one with our planet. Her favorite media is watercolor, dried flowers, sycamore twigs, acorns, and fungi. You can find these often in some, if not all, her work.
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Teena Case | Minburn
IG: caseart
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My artwork showcases patterns and imagery found in nature. I use vintage fabric and found items intertwined with acrylic on canvas or wood panel. Pondering where each item has been and giving it new life in a painting is a wonderful challenge. I am always on the hunt for new items to add and experiment with in my work.
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Susan Cunningham | Central City
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Needle felting & ink drawings. Born and raised in Iowa, I have found a wealth of inspiration close at hand for my ink drawings, and recently, needle-felted work. A love of travel all aids my subject matter. I create 2D felted paintings using barbed needles to repeatedly poke and felt bits of wool on wool or linen background fabric. Whimsical 3D pieces are made by tightly rolling wool and poking it into shapes.
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Michael Lundberg | Ankeny
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Iowa native and animal lover, Michael Lundberg, received her bachelor's and master's degree in painting and 2-D mixed media from Iowa State University. Her passion for horses and Spanish art history led her to live in Salamanca, Spain, for six years working on a doctorate degree in art history at the Universidad de Salamanca. Michael has always loved nature, animals and telling visual tales. Her work varies greatly in subject matter and medium: from landscapes and animal portraits to illustration and abstract art; Michael is constantly changing and challenging herself artistically. Recently, she has been participating in the Inktober drawing challenges on Instagram. Following designated weekly and daily prompts have encouraged her artistic productivity, creativity and development while interacting with artists around the world. |
Lauren Pesta | Des Moines
Lauren Pesta Art
FB: laurenpestaartist
IG: laurenpesta.artist
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As a mixed media artist, I tell stories to entice a sense of wonder. My work explores our connections with times past to create relationships with the future. I draw with cut paper using vintage book pages, postcards, handwritten letters, and photos, layered along with painted abstract maps. My art exists to honor life experiences and meaningful moments through visual storytelling.
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