*Four Fine Floozies*

July / August 2006

Sally Giles (Chicago)
Nicole Krayneski James (Des Moines)
Molly Tierney (Minneapolis)
Lori Van Deman (Chicago)

...with fabulous fanfare the four feel fine for this fair of finery

Sally Giles Finds a Flurry oF satisFaction as an art therapist working with elderly people in the Fine city of Chicago. She Finagled a Bachelor's degree in drawing From Drake University, and Fastidiously Foraged For a Master's degree in art therapy From the School oF the Art Institute oF Chicago. With a Fierce love of both coFFee and sleep, she Fiddles with a variety oF materials. In this series she has Fastened Fabric to paper to Form portraits oF people Fast asleep.

Lori Van Deman, in a Fantastical Feat oF cunning and multiFaceted prowess, grew * oF an inch in the last year, a Finding conFirmed by her doctors* oFFice. Besides this, she has also done a Finite amount oF painting. Her daily liFe includes librarianship, Fiddle, many many many cups oF coFFee, and a great appreciation oF all things ice cream and sushi. She lives alone, sans cats, in Chicago.

No Fun muse to speak of, a Fondness and abhorrence relationship with her own art, Molly Tierney, in Fact Finally paints because it is in Firm print. Fine, call her a hobby painter, she won*t back down. Her artistic stimuli include: commonplace, Egon Schiele landscapes, Van Gogh texture, Jack Levine compositions and pretty things (For grandma's sake). She Finds herself in Minneapolis, Curator/Archivist by day, and multiple titles including Artist in the evening. Her daily kicks include: reading the Wall Street Journal and watching E! News. She has not seen the movies Cool Hand Luke, Rocky, Chicago, or Last Tango in Paris.

September/October
Neal Atherton /Opening Reception September 8th

November/December
Ron Wagner / Opening Reception November 10th  

Read the article in Juice by Choyon Manjrekar on Lift Art

Read the article in The Des Moines Register by Amanda Pierre on the Davinci Dress Code.

See photos on the Art page.

See Pics of Previous Art Shows Here including Big Time

See Pics of Previous Art Show "Davinci Dress Code"

See Pics of Previous Art Show "Artoons"

See Pics of Previous Art Show "Bottoms Up"