A Chicago-based painter who s now the artist-in-residence of Zhou B Art Center in Bridgeport is exhibiting work inspired by the coronavirus pandemic at South Suburban College.
A new exhibit at South Suburban Collegeâs Dorothea Thiel Gallery takes viewers Along the Des Plaines River.
Painters and art professors Amy Babinec and George Liebert are exhibiting plein-air landscapes they painted of the Des Plaines River that stretches through Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Plein-air painting is done outdoors at the site of the subject of the painting, relying on direct observation and capturing the spirit of the landscape, South Suburban College said in a press release. Historically, many artists have chosen to use this method to better capture and interpret the feeling of the landscape, notably more difficult than studio painting where the artist works inside separated from natural elements.