Text and Visual Language

This Deadline Expired: Saturday, February 6, 2021

The St. Louis Artists’ Guild is proud to present Text & Visual Language, a national juried exhibition examining contemporary artists’ utilizing text and language within their art. Language is a powerful tool. And no one understands that better than artists who thoughtfully utilize text to make a statement and draw out emotion. The St. Louis Artists’ Guild seeks artists using text as the central communication vehicle in their artistic expression, utilizing letters, numbers, and words as their primary means to get their message out. Artists’ working in any medium are encouraged to apply.

Juror: Tate Foley – Associate Professor of Art in the Department of Art, Design, and Art History at
Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri

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Virgini'a paintings are bold in color and the ink mingles with the dots of complimentary and contrasting acrylics.

Virginia Joyce

Virgini'a paintings are bold in color and the ink mingles with the dots of complimentary and contrasting acrylics.…

My art is a hybrid of the figurative and the abstract.The satire and cartoon imagery of my youthful artwork began to evolve as I grew more familiar with German Expressionism, American Social Realism and Abstract Expressionism. The sketches of people drawn from life that I do almost daily provide constant fodder for my humorous paintings, drawings and prints. My work is a synthesis of humor and fine art. I am quite serious about being silly. My goal is to create art that is sown from the depths of comic outrageousness, satirical observation and mild misanthropy. If Matisse had the “sun in his belly," I have a banana peel permanently attached to my shoe!

Ellen Lana Abraham

My art is a hybrid of the figurative and the abstract.The satire and cartoon imagery of my youthful artwork began to evolve…

My art is a hybrid of the figurative and the abstract.The satire and cartoon imagery of my youthful artwork began to evolve as I grew more familiar with German Expressionism, American Social Realism and…

"The forms from nature that I have drawn from for these sculptures are taken from insect life-segmented, hard shelled bodies, robotic and armor coated, yet able to instantly take flight. The large scale of these otherwise small creatures comes from reality and fantasy of the prehistoric world."

John W. Parker

"The forms from nature that I have drawn from for these sculptures are taken from insect life-segmented, hard shelled…

"The forms from nature that I have drawn from for these sculptures are taken from insect life-segmented, hard shelled bodies, robotic and armor coated, yet able to instantly take flight. The large…

"The forms from nature that I have drawn from for these sculptures are taken from insect life-segmented, hard shelled bodies, robotic and armor coated, yet able to instantly take flight. The large scale of these otherwise…

Krista Dedrick-Lai

Krista Dedrick Lai is a Philadelphia artist utilizing works on paper and mixed media to tackle personal, social, and political…

Krista Dedrick Lai is a Philadelphia artist utilizing works on paper and mixed media to tackle personal, social, and political issues.…

Blythe Hoyle