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Current Work
by Kale Van Leeuwen
"My work represents the fashion and lifestyle of a large city. Which is odd considering I come from a town of roughly 500 people. However, I have always been fascinated with the allure of large cities, and the way people in metropolitan areas live, eat and dress. People aren’t afraid to be different in big cities.
The way of life in a small town is just different, the career options are more limited, and therefore the arts are not necessarily a top priority. Given that I decided to pursue a career in art anyway, I received my bachelor of fine arts from Pittsburg State University in 2003. Unlike many artists, I like to mix up the mediums in which I work. I might work in colored pencil one day and computer graphics the next. The variety keeps me interested and excited. I create realistic work, abstract work, and some that is a little bit of both. As far as materials, I use pencil, colored pencil, oil pastel, acrylic, ink, sugar, spray paint, collage, and recently computer graphics." --Kale Van Leeuwen
To see more of Kale's artwork, visit www.vankale.com.
For more information about this or any other exhibit at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, call Sarah Bohndorf at (913) 627-2692 or email sbohnd@kckpl.lib.ks.us.
