PROJECT PROFILES
ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES
By Bill Kutilek
Opening Reception – Final Friday
May 27, 2022 5:30 – 9:00 pm
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs May 27 – June 17, 2022
Bill Kutilek built his studio 20+ years ago in a beautiful spot near Stull. He has produced cast glass, ceramics, paintings and many photographs over the years. Bill enjoys working in multiple mediums, it keeps him fresh.
“I think the thread that runs through all of my work is an element of chance. I like to leave space for magic beyond my control.”
Contact Bill by email bkutilek.art@gmail.com or follow him on Instagram @bill_kutilek
Best Fed Greeks Logo
Best Fed Greeks serves up the freshest food on campus to fraternity and sorority houses around the Midwest. As the brand continues to expand, they needed an update that reflects their ethos of confident professionalism while still expressing the fun and relatable quality of the owner and chefs. We took a cue from the name by creating a logo that incorporates dining with Panhellenic symbols like the column and laurels.
Mainline Signs Website
Once we designed a new logo for Mainline Signs, they were ready for their own slice of the internet. We designed and produced mainlinesigns.com to showcase their distinct signage work, with case studies detailing more extensive projects. Custom iconography was created to exemplify each category of available signage with galleries showing off example of these products. Through the site customers can access Mainline Signs’ online store or request a custom quote for their project.
BatonSync Mailer
BatonSync is an easy, efficient, comprehensive online application that makes the non-music parts of being a music educator a breeze. Tallgrass Studios created and produced a Direct Mail Postcard targeting band, choir, and orchestra directors as an introduction to the cloud-based music management application. We focused on potential subscribers in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma middle schools, high schools, and colleges/universities.
Check out their product at batonsync.com
Design Competition Landing Page for Mainline Printing
Calling all designers, photographers, and illustrators to submit entries for Mainline Printing’s holographic calendar design competition. “Vision of the Future” is the theme this year and the whole calendar is printed on Mainline’s stunning proprietary holographic paper.
Deadline is June 1, 2021. Visit mainlineprinting.com/competition to enter.
J. Reed Advisors Real Estate Development Consulting
Wordmark and website design for J. Reed Advisors, a real estate development consulting firm. You can see the award-winning work of owner John Foudray across the country, from Arizona, to Pennsylvania, to right here in nearby Kansas City at the downtown public library. We made sure that work could speak for itself with a clean website layout that lets it shine. The wordmark is modern and architectural, with something a little unexpected.
Visit jreedadvisors.com to see it in full.
Walnut Ranch Sleep Dentistry
Joe Treanor specializes in the evolving field of dentistry for sleep disorders. These treatments are relatively unknown compared to others, so we primarily sought to inform the reader with clear and easy to read content.
The website features a sleep health test, information about the causes of sleep apnea, and treatment options. A professional palette, relatable photography, and easy to read typography allow site visitors to identify whether or not they need treatment and easily contact the office to set up a visit.
Avitar Chemical
Avitar is a redistributor of unused chemicals and raw materials. Their resourcefulness and desire to minimize waste is both commendable and inspiring. For this logo redesign and website build we drew inspiration from molecular geometry and the chemical structure of Avitar’s products.
Learn about the process behind the results – Tallgrass Studiosʼ Identity Strategy to Branding Success.
To see our website work for Avitar, visit avitar-chemical.com.
Judaism, Zionism, and the Land of Israel
A book cover for Rabbi Yotav Eliach. The cover outlines the land of Israel with an inset image of people praying at the western wall.
“With passion, clarity, eloquence and most of all love, Yotav Eliach lays out the story of Zionism and the case for Israel. At a time when that story is under systematic attack, Rabbi Eliach has given the Jewish people an indispensable gift.” Yossi Klein Halevi, author of We Were Like Dreamers
Gallery Shows Postponed
All Gallery shows have been postponed due to the COVID-19 precautions. We are currently following the recommendations from the city, state and CDC to cancel all public events. Check back soon. Final Fridays will be coming later in the year with some new artists.
Design is Tallgrass Studios
Tallgrass Studios has the creative skills, knowledge and expertise to make your project come alive! Check out our portfolio!
Kunzler Renovations
Kunzler Renovations- Modern businesses need modern design. Check out this contemporary logo and website for our client Peter Kunzler!
Learn about the process behind the results – Tallgrass Studiosʼ Identity Strategy to Branding Success.
Call us at (785) 842-9696 to discuss your company’s branding and logo needs
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! Tallgrass Studios will be closed November 27th-November 29th. We will be back in the office 9AM Monday, December 2nd.
Big Ink: Sketchbooks Blown Up
By Barry Fitzgerald
Opening Reception – Final Friday
October 25, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs October 25 – November 18, 2019
Barry Fitzgerald is a multi-disciplinary artist who loves the challenge of making images that engage intellectually, emotionally, and aesthetically. He enjoys the conceptual aspects of art and design, as well as exploring the visual and methodical possibilities.
He has been in over 85 juried and invitational exhibitions including shows in New York, Los Angeles, and London. He has also received over 140 national and international awards for his work.
His clients include AARP, Ford, Houge Winery, National Public Radio, Collective Arts Brewing, IBM, New York Times, PepsiCo, Playboy Jazz Festival, Verizon Wireless, among others.
Fitzgerald is a Professor of Illustration at The University of Kansas, and resides in Lawrence, KS with his family, and two cats.
The Proportions of Man
by Margie Kuhn
Opening Reception – Final Friday
September 27, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs September 27 – October 18, 2019
A Lawrence native, Margie Kuhn received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Kansas. A full-time artist, she works daily in her home studio with the assistance of two Cornish Rex cats.
Margie has based this installation of drawings on the extensive studies of ideal human proportions produced by Albrecht Dürer from 1512 to 1528. She examines how those ideals translate through history and how our society represents icons, idols, and ideals in contemporary material culture. Focusing solely on drawings, Margie looks at the role of drawings as fine art, as well as being a record of the thinking process.
To see more of Margie’s work visit her website margiekuhn.com or follow her on Instagram #margiekuhnart
Image: The Proportions of Man: Kings
Graphite on paper, 22×30”
A SHIRT SHOW
Ceramic Sculpture by Leni Salkind
Opening Reception – Final Friday
July 26, 2019 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Music by Kind Soul
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs July 26 – August 23, 2019
Leni Salkind studied ceramics at the University of Maryland, with Mike Cindric at the University of North Carolina and at the University of Kansas. She taught ceramics at Baker University Baldwin City, Kansas.
Her work has been shown at the North Carolina Museum of Art invitational show, 7 East 7th Gallery in Lawrence, Kansas; and in the juried Topeka Competition 31 at the Topeka Library.
Leni’s early work was mostly functional but in recent years she has become more interested in ceramic sculpture. Her new work reflects this change in direction.
Leni resides in Lawrence, Kansas.
lenisalkind@me.com
Reflections at City Center in Lenexa
We love working with Vantage Point Properties because they understand and enjoy the creative process. They develop exceptional commercial real estate environments that are amazing to look at, fun to work in and impressive to visit. Reflections at City Center is more than a typical office park and we took our inspiration for this identity from the large reflecting pools that anchor the development and create a walkable campus that includes three restaurants, modern landscape design, and patios. The logo design captures the spirit of this architectural project by incorporating elements of reflections on water and glass, transparency, a blending of the outdoor and the indoor, and modern design.
Learn about the process behind the results – Tallgrass Studiosʼ Identity Strategy to Branding Success.
Call us at (785) 842-9696 to discuss your company’s branding and logo needs
WATERCOLORS
BY DONNA MCCAIN
Opening Reception – Final Friday
June 28, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
Music by The Beer Bellies
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs June 28 – July 19, 2019
A Kansas native, Donna was born in Salina and raised in Junction City. She was first introduced to watercolors with K-State classes in that medium, and they have been her passion ever since.
Donna gets her inspiration from the Kansas landscape and this year she will introduce some of her new abstract pieces.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet Donna and talk about her work.
A View Beyond
Maria S. Martin
Opening Reception – Final Friday
May 31, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs May 31 – June 21, 2019
Maria S. Martin is a mixed media abstract artist who works in acrylic and oil paints as well as collage. She adds a mix of her sketches, smaller paintings, photographs and found objects into her work.
Inspired by her many road trips across the country and especially the Southwest, Maria’s Subject matter is nature.
There is a story behind every painting, whether the subject is abstract or realistic. “I hope my paintings, my windows, allow the viewer to see out beyond the obvious. My ultimate goal is to create a work that is engaging and takes the viewer on their journey.”
Contact and Purchase Information:
785-760-0401
mariasmartin0501@gmail.com
mmartin.faso.com
ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS
Photography and Digital Painting by Robbin Loomas
Opening Reception – Final Friday
April 26, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
Music by Folk in the Flow
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs April 26 – May 24, 2019
“My work is a blending of photography and painting. I paint with a computer. Digital painting is an emerging art form where traditional painting techniques and styles are applied using a computer as a tube of paint and a digital tablet and stylus for a paint brush. Each brush stoke is applied individually, by hand. I consider the camera my sketchbook. When I look through the lens I see the beginning of a work of art. It is the bones on which to build.”
Robbin Loomas, an award winning photographer and digital artist, received her BFA in photography from the Kansas City Art Institute. Working as a freelance photographer in Kansas City, then as head of photography for University Relations at KU, she now has her own studio, in Lawrence, Kansas. Robbin creates paintings from her photography, and does commissioned work from the images of others. She teaches this technique and painting style at the Lawrence Arts Center, Baker University and to professionals throughout the Midwest. You can view her work online at www.robbinloomas.com.
