Author Archive for Nichole Gronvold-Roller

Inland Art: Salt, fire, ceramics

Professor Randall Carlson has been running the kilns with care for Bradley University. His salt firing demands constant monitoring, precise adjustments, and extensive preparation to deliver earthy tones, with traces of copper and iron

Inland Art: Regarding the black hole

With exquisite rendering, Justin Henry Miller skillfully combines a perversion of implied slick surfaces with indulgent colors, creating a sort of Freudian exploration of desires. Yet, within one’s visual vocabulary, a familiarity emerges as if these fundamentally different elements harmoniously converge.

Inland Art: Structurally sound ‘Structures’ by John Boylan a curiously anti-establisment exhibit at Peoria Art Guild

John Boylan, also known as Artjeb, has developed a branding of his work that aligns with artists such as Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Warhol to pop icon Bob Ross — all of whom have become common household names.

Inland Art: Riverfront Museum taps impressive collection to show excellent exhibits

Before the origination of public art museums, exposure to distant cultures was limited to private collections and travel of elite society and nobility. The history and development of museums have a rugged lineage with the political controversy of questionable artifact…