Jean Stamsta creates imaginative landscapes and still-lifes in her wildly colorful and playful paintings. In these fantasies we escape to tropical climates complete with erupting volcanoes and neon palm trees. Mythical creatures and wriggling lizards float amidst brilliant flurries of stripes, polka dots and collage elements. The artist often combines fabric, paint, mirrors and glitter to create her explosive works. With her beginings as a fiber artist, she has exhibited nationally and internationally in London, Switzerland, Hungary and Finland.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
American Crafts Museum, New York, NY; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Wustum Museum, Racine, WI; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Art, Columbus, OH; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK; Johnson Hill Press, Fort Atkinson, WI
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Froedert Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, WI; Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI; Heritage Insurance Company, Sheboygan, WI; Ohio Bell, Cleveland, OH; Hyatt Hotel, Milwaukee, WI; Associated Bank, Milwaukee, WI; Sentry Corporation, Stevens Point, WI; Koss Corporation, Milwaukee, WI; Heft, Dye, Heft & Paulson, Racine, WI; National Lead Corporation, New York, NY; First National Bank, Amarillo, TX; First Wisconsin Trust Company, Milwaukee, WI
UNCOVERED ONE, Acrylic on Canvas, 12 x 16"
CONNECTION I, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas, 24 x 30"
VOLCANO ORCHIDS I, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper, 16 x 20"
TROPICAL GARDEN: OCTOPUS, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper, 22 x 24"
TORCH GINGER, Acrylic on Paper Collage, 30 x 22"
CONNECTION II, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas, 18 x 24"
TREMOR, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper, 16 x 20"
ORCHIDS AND ALOE, Acrylic on Paper Collage, 30 x 22"
HIGH TIDE, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper, 16 x 20"
William Nichols
