Program Description
Description
John Fennell has been a painter for 40 years and works out of Orr Street Studios in Columbia. A graduate of Northern Illinois University, he attended the American Academy of Arts and later earned a master's degree in painting and drawing from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. He has studied with a number of well-known artists and exhibited throughout Missouri, nationally, and internationally. He is a Missouri School of Journalism emeritus professor where he taught magazine writing, design, and publishing,
About the exhibit, he says, "Light in all of its manifestations has been my primary interest in painting. To me, light is color and the foundation of seeing...In landscapes we see the outside world interpreted through the mind of the artist; in abstractions, the inner, unknown realms...What am I ultimately after? In a world where so much of our lives are prescribed, I find these explorations reconnect me with the inner spirit, the driving force of life."
An artist reception will be held on March 8 from 2-4 pm for John Fennell's works. Light refreshments will be served.