ART LOCAL -

The Chicago area is home to hundreds of diverse and renowned artist communities
and independent studios.  ART LOCAL brings Chicago artists to you through unique and
engaging artwork installations.


  Featured Artists

Jenny Learner<br> Chicago, IL<br> <br> "Red Planet"<br> Encaustic and Watercolor Collage on Hardboard<br> 24" x 32"<br> <br> Artist Statement:<br> <br> Jenny Learner is a native Chicagoan who has been making art her entire life. She gains inspiration for her new work from earth’s multiple landscapes and wonders including raw gemstones, outer space, time, medicine, life, dreams, hope, and cells. The photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand and the Hubble telescope’s imagery of the Universe endlessly muse her. Further curious and fascinated with evolution, anthropology and time, as an artist Jenny is grateful to be living in this digital age with resources at her fingertips.
Caryn Mitchell<br> Chicago, IL<br> <br> "Making Up" from the Intimate Conversations Series<br> Mosaic created with casted stoneware profiles of people’s faces, assorted gemstones, stone, marble, Italian glass and gold<br> 16" x 20"<br> <br> Artist Statement:<br> <br> Creating is an integral part of my life. It is what moves and shapes it – stretches my imagination, augments my perspective and shows me that keen observation is a necessity to see, feel, hear, smell, taste and tap into my intuition continually. This process opens doors to my mind’s eye, showing me the many aspects of life that make me whole, the sum of the parts that connect me to a greater Essence.<br> <br> If there is one thing I know, life and ideas change in the process of Creation. My artwork speaks in metaphor. It is expressionistic at best, taking on many forms and combining archetypes in a contemporary format. It is a study of relationships by innate design.<br> <br> Art is a dialogue that is created between the artist and herself and the artist and the world. With a big imagination, perseverance, curiosity and love, a mosaic is born.
Jen Rosenthal<br> Chicago, IL<br> <br> "LIfe is Everywhere"<br> 10" x 8"<br> Thread and Ink on Vellum<br> <br> Artist Statement:<br> <br> My art is all about the process. It's my meditation, my therapy, my Zen. My primary focus deals with the internal discovery/journey and the exploration of the dualities of life and Self. Combined, repetitive themes of fear and hope, uncertainty and freedom, and growth and decay can be found throughout my work.<br> <br> With an unyielding supply of optimism, self-doubt, and "what ifs" rattling around in my head, I hope to engage and relate to the world around me via common themes of the human condition; letting life's triumphs and struggles inspire creative momentum and a renewed sense of direction.
Ted Glasoe<br> Evanston, IL<br> <br> "6:53 to Chicago"<br> Color Photography<br> <br> Artist Statement:<br> <br> I love the way photography can capture a moment and hold it forever. From our most cherished memories to images that revolt or disturb, a photograph doesn't let us forget. Of course, there is a huge continuum between those extremes, and this is where I find the greatest challenge. I seek out extraordinary images in the landscape of our everyday lives. Sometimes it's a quick and fleeting moment that otherwise goes unnoticed: a bolt of lightning over the lake, a bird feeding its young, a smile between strangers. Other times it's simply a pattern in nature—like flowers we routinely pass—or the way late afternoon light illuminates a favorite building. All are moments captured in an instant but there to see and experience again and again in a photograph.