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From Cornfields to Cliffs and In Between: Daily Palette Artists Reimagine Iowa's Landscape Since its launch in 2004, the Daily Palette at the University of Iowa has featured the work of over 3000 Iowa-connected artists, publishing their work online and encouraging a greater appreciation of the arts statewide.
ALEXIS C. DWYER Alexis Dwyer is a printmaker, painter, land artist, and art educator currently working towards her MFA in Integrated Studio Arts at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa (anticipated May 2016). She received her BFA in Photography and Printmaking at Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri. Her prints have been exhibited nationally in group, solo, and juried exhibitions, as well as internationally in Hong Kong. In 2015 Alexis received the Focus: Artist Grant Award from Iowa State University and the Award of Excellence: Emerging Artist at Art Slam 2015 in Dubuque, Iowa. She also participates in collaborative projects and art festivals, and she is the Vice President of the University Print Society at Iowa State University and a member of the Monotype Guild of New England. Alexis's work was first published on the Daily Palette in 2016. Forest and Prairie was created as part of a series of monoprints funded by a Focus Grant through Iowa State University. By layering imagery, this series explores the major elements of the ecosystem of Iowa, including forest, prairie, water, soil, and urban and agricultural areas.
I feel that the process of printmaking reflects the processes of the natural world. Rain and wind weathering the earth is reflected in the process of carving or etching away a plate. The ability to add and change the layering of plates is similar to the ebb of life and energy within an environment. -- Alexis Dwyer |
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