July 28 – September 20, 2020
Figures of Speech is a competitive exhibition open to artists 18 years of age or older who live, or have once lived, in the Midwest and created artwork. Artists are asked to create a work of art inspired by a figure of speech and then juried in.
Works below are available for purchase. Click the image to purchase. If you would like to have the purchased work shipped please give us a call at (765) 649-1248 before making your purchase. Your purchase helps support local artists as well as the museum!
Scott Anderson
Hartford City, IN
Bigots & Buffoonery at the Border
Watercolor & mixed media
22″ x 30″
$950
Scott Anderson
Hartford City, IN
On the 5th Day, Every Beast that Crawls
Ink, watercolor & leaf impressions on paper
22″ x 30″
$950
Timothy Berg
Muncie, IN
Deep Sixed
acrylic & ink on paper
24″ x 18″
$400
Mary Ellen Bertram
Farmland, IN
It’s Just Child’s Play
Photo encaustic mixed media
20″ x 24″
$750
Mary Ellen Bertram
Farmland, IN
Face the Music
Encaustic mixed media
16″ x 12″
$500
Marian Betts
Anderson, IN
The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
digital oil & watercolor
20″ x 30″ (24″ x 34″ framed)
$499
Margot Bogue
Fishers, IN
You Can Lead a Horse to Water
oil on canvas
24″ x 18″
$450
Christopher Dance
Indianapolis, IN
Too Much to Bear
ceramic, glaze, pearlescent & gold overglaze
20″ x 14″ x 4″
$1300
Christopher Dance
Indianapolis, IN
Eat Your Heart Out
ceramic, glaze, pearlescent & gold overglaze
8″ x 6″ x 3″
$450
Virginia Deaton
New Castle, IN
A Sip of Summer
oil on canvas
12″ x 16″
$450
Virginia Deaton
New Castle, IN
Cherries Jubilee
oil on canvas
11″ x 14″
$400
Carrie Dodd
Carmel, IN
Cloud Nine
acrylic
20″ x 16″
$200
Carrie Dodd
Carmel, IN
A Drop in the Ocean
acrylic
24″ x 18″
$200
Brad Fields
Fishers, IN
Left Out in the Cold
watercolor
28″ x 20″
$1600
Brad Fields
Fishers, IN
Social Climbers
watercolor
28″ x 20″
$1600
Michael Gallagher
Chicago, IL
See the Light (Seeking Absolution)
glass sculpture
35″ x 12″
$600
Michael Gallagher
Chicago, IL
I Don’t See Color
glass sculpture
35″ x 12″
$400
Bert Happel
Anderson, IN
Walking on Air
photography
9.25″ x 9.25″
$150
Ann Johnson
Muncie, IN
“…silence of onlookers.”
watercolor
18″ x 20″
$425
David Johnson
Muncie, IN
With Grandma on the Farm
color intaglio & letterpress accordion book
4.5″ x 6″ closed
$200
David Johnson
Muncie, IN
Me and the Kid
chine colle relief etchings & letterpress accordion book
6″ x 4″ closed
$250
Jill Miller
Lambertville, MI
A Few Clowns Short of a Circus
oil on wood
9″ x 12″
$300
Jill Miller
Lambertville, MI
Collateral Damage
oil on wood
11″ x 14″
$350
Lylanne Musselman
Eaton, IN
The Raven Never Flitting, Still is Sitting
gouache
9″ x 12″
$350
Jerome Patryjak
Roseville, MI
Bathday
pen and ink on board
9.5″ x 12.5″
$300
Jerome Patryjak
Roseville, MI
Pedestrian Oracle
pen and ink on board
11.325″ x 5″
$180 – SOLD
Laura Kivela Schroeder
Indianapolis, IN
Growing Where We’re Planted
egg tempera on Claybord
11″ x 14″
$375
Jennifer Smith
Muncie, IN
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
photography
22″ x 28″
$300
Gerald Traicoff
CarmeI, IN
The Bell Tolls for Thee
oil on canvas
14.75″ x 17.75″
$700
Gerald Traicoff
CarmeI, IN
Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries
oil on canvas
14.5″ x 17.5″
$700
Jack Wickes
Indianapolis, IN
Gearing Up
photography
8″ x 10″ (14″ x 16″ framed)
$250
Julia Zollman Wickes
Indianapolis, IN
Looking for Good News
oil on canvas
36″ x 36″
$2900
Julia Zollman Wickes
Indianapolis, IN
Moving Forward
acrylic on canvas
36″ x 36″
$2400
