STUART ARTS
#404
Painting
Ted Stuart is president of Architectural Arts, serves on the board of the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation and creates abstract and figurative paintings.
HEARTLAND STUDIO
#405
Painting
Gary Hoff has been an artist for parts of six decades, his work is in collections throughout the U.S. Currently he is working on a series of cityscapes in oil.
JEFF WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS FINE ARTS
#407
After 30+ years of illustration and fabrication work, it's now about the paint.
JAY GRIFFITH
#408
Painting
Jay Griffith is an abstract artist working primarily in acrylics. He often works large scale creating vibrant compositions.
SUE PENN DESIGNS
#409
Painting, Fabric Design
Sue Penn creates abstract paintings and fabric designs inspired by nature and bright colors. Her work is fun and uplifting. Many of her patterns can be seen in quilt work and are available at Free Spirit Fabrics.
LAINEY BECK
#425
Multimedia
Lainey Beck creates abstract oil and encaustic paintings inspired by nature and the interconnectivity of life and energy.
ANTOINETTE LAVALLE
#439
Film & Photo
Antoinette Lavalle is a multidisciplinary artist working in Central Iowa. Antoinette focuses her time as a filmmaker, photographer, and painter. She enjoys acting, directing, and writing and currently is wrapping up her first feature film, Peck.
VONDERLAND PRINT COMPANY
#456
Prints, Paintings, Ink Drawings
Vonderland Print Company is an emerging presence in the Midwest Arts Community. Their founder, Joshua, aims to continue creating unique options for patrons to add to their collections/walls- by releasing new prints/paintings monthly.
Influenced highly by elements of pop art icons like Andy Warhol, and the underlying messages of artists like Keith Haring; Vonderland Print Company creates colorful nostalgia in their images, while also providing thought-provoking concepts to be seen beneath the color.
The goal moving forward for Vonderland is to reach more art lovers by way of online commerce, with a website that is currently in the works- and to broaden their reach by completing mural projects around the Midwest.
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MARGO Z NAHAS
#459
Jewelry, Multimedia
Illustrator, painter, jewelry designer. Maker of beautiful things.
VENNESSA SIRES
#460
Painting, Multimedia and Interior Design
Vennessa Sires is an artist and designer whose work emerges through experimentation, intuition, and an ongoing exploration of form. Her practice is grounded in a deep respect for the creative process as something fluid, evolving, and unrestricted.
JENNY OTIS MILLER ARTIST
#461
Multimedia Artist
Jennifer Miller (she/her) is an award winning artist, educator, and arts advocate who was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa. Her artistic career began with clay and continuously expands to encompass other materials such as papermaking, printmaking, and book arts. Jen has a deep and abiding reverence for crafts and is inspired to create work about her lived experiences. She holds an MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book (2025) and an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Iowa (2000).
CHAD R. MILLER
#461
Visual Art
Chad R. Miller is a painter, writer, and photographer whose work develops from the tension of competing or complementary concepts such as rootedness/restlessness, precision/fluidity, time/place, and presence/absence. He deals with themes of identity; travel, place and movement; memory and loss; direct sensory experience and illusion.