Category Archives: Studio Snapshots

Hanging an exhibit at Gallery West

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

This past Monday I was in Des Moines to help hang an exhibit at an interesting location – Gallery West, in the Imaging Waiting Area of the VA Central Iowa Health Care System! The regularly-changing exhibits in Gallery West are … Continue reading →

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Tree of Hope transported

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

They said it could not be done… we said, yes it can! Here John M. demonstrates the advantage of a hatchback by transporting a large tree in a small car. As it turned out there wasn’t room to include it … Continue reading →

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Jo’s in a Row

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

Despite my absence, I was well represented at last Friday’s opening reception for my Art of Living retrospective show at the Octagon. “Thank you” to Marty and Angela, who stood in for me as art students demonstrating techniques we’ve used … Continue reading →

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Working toward a watercolor

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

In a value study, you focus on the relationship of lightness-to-darkness in the subject, and how this gives a sense of space and perspective and gives form to things. The Drawing & Composition class did value studies by drawing with … Continue reading →

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Farewell to van

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

After 300,000 miles of good and faithful service, the red van brought me home safely from a recent trip and could go no further. The bottom had rusted out. Repairs would have cost close to $1,000 and even then, the … Continue reading →

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Literary influence

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

(Update: the opening reception is past, but you can see my exhibit at the Octagon through December 22, 2012.) I have an exhibit going up in the Octagon’s third floor Main Gallery (427 Douglas Ave. in downtown Ames), and there … Continue reading →

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Visual effects during surgery

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

These are the paintings I gave to my doctor to show what I saw during cataract surgery on each of my eyes. The colors were more muted during the second surgery (on the left), possibly because I didn’t have any … Continue reading →

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Iowa City adventure

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

The red van took a trip to Iowa City and was suddenly transformed into a movie theater! My grandchildren brought out their computers, popcorn, and a lantern (it was dark out), and we watched movies amongst the boxes and ramp. … Continue reading →

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Artistic exercises

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

Here are a some exercises by students in Drawing and Composition class! Right: Angela poses with her “up the hill/down the hill/straight on” perspective drawings. Below left: Marty’s intricate tree is an exercise in negative and positive space. Below right: … Continue reading →

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Cleaning the Story Wall

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

The ceramic Story Wall sustained smoke damage in the recent fire at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, and I’m acting as a consultant for its cleaning. It took me a week to be emotionally ready to go in and see the … Continue reading →

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