Abstract Art: A Visual Symphony by Dale Auguston

10 August 2012

Gallery Exhibition
Featured Event

Dale received his first award in 1967 from Northern Illinois University and Eastern IL University.  He was awarded second & third place in the Regional Photography Contest for high school.  He attended Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and went on the receive an AA degree in Photography from college o Du Page Glen Ellyn, IL and a BS in Fine Art from Drury University, Springfield, MO.

Dale teaches art classes in stained glass, acrylic mixed media, acrylic abstract painting and Mosaics at Ozarks Technical Community College, Springfield, MO where he has work on display in the office of Continuing Education.  He regularly exhibits his stained glass and other artwork at Hawthorn Galleries, Tall Grass Art Gallery, and Union Street Gallery in the Chicago area.  Additional exhibits include work at other galleries in Missouri and in Tulsa, OK. He enjoys playing acoustic guitar music at various venues.

For the fourth consecutive year, Dale has been commissioned by Tall Grass Arts Association in Chicago to create a custom stained glass sculpture for the annual Beaux Arts Ball.  The pieces are presented to the honored guest speaker for the evening.  In addition he has held memberships and exhibited with the Springfield Visual Arts Alliance and Barton County Art Council.  He is a member of Tall Grass Arts Association, Union Street Gallery, and The Best of Missouri Hands.

Dale received Juror’s Choice Award in 2005 for abstract painting “After Midnight” and most recently awarded third

 place in 2D category for “New York State of Mind” at Spiva Center

 for the Arts in Joplin, Missouri, November 2010.

"Abstract art is a visual symphony of space, color, form and motion.  The space between those elements is like the silenc eof rests in music.  The essence of the finished work is alive and urges the viewer to breathe in harmony with it.  The pice may have many 'titles' as each perwson who views it beirngs to it, their own individuality."

Art will be on display August 7 - 31, 2012.