WATKINS GRAND FOYER
Enjoy One of Our Exhibitions While You Shop or Register for a class in the Watkins Grand Foyer
The Frank E. Watkins Grand Foyer Gallery is near the main entrance to our building by the main desk and World’s Window Gift Store. It features ongoing changing exhibitions, in addition to exhibitions that are planned to interpret and expand upon the permanent collection and focus on Midwest Art, American Crafts, and Haitian and Caribbean Art.
NOW DISPLAYING
BUFFY QUEGG
On view through April 6, 2025
“There is something waiting for me, but it will remain invisible until I try to make it.” This quote from artist Joan Mitchell describes how I feel about my own art-making. I interpret personal experiences and the world around me in my paintings. Boulders on the shoreline, animal tracks in snow, cracks in sidewalks, shadows on walls, worm tracks on the driveway—all are inspiration for me. I am working once again with acrylics. After beginning a piece which really frustrated me, I painted over busy areas with black and white. The blocked-out areas simplified the piece, perhaps bringing it closer to its essence. Just like paring down in my private life, I decided to seriously edit my paintings. My recent works use a reduced palette. They do not reference the external world literally but rely on a creativity that considers each new element as the painting changes and evolves.
Buffy Quegg studied at the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa and was an art teacher in the Iowa City Community School District as well as at the American Embassy in New Delhi, India. She has exhibited her work in both the Midwest and abroad.