Barbara Welsh Shultz "I have the advantage of deciding at a very early age that I would grow up to be an artist. I realized that I loved making art and at least my six-year-old peers thought I had enviable drawing skills. Since that early launch, I have relentlessly pursued the study, teaching, and production...
First Fridays at Iowa Artisans Gallery are a featured artist exhibition! This Friday see the recent work of Greta Songe and John Martinek Greta Songe - "I was born and raised in the bayou country of South Louisiana. After landing in Iowa for graduate school, I fell in love with the landscape, the sense of...
First Fridays at Iowa Artisans Gallery are for exhibition open houses with a new feature artist every month. This month's feature is Karen Cooper. Karen was born and raised in Nebraska, and then moved across the river to live in Iowa. From 2013 thru 2018, Karen lived in Lipetsk, Russia - long enough for the...
Encaustic mono prints, encaustic medium and pigments  on wood In my artistic exploration, I endeavor to capture the essence of Iowa beyond its portrayal as merely a flyover state. This is not Iowa hastily glanced at from the window of a connecting flight; rather, it is a tapestry of intricate details, a "beautiful Land" teeming with...
