Artists
Stop in and check out the work of our featured artists !
Bio of Dwight Walles
Dwight received his art education at the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating with a BFA from the University of Kansas. Thanks to the relationship of the University of Kansas to Hallmark in Kansas City, he began his career as a greeting card designer/ illustrator. At that time artists were assigned to art groups according to their particular illustration style. Dwight was placed in a group where he was challenged to work in various techniques and explore illustration styles. He notes because of this, his journey has not always been geared to the fine arts but more to commercial illustration and design.
Having designed and illustrated children’s books, educational materials, book covers, and magazine illustrations, Dwight worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for 20 years in his own business, before retiring to the Galena area. Now unencumbered from business constraints, he explores different media styles and techniques out of his studio at Apple Canyon Lake. He exhibits his work in various local venues and galleries.
The People
With a proclivity for drawing the human form he enjoys working from life as well as from his imagination. With situational illustration, he strives to bring the viewer into the situation portrayed in the painting. He often paints his family or close friends, and he especially enjoys depicting children.
The Places between
Places are key to any journey. They are the places you stop and have those “aha moments”. Dwight and his wife Pat love to travel, and since they both paint they enjoy capturing those memories together.
http://www.dwightwalles.com/works/
Bio for Judy Lange
My interest in creating art began at a very young age. Throughout the years I explored media and techniques through classes, mentors, art groups and on-going education.
Photography is my primary creative outlet. I love how images take us back to times gone by, and how treasured they become when the subject no longer exists.
In 1997, I became a full-time, professional equine photographer traveling throughout Illinois, Wisconsin & Iowa to photograph dressage, carriage driving, hunter/jumpers, crosscountry, Irish Draughts, Appaloosas & Fjords. In 2007 portrait, weddings, event and fine art photography became my focus.
Fine art photography is my true passion and Jo Daviess County, Illinois is my subject. I capture moments that catch my eye….moments where light and elements come together…the brief moment in time before it will vanish and be gone forever.
I hope my images move you to reflect on the beauty of the moment.
Fine Art Series
Glimpses of Galena
Vanishing Barns of Jo Daviess County
Country Roads
The Bridges of Jo Daviess County
Current Exhibits
BRIO Gallery
Otto’s Place
Past Exhibits
Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa, Galena, IL
Chestnut Mountain Resort, Galena, IL
Galena Artists’ Guild Gallery, Galena, IL
Hello Galena!, Galena, IL
Queen Bee Radio, Platteville, Wisconsin
Please visit my website/blog: www.judylange.com
