Friday, April 23, 2010

Art Club does Morgan Steele

Ms. Lindquist acquired some original acrylic paintings of Morgan Steele when attending the Florida Folk Art Festival in Orlando this February. Mr. Steele's distinct style of bright, highly stylized, comical animals and figures combined with layers of patterning was the inspiration for Art Club students own acrylic paintings.
Morgan Steele is identified and documented as one of Florida's special Self-Taught Artists in the book:

The Art Club display of Morgan Steele inspired acrylic paintings on board.

Amber Gillete, Fifth Grader, "Turtle and the Tree"

Emanuel Shuman, Second Grader, "Hermit Crab"