Charlyn Reynolds

I am originally from Elgin, IL. At the moment I am finishing my last year at Illinois State University. In the spring, I will have my BFA in studio arts

Art Salon 2011

About the Art Salon Slated for September 9-10, 2011,  The Next Wave Art Salon is an innovative two-day event that brings together emerging artists in a “found space” in downtown

salon

2010 Award Winners

Congratulations to Hector Barron, Eric Gushee and Charlyn Reynolds for winning the prizes! Thank you all for participating and we hope you found it encouraging, enlightening, or at least a

Colossal-Squid

Charlyn Reynolds

I am originally from Elgin, IL. At the moment I am finishing my last year at Illinois State University. In the spring, I will have my BFA in studio arts

Untitled

Hector Barron

I was born in Mexico City but have lived most of my life in Chihuahua (northern Mexico), a place that has influenced my work on their geography desert, now and

Untitled

Eric Gushee

In terms of my artistic practice, I am a process artist based mainly in sculpture with interests in two-dimensional media. I begin my process with a single repetitive action, such

Paul Haggard

Paul Haggard

Michael Rudis

Michael Rudis

I am an outsider artist involved with the Awakenings Project of Elgin Illinois. I think I found a career I can’t mess up!

Tim Solarz

Tim Solarz

Alex Haben Spanos

Alexandra Haban-Spanos

Daniel Giordan

Daniel Giordan

“… the image is just something to hang paint on” – Jim Dine “There is something ridiculous and miserly in the myth we inherit from abstract art. That painting is

Lobster claw

Marcia Gutiérrez

Photography ha been my life since I can remember. I love the use of light to capture images. Light, whether natural or studio brings out the character of a subject

Picture-224

Mike Meimos

I am a free lance woodcarver

Orion Pahl

Orion Pahl

only connect… i am 21. i try not not capitalize my name when i write it. i hope to be among the storyteller’s of my generation. i wish more people

Zohra Belly Dancer

Zoh’ra the Bellydancer and her Jewels

A lifelong dancer, Zoh’ra is a multi-talented performance artist who has also graced the stage as a classic musician and jazz vocalist. When she discovered the profound emotion, elegance and

Untitled

Jose Luis Reyes

Artist who works in printmaking, mixed media, drawing, and photography

robert_sky

Alex Barron

I’m a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, TX and have studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Robert Sullivan

Robert Sullivan

I am 41, still resenting my misspent youth. I am lucky enough to be married for the past 20 years. I am in awe of photography as an expression of

Rebecca Rickert

Rebecca Rickert

I am 10 years old and in fifth grade.  I like art, swimming, ballet and my cats

Allen Vandever

Allen Vandever

I feel an artists body of work is his unwritten biography, archiving his progress in both craftsmanship and self-discovery, all the while capturing the most personal and essential moments in