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Art in Plain Sight: “Freedom”
Karoly Veress’ sculpture Freedom is paradoxical: Its wing-like forms are ascending and graceful from some vantage points, yet they look like ax blades from others. Delving into the lives of the artist...
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“A Real Renaissance Man”: St. Ambrose Art Professor Leslie Bell (Sort of)...
One minute, St. Ambrose art professor Leslie Bell is talking about his paintings – mostly allegorical scenes featuring women and girls. The next minute he’s talking about his students – especially the...
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Cuddly Monsters, Captivating Portraits, and Juicy, Gross Textures: The...
Jessica Teckemeyer’s Fawn or Foe is both a cuddly creature and a disturbing monster, with a lifelike aura that defies the porcelain from which it’s formed. In this year’s Rock Island Fine Arts...
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Art in Plain Sight: Charles J. Wright Transit Center
The Charles J. Wright Transit Center at 300 West River Drive in downtown Davenport has two very different works of art related to travel. One is a sculpture of an impoverished Irish family traveling...
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A Visual Menagerie: Diane Naylor, Louise Rauh, and Elizabeth Shriver, through...
The phrase “the elephant in the room” is a metaphor for the obvious things we choose to ignore. In The Great White Elephant, Diane Naylor treats those words literally to explore our often...
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Art in Plain Sight: “Lloyd’s Trek”
A large abstract sculpture, Lloyd’s Trek, greets visitors to Schwiebert Riverfront Park in the District of Rock Island. Standing some 20 feet tall at the park’s southwest corner, the sculpture seems...
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Out of Time, Out of Place: “David Plowden’s Iowa,” through August 26 at the...
Iowa is hardly renowned for dramatic landscape or architecture. One can drive for miles with no sign of life other than a road and a tilled field. Bean Field & House, Grundy County, Iowa 2003 by...
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Art in Plain Sight: Campbell’s Island State Memorial and Peace Garden
On Campbell’s Island is a war memorial side-by-side with an artwork dedicated to peace. One rises imposingly; the other is unassumingly low to the ground. Together, they give us a greater perspective...
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Art in Plain Sight: Main Street Fountains
Davenport’s Main Street begins at a fountain in LeClaire Park and leads directly to another in Vander Veer Botanical Park to the north. Both are significant city landmarks, yet each has a distinct...
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Connecting the Dots: “Waxing Poetic: Exploring Expression in Art,” through...
A museum patron expects to find informative signage near an artwork., including biographical information about the artist, a description of the piece’s historical context, or critical acclaim. Instead,...
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