American Oddities
June 24 @ 10:00 am - July 20 @ 5:00 pm
American Oddities
Solo Exhibition by Nick Gadbois
June 24th – July 20th, 2024 At The Octagon Community Gallery
About this solo exhibition:
I am a contemporary painter living and working in Kansas City, Missouri. My landscape work centers on subjects mostly from the Heartland of America. The artwork ranges from a somewhat straightforward painting approach to surreal tinged scenes. My palette displays a heightened dramatic sense of color. The paintings I create are based on photographs, many of which I take myself. In terms of surrealism, I chose to not create scenes from the imagination but paint scenes from real life that already appear surreal. My newer work pays tribute to what I call American oddities. To me these subjects show the offbeat, quirky, and playful side of the American spirit. Subjects such as the World’ largest rocking chair, the giant strawberry, Cornhenge, Carhenge, Wall Drug and the World’s largest ball of twine show a creative inventiveness uniquely American. My work celebrates subjects from the Heartland that I feel deeply attracted to. I want to call attention to the roadside attractions in America.
Exhibition Dates:
June 24th, 2024 – Exhibition Opening Day
July 20th, 2024 – Exhibition Closes
Artist Biography:
