Perception of Nature

Artist Statement by Deb Zisko:

I paint the Midwest landscapes, because it gives me a chance to explore. As an artist, I use paper, board, and canvas as supports for this exploration. Months and seasons are beautiful with the changing color. This Exhibit is my way of sharing with you what I perceive.

Artist Statement by Terry Dooley:

​I have spent my adult life in Central Iowa where the trees are continuously challenging me to paint. I study them wherever I am whether walking or riding in the car. I try to notice the differences both in the seasons and the species and paint them as a statement to both their place in nature and the environment. I notice how their distress helps form and shape them and their surroundings nature them. So much like ourselves and our place in the world. I enjoy the challenge of applying paint to paper in a medium where there is no black or white (watercolors). White is the paper and black is a mix of two colors. I have entered paintings in the State Fair, Hoyt Sherman and in art shows in central Iowa. I recently joined the Iowa Artists. I enjoy painting the High Trestle Trail and bridge where I live in Madrid, Iowa and also wildlife, trees and Des Moines architecture.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website