QU Gray Gallery To Host John Carlson Exhibition

Quincy University’s Gray Gallery, located in Brenner Library, will host an art exhibition featuring the works of John J. Carlson. The exhibit will run Feb 5 – 24, 2018 and is free and open to the public.

The Gray Gallery hours are
Mon – Thurs, 8:30am – 11:00pm;
Fri, 8:30am – 4:30pm;
Sun, 5:00pm – 11:00pm.

As a child, Carlson had a strong interest in art. His father was a former art student and encouraged his interest. His recent work uses line and color of all his influences, that he admired as a child, to express his feelings. It presents a split-second of his personality, represented by some obvious and some personal associations, splayed to fill the surface of a painting.

“Doing what I do for a living makes me hungry to display my creativity. This is my outlet to tell stories,” says Carlson. “I try to keep the paintings narrative enough to provide a subject for the work, but on the other hand, they are very personal, and some of the elements have to be cryptic and open for interpretation.”

For additional information, contact Robert Mejer, Gray Gallery curator, at mejerbob@quincy.edu.