PLACEMAKING | The Closing Reception
- Zhou B Art Center KC 1801 East 18th Street Kansas City, MO, 64108 United States (map)
PLACEMAKING
Closing Reception | Friday, September 11th | 6pm - 9pm
Every exhibition eventually comes to an end, and we’re getting ready to say goodbye to Placemaking.
On Friday, September 11, join us for the exhibition’s Closing Reception and one final evening celebrating the work of our Zhou B resident artists.
Placemaking has invited us to think about home, belonging, memory, and the spaces that shape us. Now, we’re bringing everyone together one last time to experience the exhibition, connect with the artists, and celebrate the work they’ve shared with us.
The reception will happen alongside our Second Fridays Open Studios, so there will be plenty to explore throughout the building.
If you haven’t seen Placemaking yet, this is your last chance. And if you have, come experience it one more time.
Placemaking Closing Reception
Friday, September 11 | 5–8 PM
Free and open to the public
Title of Piece: The Yield
Artist: Kayla Traxel
Size: 27” X 15”
Medium: watercolor, thread
Price: $800
About the Piece:
He checks the sky before he checks the time. He knows what the land will take to, even the stubborn patch on the east lot. He walks the rows the way his father did, his hands moving through the field, unhurried. Time is measured in weeks folded into harvest. Far from here, bread will be broken for someone else's nourishment, and he will never know their name. His hands finish coiling the irrigation hose. The field is waiting.
About the Artist:
My practice centers on handworked techniques like embroidery, watercolor, and layered textile applications. I favor visible seams, raw textures, and soft, natural palettes that prioritize crafted over manufactured. I’m interested in how imperfection builds character, emphasizing transformation as an essential part of creation. Beauty, for me, emerges not from flawlessness but from what is broken, repaired, and made anew. These works invite reflective engagement where each piece holds the energy of a moment between, making room for memory, individuality, and connection.
Connect!: IG: @k_trax
Title of Piece: Crystal
Artist: Scott Tubbs
Size: 30” X 30”
Medium: Acrylic - Mixed
Price: $550.00
About the Piece:
The image feels both structured and dynamic, as if frozen moments of movement have been crystallized into shape. It is inviting the viewer to explore how individual pieces connect to create something larger and unexpectedly harmonious.
About the Artist:
Scott Tubbs is a contemporary abstract painter whose work explores the balance between structure and spontaneity. Through layered acrylics, rich textures, and intuitive mark-making, he creates paintings that feel both dynamic and contemplative.
Connect!: stubbskc1@gmail.com
Title of Piece: A Safe Place
Artist: Kiley Miles
Size: 12 in. x 24 in.
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Price: $450
About the Artist:
Kiley Miles (b. 1982, Salina, KS) is an Overland Park-based artist whose mixed-media paintings examine compassion, love, and spirituality. Utilizing acrylic and collage, Miles utilizes the form and structure of hand gestures to capture the emotional depth of a comforting touch and the invisible nuances of the spiritual realm. She holds a BFA from Fort Hays State University. Miles has exhibited in local and regional venues throughout the Kansas City metro area; regionally including the Birger Sandzén Memorial Art Gallery.
About the Piece:
This piece represents what "home" means to me in the physical, but also in spirit. I chose a turtle dove as their distinct call brings a soothing and familiar sound to me. I added the hands lifting the water to the dove as a peaceful and giving gesture. Lastly, the water represents many properties and translates to our own actions that can ripple out to others in a beneficial way.
Title of Piece: TakeOff
Artist: Kayin Mujahid
Size: 18in x 24in
Medium: Acrylic & Non Toxic Pastel
Price: $1,300
About the Piece:
This tribute piece celebrates the life, artistry, and lasting influence of Takeoff. Created with acrylic paint and non-toxic pastel on canvas, the composition blends portraiture with symbolic imagery to reflect both his presence and legacy. The central portrait captures Takeoff's calm confidence and introspective energy, while the surrounding elements create a dreamlike atmosphere that speaks to memory, spirit, and transcendence. The halo and celestial motifs symbolize elevation and remembrance, while the vibrant colors, flowing abstract forms, and cosmic background represent creativity, movement, and the impact he continues to have on music and culture. The secondary figure references his journey and artistic evolution, creating a visual narrative that bridges the earthly and spiritual realms. Through layered textures, bold contrasts, and expressive mark-making, this work serves as both a celebration of his achievements and a reflection on the enduring nature of influence beyond a lifetime. This piece is dedicated to honoring Takeoff's legacy, spirit, and the inspiration he continues to provide to fans and artists around the world.
About the Artist:
Kayin Mujahid is a multidisciplinary artist and educator whose work explores storytelling, culture, spirituality, and human connection. Working across watercolor, acrylic, ink, and mixed media, Kye creates artwork that bridges personal experience with collective memory. As both an artist and instructor, Kye is passionate about fostering creativity, building community, and using art as a tool for inspiration, reflection, and growth. Through both teaching and studio practice, Kye seeks to create meaningful experiences that encourage connection and self-expression.
Title of Piece: Wrapped In Possibility
Artist: Kim Newton
Size: 24 x 28 (Artist Proof)
Medium: 100% Cotton, Indonesian batik, quilted
Price: $1,100
About the Piece:
We often speak about possibility as something external—a door opening, an opportunity arriving, a dream fulfilled. But possibility begins much more quietly, in the moment we allow ourselves to imagine a different life, a fuller life, than the one we were taught to settle for. Through the eyes of a child surrounded by color, butterflies, and wonder, Wrapped in Possibility reflects the hope, imagination, and self-belief that make transformation possible. It is a reminder that there is something sacred about believing your future can hold beauty you have not yet experienced.
About the Artist:
Kim Alexis Newton is a multidisciplinary textile artist and creative entrepreneur based in Kansas City. Raised around art, Kim’s creative foundation was shaped early through family, storytelling, and traditional quilt making. She is a graduate of Fisk University and earned her MBA from Vanderbilt University before spending more than twenty years building a successful corporate career in product marketing, strategy, and leadership. Kim also runs a commercial Gift Quilt™ company and sits on corporate boards. Today, Kim brings that same intentionality, discipline, and emotional intelligence into her fine art practice. Her work has been featured in notable museum exhibitions and collected by prominent cultural figures and private collectors, including Oprah Winfrey and former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. Originally from California, Kim lives in Kansas City with her husband, Nikki, and their daughter, Piper who is a Junior at Spelman College in Atlanta
Connect!:IG: @kimalexisnewton
Title of Piece: Horizon
Artist: Scott Tubbs
Size: 24" x 36"
Medium: Acrylic / Mixed
Price: $450.00
About the Piece:
"Horizon" carries a deep sense of stillness, where time feels suspended and emotions settle into calm reflection. There’s a gentle undercurrent of solitude and introspection, as if the space invites you to pause, breathe, and drift inward.
About the Artist:
Scott Tubbs is a contemporary abstract painter whose work explores the balance between structure and spontaneity. Through layered acrylics, rich textures, and intuitive mark-making, he creates paintings that feel both dynamic and contemplative.
Connect!:stubbskc1@gmail.com
Title of Piece: Insecta I
ArtIst: Emmalee Rathsam
Size: 22.5" x 32.5
Medium: archival pigment inkjet
Price: $1,850
About the Piece:
My work is rooted in authenticity. An ongoing process of creating from a place that feels honest and deeply personal. When I allow myself to make art without performance or pretense, I feel most at home within myself. In this piece, Insecta, I explore identity through self-portraiture intertwined with insects I collected from my family’s farmhouse. Among them were wasps I discovered tucked inside the window sills, hidden in corners and quietly occupying the space over time. Finding them felt significant; they became symbols of memory, resilience, and the unseen presence of home.
About the Artist:
Born and raised in the Kansas City area, Emmalee Rathsam is an award winning fine art photographer. Her portraiture is an art form that blends surrealism and photography to create dreamlike imagery, blurring the lines between reality and imagination. Rathsam’s surrealist approach to her photography sets her work apart and her recent exploration with self-portraiture has brought her international recognition among the photography community as she is recognized for her artistic excellence at image competitions.
Connect!:Instagram @emmaleerathsam
Title of Piece: Breathless
Artist: Anita Easterwood
Size: 33 x 44
Medium: Graphite and Batik
Price: $4,950
About the Artist: NA
About the Piece: This piece is dedicated to the journey of womanhood. Its beauty, complexity, and strength
Connect!:
IG: Anita_easterwood
Title of Piece: KATRINA
Artist: Michael Brantley
Size: 24" × 36"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Price: Inquire for price
About the Artist:
Michael Brantley is a contemporary figurative painter whose work explores identity, memory, and cultural legacy through portraiture and narrative imagery. His paintings have been exhibited at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the American Jazz Museum, and other regional institutions throughout Kansas City.
About the Piece:
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, a Louisiana street musician prepares his instrument for another day. With hand-painted stars and stripes on his shoes, he pauses in the quiet ritual of cleaning his harmonica. In that fleeting moment between survival and performance, a photograph was taken—preserving a story of resilience, dignity, and the enduring spirit of New Orleans.
Connect!:
Website: michaelbrantleyart.com
Facebook: Artist Michael Brantley
Instagram: @michaelbrantleyart
TikTok: @michaelbrantley13
Title of Piece: THE CORNET PLAYER
Artist: Michael Brantley
Size: 28" × 70"
Medium: Oil on canvas (Artist Proof Giclée on Archival Paper)
Price: $1,500
About the Piece:
A moment in time focused on a musician’s connection to his instrument as he works his craft. This artist proof giclée is reproduced from Michael Brantley’s original painting and preserves the tonal depth, atmosphere, and intimacy of the original work.
About the Artist:
Michael Brantley is a contemporary figurative painter whose work explores identity, memory, and cultural legacy through portraiture and narrative imagery. His paintings have been exhibited at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the American Jazz Museum, and other regional institutions throughout Kansas City.
Connect!:
Website: michaelbrantleyart.com
Facebook: Artist Michael Brantley
Instagram: @michaelbrantleyart
TikTok: @michaelbrantley13
Name:Bryce Holt
Title of Piece:Come to My Window
Size:36" x 156" (two canvases)
Medium:Acrylic on canvas
Price: Inquire for price
Description:He knew this might only be a love for a season, but last year taught him that armor is just another word for a cage. He was prepared to leave the window open to let the light spill out. After all, being brave is not the same as being fearless. Her mind warned her that it could not accept another heartbreak, but her soul was already unlatching the windowsill. She stood in the cooling forest, letting the blue hour spill out from her ribs. If the price of playing the game was the risk of being shattered, she was ready to pay it. The moon in her chest was too bright to keep hidden inside any longer.
Title of Piece: Jump, Jive, Joy
Artist: Jean McGuire
Size: 48" x 36"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Price: $2800
About the Piece:
18th & Vine is the home of Kansas City Jazz with a history that goes back more than 100 years. People tend to focus on the music when they think of 18th & Vine, but dance is just as important a part of the story. The combination of dance and music are an integral part of our city’s heritage. The two dancers in this piece embody the joy of moving with the innovative music that wafts through the streets of the district.
About the Artist:
After a forty-year hiatus from art, Jean McGuire rediscovered her passion through portrait studies, drawn to the challenge of capturing the unique stories behind each person. Her portraits seek to illuminate the emotions and histories of people from times past. The proximity of the ZhouB to the rich musical history of the 18th & Vine jazz district has inspired me to produce a series of paintings focused on the jazz that this area is famous for.
Title of Piece: St. Matthias Church , Budapest, Interior
Artist: Carolyn Kanter
Size: 13.5" by 17.5" (Including Frame)
Medium: mixed media collage
Price: $165
About the Artist:
Carolyn Kanter started college as an art major, but due to fear and uncertainty, later changed her major to art history. She eventually earned a master’s degree in city planning and later pursued a degree in jurisprudence out of curiosity. Although law was not fulfilling, art still remained absent from her life. After retiring in 2016, she returned to her art practice, which quickly became a true passion. She continues to work primarily with fabric, has participated in several exhibitions, and recently rented a studio at the Zhou B Art Center, where she is joyfully immersing herself in her creative practice.
About the Piece:
This piece is based on a photo I took in Budapest several years ago. I've abstracted some of the architectural elements, and infused vivid colors.
Title of Piece: Bug Body (I'm a creature, too)
Artist: Mol Mir
Size: 5'3"
Medium: Photo collage on chipboard
Price: Inquire For Price
About the Piece:
This work is composed of photos I've taken with my phone of animals in Kansas City. It documents the time I've spent here and the organisms I've shared this land with.
About the Artist:
As an artist and a biologist, Mol is driven to create by a never-ending curiosity about the natural world. They approach making with a tenderness, making decisions about color and texture, light and pattern. With such a rich world of observation, it is clear how Mol delights in the act of seeing. Common subjects include anatomy, cells, and aquatic organisms, often drawing from photos taken during trips to the aquarium.
Connect!:@molecularmirror
Title of Piece: Sunset on the Water
Artist: Shon Tsitolovsky
Size: 25mm
Medium: Silver, Natural Brownish Orange Diamond, Natural Diamonds, and teal sapphires
Price: $1500
About the Piece:
This piece was inspired by the evenings I spent fishing with my grandfather as a little kid.
About the Artist:
Shon Adam Fine Jewelry was founded by Shon Adam Tsitolovsky after four years of intensive apprenticeship under master jewelers and skilled artisans. Immersed in traditional techniques and disciplined craftsmanship, Shon developed a deep respect for the rigor, patience, and precision that define fine jewelry at its highest level.
Connect!: @shonadamfine
Title of Piece: The Yield
Artist: Kayla Traxel
Size: 27” X 15”
Medium: watercolor, thread
Price: $800
About the Piece:
He checks the sky before he checks the time. He knows what the land will take to, even the stubborn patch on the east lot. He walks the rows the way his father did, his hands moving through the field, unhurried. Time is measured in weeks folded into harvest. Far from here, bread will be broken for someone else's nourishment, and he will never know their name. His hands finish coiling the irrigation hose. The field is waiting.
About the Artist:
My practice centers on handworked techniques like embroidery, watercolor, and layered textile applications. I favor visible seams, raw textures, and soft, natural palettes that prioritize crafted over manufactured. I’m interested in how imperfection builds character, emphasizing transformation as an essential part of creation. Beauty, for me, emerges not from flawlessness but from what is broken, repaired, and made anew. These works invite reflective engagement where each piece holds the energy of a moment between, making room for memory, individuality, and connection.
Connect!: @k_trax
Title of Piece: 670
Artist: Misty McNally
Size: 24" x 36"
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Price: $1,500
About the Piece:
This view of I-670 from under the Kansas City convention center. I was inspired by the boldly colored cityscapes of artist Wayne Thiebaud (1920 - 2021).
About the Artist:
I have come to painting later in life, though I have volunteered at the Nelson-Atkins for 20 years. Color is my passion, and my favorite subjects are often found close to my heart and home.
Connect!:@mistymcnally
Title of Piece: Here Comes the Sun
Artist: Charlie Quinn
Size: 12x16
Medium: Textured Acrylic Painting
Price: $320
About the Piece:
After exploring other worlds, our astronaut friend embarks on another adventure and is greeted by a familiar sight of sunflower fields. Upon gazing at the gorgeous symbols of home, euphoria and joy overwhelm his homesick soul and he begins to frolic through them.
About the Artist:
Charlie Quinn is a self-taught artist and licensed Master Social Worker whose vibrant, texture-rich works and public speaking inspire resilience and healing in survivors. Drawing on their own journey with complex-PTSD, Charlieleads human rights initiatives and explores themes of trauma, identity, and beauty through art and storytelling.
Connect!: @charliequinning
Title of Piece: Dream a Little Dream
Artist: Charlie Quinn, Austin Polley
Size: 36x48
Medium: Textured Acrylic Painting
Price: $2,100
About the Piece:
Imagine you're wandering around your city after a gentle rain at dusk, and all of the sudden the street lamps come on. The lights begin to sparkle everywhere you look, and the smell of the rain with the lights brings a smile to your face and you stop to admire the view. Who are you dreaming of? This piece was a nostalgic and romantic piece created by the dream team from Impression Studios. Austin and Charlie brought to life a piece Charlie completed 13 years ago, demonstrating tremendous growth in use of techniques with lighting, color work, and texture.
About the Artist:
Charlie Quinn is a self-taught artist and licensed Master Social Worker whose vibrant, texture-rich works and public speaking inspire resilience and healing in survivors. Drawing on their own journey with complex-PTSD, Charlieleads human rights initiatives and explores themes of trauma, identity, and beauty through art and storytelling.
Connect!:@charliequinning, @polley.austin
Title of Piece: Plume Bloom
Artist: Jenny Johannsen
Size: 36in x 36in x 1.5in
Medium: Ink and flashed on canvas
Price: $1,950
About the Piece:
Plume Bloom is inspired in part by Kansas City’s identity as the City of Fountains, where water creates movement, gathering, and reflection within a landlocked landscape. Suspended forms rise and fold like drifting fabric or erupting spray, balancing between fountain, river current, and bloom. The work reflects on the universal pull of water as a source of comfort and belonging. Across places and cultures, water often becomes tied to the feeling of home, whether through fountains, rivers, oceans, or rain.
About the Artist:
Jenny Johannsen is an abstract artist whose creative roots began in modern quilting and textile work. Drawing from that foundation, she creates layered paintings with fluid, fabric-like forms that appear suspended in motion. Her work explores the interaction of color, movement, and surface, capturing fleeting moments where folds, flow, and structure align.
Connect!: @jennyjohannsenart
Title of Piece: East bound down the mountain home
Artist: Milton Lovell Christian
Size: Size to be mesured
Medium: Oil on acrylic
Price: Inquire For Price
About the Piece:
This landscape depicts a cold winters night riding home from night Ice fishing at Eleven Mile Reservoir in the Colorado Rockies.
About the Artist:
Kansas City-based artist Milton Lovell Christian creates evocative oil paintings shaped by a unique blend of rigid technical precision and deeply rooted historical narrative. Raised in Colorado by a Black American World War II veteran Grandfather and his German war-survivor Grandmother, Milton grew up at the literal intersection of profound historical contrast. This early exposure to dual, surviving perspectives instills his work with themes of resilience, memory, and identity. Before committing to the canvas, Milton spent decades mastering art on the human form as a licensed professional tattoo artist. This lifelong creative dedication is balanced by a robust background in technical infrastructure, service, and engineering support. In 2023, Milton translated this lifetime of anatomical discipline and technical acumen into fine art, teaching himself the complex chemistry of oil painting. Now semi-retired from tattooing, Milton works from their studio in Kansas City, Kansas—his home since 2006.
Title of Piece: Miss Prima- Donna
Artist: Crissi .B Rice
Size: 24x36in
Medium: Acrylic & Fabric
Price: $1,500
About the Piece:
A woman is much like a lemon — both sweet and sharp, soft yet impossible to ignore. The world often wants her easy to swallow, but forgets that her bitterness was born from survival. Some will taste the sweetness in her nurturing spirit, while others will only remember the sting of her boundaries. Either way, pick your poison carefully, because every woman carries both healing and fire within her.
About the Artist:
As a multidisciplinary artist, I create work that celebrates the beauty, resilience, and identity of women through portraiture, photography, and mixed media. Inspired by natural hair, culture, and personal storytelling, my art explores themes of empowerment, healing, and self-expression. Through bold imagery and emotional depth, I aim to challenge social norms while honoring the richness of Black experiences and community. My work invites viewers to see strength, dignity, and authenticity reflected in every piece.
Connect!:Crissitheartist - ig Crissi Curly Art - fb
Title of Piece: Dear Iconic KC
Artist: Janine Carter
Size: 24 X 20
Medium: Mixed Media Collage and acrylic on canvas
Price: $350
About the Piece:
There are those special place in Kansas City that carry memories for me. These places are also iconic and important in Kansas City culture and the larger community.
About the Artist:
I am Janine Carter (Artsy Janine). As an abstract realist artist. I create vivid works in acrylic and mixed media. I love experimenting with materials and color.
Connect!: www.artsyjaynine.com | @artsyjaynine
Title of Piece: From Murky Water
Artist: Austin Polley
Size: 24"x16"
Medium: e-surface photo paper print on double weight matboard, with white wooden frame.
Price: $400
About the Piece:
From Murky waters is a photo of a lily pond with its flowers, expressing that beauty can grow from any place you find home in.
About the Artist:
Austin is a multi-format artist working across photography, drawing, painting, and origami. His work blends creativity and detail, using each medium to explore different perspectives and emotions. Austin’s artistic style is rooted in versatility, experimentation, and combining both of his technical and artistic personalities.
Connect!:instagram: polley.austin
Title of Piece: The Wishing Jar
Artist: pánne ally
Size: 40x30"
Medium: Mixed Media
Price: $2,500
About the Piece:
She dreamed: The Wishing Jar sits on the mantle over a warm fireplace in a proper home. It is the receptacle of first born wishes and long held dreams. There is no bias against either. Both legitimate of holding sacred space, to be acknowledged, nourished and visited over and over. For without the dream, what would happen? The wish, the dream is the mother of all discovery
About the Artist:
Phyllis Anne, p’anne, (Jenkins), was making art at 4 years old with her artist grandmother. During a career in marriage counseling, she followed her dream and opened a gallery/studio in California. Entering competitions, she achieved national interest in her art. In 2024, she moved her studio to Kansas City. A mixed media artist, her abstract style includes figurative, landscape, pure non-objective and sometime surrealistic work.
Connect!: @phyllisane.art
Title of Piece: Across From You
Artist: Dora Kearney
Size: 40x30x1.5
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Price: $1,950
About the Piece:
Across From You focuses on the emotional space between people-the quiet place where connection, understanding, and belonging are formed. The two figures lean toward one another with mirrored energy, symbolizing intimacy, dialogue, and mutual recognition. Their bold. Colors and fragmented forms remain distinct while still creating visual harmony, reflecting the balance between individuality and togetherness. The piece speaks to the idea that home is often discovered not in a place, but in relationships and moments of shared presence.
About the Artist:
Dora’s “Portraits Without Names” series explores the idea that home is shaped through connection, memory, identity, and shared human experience rather than physical location alone. Using constructed faces, bold color relationships, and simplified geometric forms, I create figures that are intentionally universal, allowing viewers to project themselves and their communities into the work. These paintings examine how people coexist, communicate, and find belonging across cultural and emotional boundaries. For The Shape of Home/Placemaking, the selected works reflect the belief that home can exist in relationships, collective humanity, and the spaces we create together.
Connect!:@dora_creates
Title of Piece: Prometheus
Artist: Fredy Gabuardy
Size: 58" X81" X 6 1/2"
Medium: Acrylic on panel
Price: Inquire For Price
About the Piece:
Prometheus presents an emblem of strength, protection, and transformation. The figure is rendered as a stylized silhouette, stripped of identity yet rich with bold visual cultural language and imaginative references. Encased in a sculptural frame, the work extends beyond the flat surface, transforming the painting into an object. The frame's geometric forms and vivid palette echo the armor's aesthetic, creating a unified presence that is both graphic and architectural. Prometheus invites viewers to contemplate the archetypes of the warrior and its otherworldly origin. Reimagined for a world yet to come.
About the Artist:
Fredy Jose Gabuardy Montealegre was born in 1989 in Boaco, Nicaragua, and moved to the United States in the early 2000s. In 2006, he was accepted into the New Wore School of the Arts in Miami. He later attended the Kansas City Art Institute on a full scholarship, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting. In his work Fredyexplores the relationship between architecture, materiality, and narrative.
Connect!: Instagram: fredygabuardy
Title of Piece: Montealegre
Artist: Francisco Gabuardy
Size: 5'-4 5/8'' X 7' -11 3/8''
Medium: Acrylic, Graphite and Galkyd on Canvas
Price: Inquire For Price
About the Piece:
Montealegre marks the beginning of my personal symbolic language, an evolving lexicon shaped by relationships and guided by larger themes of freedom and survival. Like many of my works, it exists at the intersection of beauty, mystery, and meaning. Every detail holds intention; every form invites questioning. I poured curiosity, time, and energy into this piece, and I ask the viewer to meet it with the same openness to slow down, to observe, and to discover.
About the Artist:
Francisco Gabuardy was born in Empalme de Boaco, Nicaragua, and immigrated to the United States at age eleven. He studied at the New World School of the Arts in Miami from 2005 to 2009 and later earned a BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2013 on a full scholarship. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States. He currently collaborates with his identical twin, Fredy Gabuardy, on Cadejo at the Zhou B Art Center in Kansas City, an ongoing project that explores their shared Nicaraguan identity through a visual language rooted in beauty, mystery, and meaning.
Connect!: Instagram: @fgabuardy
Title of Piece: Shine Your Light
Artist: Brooks Gentleman
Size: 60" x 36"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Price: $2,700.00
About the Piece:
One thing that always makes me feel like I am home in Kansas City is when the lights are gracing the Plaza during the holidays. There is something magical about illuminating the unique architecture of this City gem.
About the Artist:
Brooks Gentleman is Kansas City based artist who enjoys sharing the beauty of life with his brush.
Connect!: Website: https://www.brooksgentleman.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brooksgentlemanart jbrooksgentleman/
Artist: Bryan Boone
Title of Piece: Unknown Steps 11
Size: 16 x 16 x 2 in
Medium: Acrylic on Panel
Price: $925
Description: The arrangement radiates bilaterally from a central spine of creamy white/gray that opens into a delta. Fields of orange and layered reds and magentas anchor the composition while textured blues and aquas diverge and move upward. The smooth aqua field contrasts with the busy multilayered gradients and organic flowing textures of its neighbors.