Grace and Peace

"Grace and Peace" by Martha Iler

I did this painting for our "Small Works" show in December at Piety's Gallery.  It is Oil on Paper and is 9" x 9"  I had wanted to do it for quite awhile and finally got to it.  SOLD

Charcoal and White Chalk

My charcoal and white chalk drawing.  I did this during a class at the Gateway Academy of Classical Art in St. Louis.  I have been attending there since May and have learned a great deal about using these materials and drawing accurately.  It is about 16" x 20".

Realist Painting Workshops in the St. Louis Area

If you are interested in learning to improve your paintings, here are some workshops that are available in the St. Louis Area.  Art Teachers and Art Students will get a 10% discount.  You can go to this website to sign up or to get more information:

https://www.gacastudio.org/workshops

Pencil Portraits

Pencil Portraits of your child, pet, grandmother, home or whatever you'd like from your photo.  Usual size is 11" x 14" that can be framed to 16" x 20' standard size frame.  Price: $150.00 per face plus $7.00 shipping.

Contact: ilermartha@yahoo.com

DREAMING

This is an 8"x 10" Oil on heavy paper painting of a young girl, dreaming.  She is symbolically "unfinished" and yet has a resoluteness to her that keeps her steady in the face of an uncertain future.

"Dreaming" 8" x 10" Oil on Heavy Paper
$200.00

Contact: ilermartha@yahoo.com

More from Convergence/Divergence

Here are three more of my portrait series from my show "Convergence/Divergence

that was held on on the Greenville University Campus in the Maves Art Center from February 25th through March 8th.  

This work portrays a joining together of apparently unconnected perspectives so that the viewers are startled out of their complacency and forced to think through the disparate styles.   I present a dissimilar combination of similar images to create an emotional as well as thoughtful response. 

In art, there is often a conflict between expressionism and realism. Is the visual description of one approach outside the reach of the other? Are they revealing very different truths about the subject? What does one show that the other does not? By expressing this contradictory split of contrasting styles and presenting "the same" in two ways, different dimensions are allowed to be seen.  Can we see "the other" when "the same" is altered?  Can we explore a new dimension that takes us out of our comfort zone and expresses what the soul sees?  Is it possible to go two directions or more at the same time?  

In mathematics, the word orthogonal relates to two functions that are perpendicular to one another. Perpendicular lines can emanate in any direction coming out of the point where they intersect. We experience our human space as three dimensional, that is it has three orthogonal directions, however since there are potentially an infinite number of dimensions, there are an infinite number of orthogonal relationships that can be explored to solve problems. In math and in art we can explore  these infinite dimensions in order to solve problems and explore the nature of reality without the constraint of our physical reality.  In like manner, many forms of expression can emanate from a single source to solve a problem or present an idea. So it is in math and in art.

Contact: ilermartha@yahoo.com

"Resolute" Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24"
Realism

"Resolute II" Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24"
Companion Abstract
$500.00

"Courage" Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24"
Realism

"Courage II" Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24"
Companion Abstract
$500.00

"Undaunted" Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24"
Realism

"Undaunted II" Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24"
Companion Abstract
$500.00

"Coming Rain" Oil on Canvas, 32 x 46"
Southern Illinois Landscape, Soybeans in midsummer.
$1000.00

"Abandoned" Oil on Canvas, 4' x 5'
Hookdale Elevator, in Hookdale, Illinois.
$1200.00

Convergence/Divergence: A Study of Style

These are four of the paintings from my show, "Convergence Divergence" 

This work portrays a joining together of apparently unconnected perspectives so that the viewers are startled out of their complacency and forced to think through the disparate styles.   I present a dissimilar combination of similar images to create an emotional as well as thoughtful response. 

"Unbreakable 2" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20"
Companion Abstract
$500.00

"Unbreakable 1" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20"
Realism

Show opened March 1st, 2019 at the Maves Gallery on the Greenville University Campus, in Greenville, IL.  I will be posting more of them regularly.

"Reflective 1" Oil on Canvas 24" x 20"
Realism

"Reflective 2" Oil on Canvas 24" x 20"
Companion Abstract
$500.00

In art, there is often a conflict between expressionism and realism. Is the visual description of one approach outside the reach of the other? Are they revealing very different truths about the subject? What does one show that the other does not? By expressing this contradictory split of contrasting styles and presenting "the same" in two ways, different dimensions are allowed to be seen.  Can we see "the other" when "the same" is altered?  Can we explore a new dimension that takes us out of our comfort zone and expresses what the soul sees?  Is it possible to go two directions or more at the same time?  

Upcoming EXHIBITION

Convergence/Divergence

This is my second solo show.  I was invited by Greenville University in Greenville, IL to have a show in their gallery from Feb 25th - Mar 8th of 2019.  

This work portrays a joining together of apparently unconnected perspectives so that the viewers are startled out of their complacency and forced to think through the disparate styles.   I present a dissimilar combination of similar images to create an emotional as well as thoughtful response. 

In art, there is often a conflict between expressionism and realism. Is the visual description of one approach outside the reach of the other? Are they revealing very different truths about the subject? What does one show that the other does not? By expressing this contradictory split of contrasting styles and presenting "the same" in two ways, different dimensions are allowed to be seen.  Can we see "the other" when "the same" is altered?  Can we explore a new dimension that takes us out of our comfort zone and expresses what the soul sees?  Is it possible to go two directions or more at the same time?  

In mathematics, the word orthogonal relates to two functions that are perpendicular to one another. Perpendicular lines can emanate in any direction coming out of the point where they intersect. We experience our human space as three dimensional, that is it has three orthogonal directions, however since there are potentially an infinite number of dimensions, there are an infinite number of orthogonal relationships that can be explored to solve problems. In math and in art we can explore  these infinite dimensions in order to solve problems and explore the nature of reality without the constraint of our physical reality.  In like manner, many forms of expression can emanate from a single source to solve a problem or present an idea. So it is in math and in art.