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 On June 1, 2010 - I started to post some writing to share:

http://www.instudiowithjohnstillmunks.wordpress.com

Works

I begin each design with a preliminary wash on the canvas - then I look for a subtle shape or image on the surface to get started.

The image may be obvious in the finished painting or it may be a more vague connection that develops the composition.

The next step is to revise & redesign the work to further develop the painting.

I use intense brushwork & the "right" colors rather than local color in order to push the idea of improvisation in my work.

Each painting is designed & painted completely by me.

Each is an original.

I do not make or sell prints.

Like Marcel Duchamp before me, I am interested in presenting movement and transition in the composition while also working with the concept of "chance" and irony in my work.

 My paintings are also heavily influenced by Monty Python, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Rufino Tamayo,  Amedeo Modigliani, Henri Matisse (Fauves), old vaudeville theater imagery, & classic Looney Tunes.

Whether you already own some of my work or if you are interested in learning more about my painting - please contact me or one of the listed galleries anytime!

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2010 Shows

This year's shows are still coming in. They will be posted as they are booked right here:

April 24-25th

Riverbank Art Fair
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
 
May 1-2

Art in the Park
Elmhurst Art Museum
150 College Hill
Elmhurst, IL

May 7, 8. & 9

Art Fair at Laumeier
Laumeier Sculpture Park
St. Louis, MO

May 22-23

Wayzata Art Experience
Wayzata, MN

June 5-6th

Countryside Village Art Fair

Countryside Village

87th & Pacific
Omaha, NE

June 11-13th

Central West End Art Fair & Taste
St. Louis, MO

June 19-20th

Stone Arch Festival of the Arts
Minneapolis Riverfront District
at St Anthony Main
Minneapolis, MN

June 25-27th

 Midsummer Arts Faire
Quincy, IL

July 10 & 11

Sugar Creek Arts Festival
Uptown Normal, IL

July 24-25th

Geneva Arts Fair
Geneva, IL

August 7 & 8th

Loring Park Art Fair

Minneapolis, MN

August 21-22nd

Oswego's Fine Art Fair
Oswego, IL

August 28-29th

Bucktown Arts Fest

Chicago, IL

September 3-5th

Artspash

Sioux City, IA

September 11-12th

Rockbrook Art Fair

Omaha, NE

September 17-18-19

Mosaics

St. Charles, MO

Paintings

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