A juried exhibition focused on drawing mediums
including pencil, colored pencil, charcoal,
pastel, pen and ink and markers, etc.

 

The Juried Artists

Sandy Brooks

Christine Casten

Ken Farris

Steve Femmer

Christine Fischer

Kalus

Karol Keeteman

Kathy Gomric

J. Louvre Spezia

 

Gloria Henderson

David Kaskowitz

Rebecca McGuire

Judith Repke

Michael K. Stull

Carolyn Uhley

Ben Underwood

Jeramy White


 

Honorable Mention
Duchess Smallen
Joyce Spezia

Honorable Mention
Seek to the Light
Karol Keeteman

Juror's Statement:

     I would like to thank all the artists that submitted to this exhibition, and Framations for allowing me to be a part of the process. For me, jurying exhibits are challenging yet fulfilling endeavors. As a practicing artist, I understand the investment one makes in the process. It is for that reason that I congratulate all of you that submitted. It takes courage to create and additional courage to subject one’s work to review. I allowed the theme of the show Drawing Attention to steer my selection process. I asked myself if I was attentive to the work and whether the work stirred or captured my interest. The fact that some works did so and other works did not is a reflection of the subjective nature of this practice. I was interested in works that showed evidence of concept, imagination, authenticity and/or technical ability. 

It is my aesthetic to hang a show with fewer works -- the whole less-is-more approach. But this was a difficult process due to the number of quality submissions. In the end, I did pare down a substantial body, hopefully allowing for each work to have its own space to exist. I congratulate those whose work was included and whose work won an award.  Again, I thank you all for allowing me the opportunity to experience your art. I will close with this quote from the late Susan Sontag.

“Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”  
Kind regards, Michael Behle 

About the Juror: 

     Michael Behle’s work has been exhibited at such venues as Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, Phillips de Pury in New York, Art Resources Transfer in New York, Next Art Fair in Chicago, Puerto Rico International Art Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Mitchell Museum (Southern Illinois Biennial) and Sotheby’s in New York among others. He received a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, an MFA from Rutgers University and is a Vermont Studio Center Fellow. He is represented by Peter Miller Gallery in Chicago IL, Hogar Collection in Brooklyn NY, and Hoffman LaChance Contemporary in St. Louis Missouri. For the last twelve years Behle has taught in the area of studio arts at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He has curated several exhibitions locally and nationally, and in 2012 he founded Paul Artspace, an artist residency program located 30 minutes north of St. Louis City.