Jason Stout

THE HILLS OBSERVATORY - Bold, Surrealist, Cubist, Painting, Purple, Blue, Green

2019

A companion painting to this piece, TECHNOLOGY OF DIRT is owned by the Knoxville Museum of Art. The painting "TECHNOLOGY OF DIRT & AIR" was inspired by an image glanced as I passed by a florist shop window. Inside the florist show was a vibrant floral arrangement overflowing with roses and foliage. On the surface of the window were reflections of architecture behind me and abstracted slivers of light and distorted shapes of things reflected though hardly recognizable. I snapped a few photographs at the time. Several months later, I returned to those images and was intrigued at how the flowers in the image seemed to be made out of crystal and how the reflections on the window "interrupted" the ability to easily make out the forms in the photograph. I was intrigued by the complexity of the image and how recognizable elements emerged and then faded into abstraction. As I worked on this painting, I wanted it to be as if it was coming into crisp focus, while also becoming a complicated tapestry of shapes and colors. I have made six paintings in this series thus far. Jered Sprecher is a visual artist who was born in Lincoln, Nebraska (1976). He received his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa and his B.A. from Concordia University in Nebraska. He has taught at Princeton University and Cornell University. Mr. Sprecher currently lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee. Jered Sprecher’s studio practice explores the “handwriting” of humankind. The vocabulary that he draws from is focused on the vast array of marks and images in one’s surroundings. From this vocabulary he samples visual motifs and imports them into his paintings and drawings. These works continually focus on remnants and fragments that are captured in the midst of change, then edited and fused together in the space of painting. These images are pregnant with a longing to communicate. The success and failure of these “messages in a bottle” are the basis of his work. Mr. Sprecher has had solo exhibitions at Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago; Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York; the Art Gallery of Knoxville; The Cress Gallery-UTC, Chattanooga; and Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston. His work has also been included in group exhibitions at The Drawing Center, New York; Brooklyn Academy of Music (Next Next Art), New York; Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville; Des Moines Art Center; Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids; Arthouse, Austin; Mark Moore Gallery...

In HWY 70, Amanda Joy Brown augments the tradition of landscape painting through her use of multicolored overlays. Drawing inspiration from a scene sh...

In RAIN BOKEH, Amanda Joy Brown augments the tradition of landscape painting through her use of multicolored overlays. Drawing her initial inspiration from t...

TO BE KNOWN is an oil and graphite on paper piece depicting a honeysuckle bush tree growing outside the artist’s home studio. The sketch came to life en plein air, to be later finish...

VOID is a multilayered composition created with paper, painted tyvek and silkscreen cut-outs. The panel was initially created as part of the “Kudzu Season” series, exhibited in the C...

Paul Manes was born May 4, 1948 in Austin, Texas. He began his professional career in New York City in the early 1980s. His art has been widely exhibited in America and Europe and hi...

This is a Triptych of Haystacks by Ruper Aker, consistiting of three paintings; Cotswolds at Harvest and Bibury - Big Bales I & II.   Sizes vary as outlined below: Bibury - Big Bale...

"Cool Over Warm II" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Marshall Noice, depicting an abstracted copse of white trees set against a multicolored background. The artist's use of inte...

Don Pollack BIOGRAPHY Don Pollack is a Painter and Adjunct Associate Professor of Visual Communication at theSchool of t he Art Institute of Chicago. His work investigates among other things, the relationship between personal mythologies and representation in painting and how it may simultaneously give reference to a narrative.Working in cross disciplines has influenced his perspectives as projects begin with an epic adventure. Conceptually proceeding from the premise that all vision is historic and constructed, Pollack’s research starts with the planning of a long distance trek,– such as a 3000 mile journey via bicycle following Lewis and Clark. His work has utilized maps, documents, photography, painting, and installation.This work was routed in a previous investigation into the role of museums in the process of forming collective memory. Don studied design at the University of Illinois and painting at the Ohio State University where he received his MFA.The state of Illinois has recognized his history based work with a special bicentennial edition of the ‘Order of Abraham Lincoln’ award. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and has shown many solo shows in, Chicago, NewYork, Atlanta, and Canada. Don Pollack EDUCATION m.f.a. Ohio State University Columbus,Ohio b.f.a. University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and History, bernheim arboretum, New Albany, Indiana 2013 Perimeter Gallery, 34 days to washington, Chicago, Illinois 2011 Newzones Gallery, far from home, Calgary,Alberta, canada MarciaWood Gallery, far from home, Atlanta,Georgia 2010 Perimeter Gallery, mysterious island, Chicago, Illinois Marquette University Law Library, laying the foundation [a Lincoln Portrait], Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2009 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the lincoln project, Springfield, Illinois The Union League Club, the lincoln project, Chicago, Illinois 2007 Newzones Gallery, the sheltering sky, Calgary,Alberta, canada Merwin andWakeley Galleries, IllinoisWesleyan University, american inheritance, Bloomington, Illinois MarciaWood Gallery, night, Atlanta,Georgia 2006 MargaretThatcher Projects, american gothic, past imperfect, NewYork,NewYork Perimeter Gallery, improvisation, Chicago, Illinois 2005 Newzones Gallery, missives, Calgary,Alberta, canada MarciaWood Gallery, south of the tennessee, remains of the campaign, Atlanta, Georgia 2004 Perimeter Gallery, voyages of discovery, from the earth to the moon, NewYork, NewYork 2003 Newzones Gallery, garden of forking paths, Calgary,Alberta, canada Perimeter Gallery, a search for heroes, lincoln & the illinois landscape...

Limitless Triptych by Alyson Kinkade Each canvas is 20x15", oil on linen on thick stretcher bars. 22x51x1.5" overall dimensions. Framed in black wood - floater frames as pictured "W...

"A native of New Orleans, Jill Hackney studied painting at The Cleveland Institute of Art and Louisiana State University, where she earned her BFA. She is a founding member and twice president of Studio 801, an artists’ cooperative in Baton Rouge. She was also recently selected as a Fellow of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation for her work as President of the NUNU Arts and Culture Collective. Best known for her still life and landscape work, her focus is to show light’s impact on her subjects through layers of vertical and linear strokes. Using the natural texture of the wood on which she paints, each painting is approached with a sense of nostalgia. The end effect is a union of the senses, which awakens feelings of joy, serenity, and peace. Jill currently functions as the Director of International Communications for NUNU Arts and Culture Collective." "Echo 1", Pair of Impressionist...