Stacey Smalec: Daydreams of a Restless Mind
January 7, 2020 - March 31, 2020 & extended to July 7, 2020
Stacey studied drawing and painting at Joliet Junior College. She got her love for creating art from her grandmother who was also an artist. After graduating, she found herself feeling disconnected and struggling to create art. After working various jobs for a while, she felt that she was being called to create again. She started taking art classes and found inspiration from fellow artists and the work they made. A few years ago she moved away from the south suburbs to Chicago and has been seeking out opportunities to both create and showcase her work in her new location. She is grateful for the opportunity to share her work in the Town Hall.
She enjoys using bold bright colors to invoke emotion in the viewer. She also likes to use different textures to create more depth. Most of the abstract art she creates by using pieces of different images combined to create a completely new image. Other times she creates the images based on her feelings at the time they are being created. Besides abstract, her favorite subjects are animals, landscapes, and portraits.
Stacey Smalec at her exhibition in the Riverside Town Hall