ARTISTS OF THE MONTH
Two in June
Eylul Doganay - Artist of the month - June
Artist Meet & Greet - Sat. June 20th, Noon to 4PM
Open to the Public and Free
Artist Statement
I'm a three-decade old visual artist living in Iowa City. I started and continue drawing with markers, tinker with print mediums, digital tools and projectors. I am interested in unlearning image habits, automatic writing, re-imagining terrains, language systems, the concepts of belonging and flow and I am influenced most by line-heavy graphic realms like etchings and tattooing.
Shelley Snitker - Artist of the Month - June
Artist Meet & Greet - Sat. June 20th, Noon to 4PM
Open to the Public and Free
DKW Art Gallery is proud to announce that we have TWO (2) Artists in June. Our 2nd Artist of the Month is Shelley Snitker.
Artist Statement
I am an elderly woman who has always been intrigued with capturing the beauty in the world. It all started back in the 1970's when I got my first instant Polaroid camera and I would walk around my mom and dad's farm shooting pictures of the landscape, sunsets over the fields or just a single Tiger Lily with a drop of dew.
As I got a little older, I still continued taking shots with a digital camera and I entered pictures into the great Jones County Fair photography contest. I took best in show that year and that when I knew I was doing what I was meant to do. But something was missing. I wanted to be the creator.
So fast forward into the millennium and all my focus had turned from photography to the love of the abstract art. Driven by unpredictable interaction between air and acrylic paints, I utilized my style of art as a powerful medium of expression. My work captures the fluid dance of gravity and breath, translating raw emotion into narratives that invites my viewer to explore the beauty of movement and color.
