Art Gallery & Exhibitions
Noppadol Paothong
Noppadol Paothong is a an award-winning nature/conservation photographer and an associate fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP). The iLCP is an elite group of world’s top wildlife, nature, and culture photographers who have demonstrated a deep commitment to conservation efforts around the globe.
He is also a staff wildlife photographer with the Missouri Department of Conservation and contributes his images and stories to its high quality publication, Missouri Conservationist, Xplor, and many others. With a monthly circulation of over 500,000, the Missouri Conservationist is known as one of the largest and high quality state conservation magazines in the nation.
He has received numerous national and international honors for his work including "Best of the Best" Picture of the Year, and Missouri Photojournalist of the Year.
For over 20 years, he has been documenting rare and endangered species, primarily grassland grouse and their fragile habitat, and has published two large-format national award-winning books, Save the Last Dance (2012) and Sage Grouse, Icon of the West (2017). Both are considered to be definitive books on the North American grouse and have been nationally recognized and praised by conservation experts, newspapers, and major publications. They have also won several national prizes including the National Outdoors Book Award and a Grand Prize from the Indie Book Awards in 2018.
His images appear regularly in many national publications, such as Audubon, Nature Conservancy, National Wildlife, Ranger Rick, and many more.
In addition to publishing books, he has consistently shared his work and passion through programs and presentations across the country. He hopes that his programs and exhibits will help people connect with nature and the conservation issues that he deeply cares about.
"Nature has a way to teach us. It also has the incredible power of putting things in perspective. We can't force someone to care for nature; they have to appreciate it for themselves, whether from the experience of watching the sun rise over an ocean, listening to the songs of birds, or witnessing the bizarre yet spectacular displays of the sage-grouse.
I hope that my images in this exhibit will remind people of the places these birds call home - places that are truly beautiful and unique to the American West. Perhaps these spring dancers will inspire us all to care for them, the icon of the west."
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Cody Finley - Lore
My work is an exploration of the rich and intricate world of traditional tattooing, crafted through a diverse array of mediums including watercolor, oil, and pen and ink. With fifteen years of experience as a tattoo artist, my artistic journey has taken me across various cultures and styles, deeply influencing my approach and vision.
Currently, my art is profoundly shaped by Japanese tattoos and folklore. The meticulous detail and symbolism inherent in this tradition inspire me to delve into its narratives and visual language. Each piece I create is a fusion of these ancient stories with contemporary artistic expression, aiming to preserve and share the cultural heritage of tattoo art.
Through my work, I strive to translate these stories into vibrant images that resonate with viewers, offering them a glimpse into the rich tapestry of tattoo history and mythology. My goal is not only to celebrate this art form but also to engage and educate others, making the timeless beauty and significance of traditional tattooing accessible and meaningful.
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William Wallace
William Wallace III is a multimedia artist, activist, and educator. Wallace's work is highly narrative and is methodologically informed by Black oral traditions and academic research. For them, art is a tool for processing raw historical and experiential data, synthesizing it into an accessible format, and sharing it as contextual artifacts.
Lest We Forget...
Lest we forget is a mix of new work, old work, and things that were never shown due to lockdowns. This exhibition centers around narrative abstract portraiture and functions as a representation of the joys and anxieties of the now and an offering to those who have gone ahead.
The venue for Lest We Forget.. is central to its themes. When I first encountered this building it was a bar and, as I understood it, a cultural hub of Black Columbia.
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Martin Pope
Martin grew up in Columbia, Missouri. He started writing and producing plays when he was seventeen. His senior year in high school he directed his first play, "Life on the 6:55" at the University of Missouri. He studied theatre at Truman State University, where he also learned to play guitar and was the songwriter and lead singer for several local rock n’ roll bands.
After college, Martin spent ten years in Hollywood, where he acted in many plays and low budget movies. He played the ghost of the week on episode six of the UPN TV series "Haunted" and wrote for season two of Cartoon Network's "Class of 3000." While writing and directing plays for the Long Beach Shakespeare Company, Martin was approached by Dashiell Hammett's family and contracted to write and direct the first theatrical adaptation of "The Maltese Falcon" ever produced.
After returning to Missouri, Martin wrote and drew the webcomic "Vorto the Pirate." He began experimenting with nonobjective painting just after the covid lockdown.
About his work:
I bought some acrylic paints during the 2020 lock-down, intending to teach myself to paint representational art. I had written and drawn a comic strip for a while, and had done some commercial illustration work, and I thought I could add painting to my marketable skill set. But apparently, I was not actually interested in that, because the paints did nothing for a year except sit in the corner and make me feel guilty.
Then one day I decided to experiment with putting colors and shapes anywhere I wanted. The result felt uniquely liberating. All the visual art I had done up until that point had been about achieving a specific aim. This was the first time I was attempting truly improvisational visual work. I was astonished at how liberating, and how deeply compelling it felt.
Choosing a few colors is the full extent of my preparation. When I pick up a brush, I don't know what I'm going to do with it. I give myself over to exploration and my only editorial rule is to obey the impulse before I judge it. In this way, the work is more akin to my previous work in the theatre in that it’s concerned with the purity of improvisation and the truth of the moment. Primarily, I try not to curate the experience, but allow it to happen as it will. If a painting winds up looking agreeably pleasant or pretty, I'm happy about that, but it isn't the aim. I'd rather have an ugly painting, honestly arrived at, than a beautiful one labored over in order to impress.
PRIOR EXHIBIT
Marilynne Bradley
MARILYNNE BRADLEY is an artist, teacher, and highly sought-after workshop instructor both nationally and internationally. She is a signature artist member in multiple Southern Watercolor Societies, and Artists' Guilds, and is a past president of the Southern Watercolor Society. Her work is recognized in museum exhibitions, accepted in major national juried competitions and included in many major corporate collections in the United States, France, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Korea, Australia, Tahiti and China. She has had over 200 one person exhibits and received over 75 awards. Her paintings have been included in: The Best of Watercolor”, ARTFOLIO 2020/2022,”Watercolor Mag,” “Northlight”. She has written and illustrated three watercolor books and created a number of instructional videos.
About the show: Geometric Transformations
My career is evolving full circle. I began as an architectural illustrator. The skill as a draftsman enables me to use architectural design elements as I translate the perspective lines into a composition. Changing the formal structure of photorealism alters the mood of a scene. The subject matter is compressed within lines and prismatic colors.
Within the structure of lines, light becomes abstracted into layers of values. Patterns of shapes evolve and add depth. I now know what Joseph Albers theory of color means. Cool colors recede and warm colors come forward. The intensity of colors within the geometrical spaces create a depth of field. The gradations of values and shades of colors and build up of overlays of pigment pull the viewer into the composition. The paintings shimmer with a mystic energy and the viewer is transformed into my reconstructed world.
Prior Exhibit
Kelsey Hammond
Kelsey Hammond has a graduate degree in Fine Art Photography from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. and an undergraduate degree in Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles. Kelsey co-owns the Yellow Dog Bookshop and is the Executive Director of The Columbia Art League in Columbia, MO.
About the shows.
In the main art gallery: Grounded.
This is a powerful collection of reworked self-portraits on exhibit.
In the lobby gallery: Studio Practice Makes Progress.
A collection of wonderfully whimsical, yet strong tiny pieces - drawings and paintings.
From the Grassland Expectations show by Martha Daniels
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Past Exhibit
Lillian Sung
About the Artist
Yinling (Lillian) Sung is a native of Taiwan. She earned a M. F. A. Degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Lillian Sung began her design career as a senior publication designer at Cornell University. Her career has involved teaching and design at various institutions, both in the Eastern and Western worlds, including establishing an art and design college in Inner Mongolia, China and founding "Art Love Studio" in Columbia, Missouri.
Sung has worked as an educator at Stevens College and the University of Missouri.in Columbia. She also was also the curator at Davis Art Gallery. Additionally, Sung is a published author, with both a design book "Poster Design Principles and Theory" and "Three Words a Day for Comprehending Mandarin Chinese".
Her work has been shown in Syracuse University in New York, Malaysia, Mongolia, China, and West Surry College in England.
About “Visible Invisible Beyond” - Manipulated Photographs and Muti-Media Works
My artwork embodies three interconnected integral parts: Visible, Invisible, and Beyond.
Visible aspect centers on the physical forms perceived by our eyes—the dots, lines, shapes, colors, and spaces that lay the foundation for my design compositions.
Invisible components represent the underlying content of my artwork. Within this enigmatic world shaped by my intentions and connotations, the essence of my creations comes alive. Employing a unique heating process, involving water and other natural materials, initiates a playful metamorphosis journey. Sometimes, instinctive decisions stemming from my consciousness lead me to interrupt the transformative process at certain points. Through this technique, I have come to realize the countless possibilities that lie within, all united by a mysterious organic structure underlying their content.
Beyond embodies the function of my artwork, serving as a profound reflection of my philosophical values, experiences, and inner thoughts—manifested abstractly to leave a lasting impact on contemporary art. Moreover, my work seeks to challenge the boundaries of traditional art forms.
When viewers approach my art pieces and engage with them deeply, allowing their minds to open to boundless imagination, my world becomes theirs. A rhythmic exchange of energy between creator and observer synchronizes, forging a heartfelt connection that I refer to as "heart to heart."
past Exhibit
Dr. Linda Helmick
About the Artist
Linda Helmick is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She is an artist/researcher/teacher who grounds her work in the belief that creative expression is a basic human right that should be accessible for all. She promotes creativity as a powerful force for change, healing, and transformation. Her areas of expertise include critical creative work with underserved populations and building art education/art therapy wellness and self-care curricula to better serve those who have experienced trauma. Linda creates art to enhance her own human understanding and to find greater ways to contribute to the world as an artist/researcher/teacher through the life she lives and the marks she makes in creative partnership with others. Her goal is to create work that is honest and at times beautiful.
About “A Legacy of Love” - Encaustic paintings by Linda Helmick
Walking through this experience and creating these paintings was an act of love. In my visual exploration of Friedl Dicker Brandeis who taught art to children while interred together in the Nazi camp of Terezin outside of Prague during World War II, I found love. Brandeis had a love for art and a love for teaching, and she had a love for children that enabled her to defy the confines of the camp. When I walked where she walked, stood where she stood and taught, and viewed the artwork the children made under those circumstances, it was obvious to me that love was in the room with them. Love was at the heart of their creations. Friedl, through her experience as an artist and art teacher, saw firsthand that meaningful creative artmaking could see them through. Could lift these young people, if only for moments at a time, out of the horrific circumstances they found themselves in. These paintings are the result of my creative exploration of the extraordinary love she gave to this work. If teaching art with love and passion could do that then, it certainly can do that now.
last Exhibit
Tricia Dietrich
Tricia Dietrich is the creatrix of Sacred Source Studios, LLC., a space that utilizes ritual, creativity, and movement to help people connect to their intuition, discover the language of their soul, and live legendary lives.
Tricia's art and offerings have helped hundreds of people worldwide to get out of their own way and embody their unique blueprint.
When she is not “working”, you can find Tricia on her deck, drinking a glass of dry red wine with Shawn, her handsome hubby, and the hummingbirds. At night, she can be found dancing in the woods under the moonlight with her siSTARS.
Art Statement
"I create art because I have to be a healthy, whole person. It's as essential to my life as having regular bowel movements. When I am not expressing myself or being creative I feel stopped up, bloated, and a little bitchy.." ~Tricia Dietrich
My vision is to use intention to create beauty that illuminates the soul's path.
My quest is to understand the stories that are living through me and create a life that is one of service and authenticity. I use a variety of tools to pave the road of my journey. Paintbrushes, paint, glitter, and outlandish costumes are my favorites.
Each of my paintings begins with an energetic pull. This pull is often something I cannot ignore, yet may not fully understand. It usually coincides with a series of events happening in my life that generate inquiry or just feel like fun.
Form emerges. In this process, I feel free to do and be whomever I choose. In deepening the process, the energetic pull that brought me to the canvas begins to take form and inform me. I trust and paint until the form reaches completion. In this process, wisdom is gained. In this, I reclaim and acquaint myself with parts of me that may have been lost.
This Show is Titled: "Muse Reclaimed"
The Muse Reclaimed Art Show is an immersive exhibition that celebrates the transformative power of art. As an art teacher, the process of teaching often involves creating paintings to demonstrate techniques and styles to students. However, there comes a time when the teacher must take these teaching paintings and turn them inward, infusing them with their own spirit and creativity.
In this show, the artist has reclaimed her teaching paintings from various workshops taught over the years. Each painting has been transformed and reimagined to become a new source of inspiration and support for her newly emerging body of work. The process of reclaiming these paintings involves a deep re-evaluation of the lessons taught and learned, infusing each piece with a unique sense of creative spirit and personal growth.
Through the Muse Reclaimed Art Show, visitors are invited to witness the artist's journey of self-discovery and evolution. The exhibition showcases a range of styles and techniques, each painting a unique expression of the artist's personal voice and vision. As the artist steps into a new way of teaching and creating, the show invites viewers to explore their own creative potential and the transformative power of art.
Previous exhibit - Fabricscapes by dave walker
The Glade At Pickle Springs, Dave Walker
Good Morning America, Dave Walker
Keeping Watch, Dave Walker
His Eye Is On The Sparrow, Dave Walker
About Dave Walker
Dave Walker
Dave Walker, a Missouri native, lives in Columbia Missouri with his wife Julie. He has three grown children. Dave received a BSE in art education from Northeast Missouri State University, now called Truman State University.
His original media of choice were oils and watercolors. In 1992 Dave became interested in fabric piecing and has constructed over a dozen quilt tops. In late 2009 he segued into making fabric collages which he calls Fabricscapes. Current fabric choices give him an unlimited range of possibilities and subjects.
Dave’s Fabricscapes are constructed using a “cut and glue” or “hold and sew” technique of raw edge machine appliqué, textile painting, and thread work. Most pieces are completed using free-motion machine quilting that compliments the design and adds interest or shading. All his art pieces are matted and framed under glass and appear to be a painting or a photograph. The closer you look, the more you see. Each work depicts a story of travel, a record of time, or an impression from nature, either real or pictured in his memory.
Dave’s artwork has been well-received by the public, accepted into several galleries for special showings and is displayed in patrons’ homes and businesses throughout the U.S. He has had one-man solo exhibits in Cape Girardeau at: the Nature Center, Edward Bernard Gallery, and the Southeast Missouri Arts Council Gallery. He has won first, second, and third place at two different shows at the Sikeston Depot Museum; First, Second, and honorable mention at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum in Poplar Bluff; Best of Show at “Art for the Heart of It” Southeast Hospital, Cape Girardeau, and honorable mention at the CottonBoll Art Show in Kennett, Mo. He has won honorable mention, third place and second place at the Annual Boone County Art Shows, Columbia, MO. He had a Fabricscape accepted into a National Art Show in Tulsa Oklahoma and has three commissioned pieces displayed in Cancer Hospitals--one in Cape Girardeau and two in Orlando Florida. He has been the featured artist at the Blue Stem Gallery in Columbia, the Capital Arts Gallery in Jefferson City and at the Sikeston Depot Museum. In 2022, he was the featured artist at Orr Studios and Gallery, the Boone County Bank in Columbia, Unity Center and the Garriott Porter Art Studio in Fulton. He is a Juried Best of Missouri Hands Artist.
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Wild Transitions
Paintings by Lana Costanzo
"Joy and Color Rock Our World!"
"What brings JOY into our lives? A smile, a kiss, a gift, a kind word, a Yipppppeee, a song, a color, a celebration, a hug, a colorful painting to enjoy. . . The key element to my work is JOY." Lana Costanzo
Pond At Shelter Gardens
This is a section of the 24'x48' acrylic painting, inspired by the local Columbia, MO treasure, Shelter Gardens. It is a "must see in person" piece, filled with imagery that is familiar to many. Lana has been very intentional with composition and brushstrokes while maintaining her signature sense of exuberant, high vibration. Joyful, indeed!
Glimpses of the prior Exhibit
Previous Exhibit - Earth, wood and water..., Paintings and prints by Nano Nore
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