Exhibit Info
a line goes for a walk
August 30th-October 4th, 2019
Opening Reception: September 6th, 2019 5-7pm
Solo exhibit of works by Priscilla Steele
Opening Reception: September 6th, 2019 5-7pm
Solo exhibit of works by Priscilla Steele
Priscilla Steele was raised in New Jersey, just outside of New York City where regular trips into New York and Philadelphia opened a large, somewhat daunting, but very exciting, cosmopolitan world. She studied at a small liberal arts college in northern New York, and four years later spent a productive academic year in Europe where she developed a strong interest in drawing and printmaking. After graduating in 1973, she moved to the Midwest and balanced printing and drawing with theatrical design and painting, as well as furniture design with her husband, Craig Campbell. In 1986, her family moved to Iowa so she could attend graduate school at University of Iowa and acquired an MFA in printmaking. She stayed in Iowa to teach at Coe College and has since retired and continues her journey as a working artist focusing on figurative and botanical subjects in Omaha, NE.
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About the Show:
“A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.” Plucking the medium of drawing from the exclusive realm of the “old masters”, this playful observation was made by the twentieth century artist, Paul Klee. Its matter of fact wisdom recognizes the accessible-to-all nature of drawing as a direct path to expression. Over a more than forty year career, the variability of line has been central to my exploration of figurative and botanic subjects. Working from life, the process of finding structure, gesture and scale cleaves true to Klee’s metaphorical walking line. Tentative marks search for form. Curiosity gives way to sweeps of dynamic contour. Often a sure route is abandoned in hope of a transformative discovery. Ultimately, the marks’ paths document a meditative, sometimes confounding and nuanced progression of visual observation. It was an unwitting, intuitive choice that led me to focus on the figure and botanic subjects. Pivoting between their contrasting qualities, I refresh my perceptions. In this way, extravagant, blossoming petals exist in a calculated tension side-by-side with emotionally charged images of the figure. Thanks for joining me for the walk 
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Spring Amaryllis I
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 48" x 60"
Spring Amaryllis II
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 48" x 60"
Spring Amaryllis III
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 48" x 60"
Rococo Amaryllis
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 29.5" x 12"
$1,350 framed
Milkweed
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 50" x 23"
$3,000 framed
One Brave Woman Torso I
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 31" x 22"
One Brave Woman Torso II
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 31" x 22"
One Brave Woman I
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 34" x 23"
One Brave Woman II
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 34" x 23"
One Brave Woman III
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 34" x 23"
Joy's Japanese Iris
Graphite on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 5"
SOLD
Pinks Wintered Over in Front
Graphite on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 5"
SOLD
Star of Bethlehem I
Graphite on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 5"
$125 framed
Star of Bethlehem II
Graphite on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 5"
$125 framed
Columbine I
Graphite on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 5"
$125 framed
Columbine II
Graphite on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 5"
SOLD
Beth
Conte crayon on paper
Art dimensions: 11" x 14"
SOLD
Jaymie
Conte crayon on paper
Art dimensions: 10" x 13"
$425 framed
Nikki
Conte crayon on paper
Art dimensions: 13" x 8"
$375 framed
Sarah
Conte crayon on paper
Art dimensions: 10" x 5"
$300 framed
Dialog Human I
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 4" x 3"
$165 framed
Dialog Human II
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 3" x 3.5"
$165 framed
Dialog Human III
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 4" x 3"
$165 framed
Dialog Human IV
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 5" x 2.5"
$165 framed
Dialog Human V
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 4" x 3"
$165 framed
Dialog Human VI
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 5" x 3"
SOLD
Dialog Human VII
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4"
$165 framed
Dialog Human VIII
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4"
$165 framed
Dialog Human IX
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 3.5" x 3"
$165 framed
Dialog Human X
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 6" x 3"
$165 framed
Jami Resting
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 3.5" x 3"
$165 framed
Fran
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 4" x 3"
$165 framed
It Happened in Life Drawing
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 3" x 4.75"
$165 framed
Becca
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 4.5" x 3.5"
SOLD
Drawing Group
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 3" x 4"
$165 framed
The North Wind
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 18" x 12"
$395 framed
The South Wind
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 18" x 12"
$395 framed
The West Wind
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 18" x 12"
SOLD framed
The East Wind
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 18" x 12"
$395 framed
Cricket
Intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 3" round
SOLD
Trees in the Lane
Color intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 8" x 7"
SOLD
Iowa Spring
Color intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 7.5" x 6.5"
SOLD
Lathyrus Odoratus (Sweet Pea)
Color intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 6" x 5"
SOLD
Lily of the Valley
Color intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 2"
SOLD
Ree's Back Door
Color intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 14" x 4"
SOLD
Pansy
Color intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 3" round
SOLD
Columbine
Color intaglio on paper
Art dimensions: 2" x 3.5"
SOLD
