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"[Palmer] has always used pretty bold colors, but the colors now are brighter. And, she's also choosing that paint color that many artists really steer clear of working in a style as Cathy does of abstraction. And, that's white," says Behrens. "But, when you look at Cathy's you're not looking at blankness…" Works by Cathy Palmer are currently on display in the Sioux City Art Center Selects exhibition which is on view through June 23rd. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"She was influenced by what's called the Vienna Dioscurides . What that was, was the oldest illustrated book of edible and medicinal plants in existance," says Behrens. "She felt like she needed to translate the drawings in the books into something new. And she drew using her sewing machine and thread and organza, these images of the plants." Works by Karen Gustafson are currently on display in the Sioux City Art Center Selects exhibition which is on view through June 23rd. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"Kind of an unusual thing for us to show in terms of a series of paintings where the paintings themselves have had two different lives," says Behrens. "…[Gardner]'s probably going to keep trying to make all of the paintings that he has, as reflective of who he is at that moment as possible." Works by Benjamin Gardner are currently on display in the Sioux City Art Center Selects exhibition which is on view through June 23rd. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"Looking at these drawings it really feels like you are inside someplace looking through a window out onto the setting that she has drawn," says Behrens. "…She takes great care in making certain that virtually all tones available to her through the charcoal is in each drawing." Works by Barbara Fedeler are currently on display in the Sioux City Art Center Selects exhibition which is on view through June 23rd. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"His artworks are really accessible, they are combinations of nostalgia with a little bit of pop thrown in," says Behrens. "But, the more you start to look you recognize that there's a lot more detail than what your eyes first tell you…" Works by Andrew Kosten are currently on display in the Sioux City Art Center Selects exhibition which is on view through June 23rd. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"The splatters came first and then the drawings came second but that allowed him to pick out just the right size building so that they are incorporated really well into the splatters and sometimes even the tire tracks," says Behrens. "It's a really unusual project and such a creative way to try to connect to where you are. Literally taking the stuff that is in many ways impacting your life at a certain time of the year and converting that into art." Works by Matt Drissell are currently on display in the Sioux City Art Center Selects exhibition which is on view through June 23rd. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"The expressions that each of these subjects has is natural. It's what we might otherwise, you know, read as blank. It allows us to continue that story with themselves because they're not expressing any strong emotion, they just leave everything up to the viewer," says Behrens. "And that's what really captivated us when we first encountered Kristine's photos and we're really delighted that we can bring these to Sioux City to show what great documentary photography can be". Works by Kristine Heykants are currently on display in the Sioux City Art Center Selects exhibition Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"Some of the patterns that he creates will start to, I think trigger some things in your brain. And that is conscious on his part," says Behrens. "He recognizes that the complexity of his compositions will require you to really look hard." Works by Marcus Cain are currently on display in the Sioux City Art Center Selects exhibition Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"When you realize that it's two sides of the same structure then you start to understand it's more… about our depth", says Behrens. "…There's always another angle. And to see two angles at the same, it really helps solidify that multiple viewings, multiple encounters are required to really understand the complexity of any individual." Second Self is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"…It's one of those amazing transformations that can happen in the hands of an artist where you take something that you think is just what it is but you're able to transform that into something that is so much more", says Behrens. Arc No. 3 is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"Kaneko is based in Omaha, has been there for many many years and is probably the best known artist in Omaha," says Behrens. "And if you go to almost any public square or park in Omaha, you'll find his works, so this a piece that we are very proud to have in our collection." Dango is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"The paintings that Howe did, especially in the 1960s, when being a truly contemporary Native American artist was still a radical thing, you can see how his style his way of approaching his own heritage influenced then the next several generations of artists," says Behrens. Taming a Horse is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"Photography has been around for almost a hundred and eighty years, and even now there are still some people who fight against photography being an artform," says Behrens. "But, the painterly qualities that Michael Eastman is working towards without actually using paint, really clarifies that photograph in the hands of a very capable photographer can be as powerful an artform as anything else." Horse 36 is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"It's a pretty small step sometimes to take something that is basic and make it something more meaningful," says Behrens. "And I think that's what Robert was doing in a painting like this, where he is taking things that are top of the mind and seeing if he can put them all together to make one cohesive thing out of it. And in Three Bean Salad, as weird as that sounds, he's actually done that." Three Bean Salad is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"…It's just an extraordinary work of how the most simple objects around us, the most basic environmental landscapes you might imagine, holds much more beauty and diversity and life than you might otherwise appreciate," says Behrens Summer 6 (Prairie Series) is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio , subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"Virtually every color you can imagine I think is in this painting. And what it does is it brings added attention to those few desserts that you can recognize, while creating this gigantic sense of a wild party going on within this four foot canvas," says Behrens. Trio is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio , subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"You end up with just this visual delight. Everything seems unified and connected and everything seems at the same time really varied and disparate and working with and against each other at the same time, all these different shapes and colors. And yet it works out as a very beautiful painting," says Behrens. Confluence is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio , subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"There are so many different layers of paint that she uses, and that layering is very important to her…" says Behrens. "…This misty quality that she creates through all those layers, is part of that coming to grips with however close you might be to something… there's still going to be a distance that you can't quite get around. So, all of those different elements are things that she's often using as inspirations for the paintings." Soul Catcher is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio , subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"At any one view, you only get a partial glimpse of something. And so, as you move around the sculpture… you start to learn a little bit more about what's inside," says Behrens. "…It's basically a metaphor for coming up on anything or anyone who is new to you and you have to have different viewpoints, different angles to try to really find, as close as you can get, to a full understanding of what you're encountering." Rio de Invierno is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio , subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada

"It's a sculpture that reminds us you can be an experienced artist and still find joy in what you're doing… it connects on many different levels with visitors who come in regardless of their art backgrounds," says Behrens. Bend in the Road is on display in the Sioux City Art Center 's Permanent Collection on View exhibition. Love Art + Radio , subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Google Play , and Stitcher . Produced by Jorge Quezada