Jack H. Monninger, Jr. is an Indianapolis artist, graduate of the Herron School of Art & Design, art teacher in a local public school system, and faculty member of the Indianapolis Art Center. Through the years he has enjoyed creating artwork in a variety of styles and media, more often gravitating towards abstract expressionism in mixed media. His current work includes a series of Tuscan landscapes inspired by travels in Italy. These pieces are acrylic/mixed media on canvas or watercolor paper. They are created in a contemporary style featuring stylized flowers and Italian cypress trees. He uses a bold color palette, whimsical perspective and finely detailed texture to enhance his unique approach to landscape painting.
In addition to his online gallery, Monninger's work has most recently been featured and/or may currently be found at Gallery One36 in Westfield, Indiana, The Hoosier Salon's 83rd Annual Exhibition at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana (Purchase Award Winner, Summer 2007); the Indianapolis Art Center in Broadripple, Indiana (Studio Shop Show of his works titled "Painting Under the Tuscan Sun" from April 25 - June 22, 2008); the Hoosier Salon Gallery in Broadripple, Indiana, and the Hentschel Art Gallery in Des Moines, Iowa. His work earned a Merit Award at the 2007 Juried Herron Alumni Show. His artwork was selected for the Fishers Arts Council's CaBoost The Arts! public art inititive. His 5' x 6' fiberglass caboose featuring Italian landscapes was on display in front of the train station in Fishers, Indiana throughout the Summer and Fall of 2007. In the Spring of 2003 he was chosen to participate in the Indianapolis 500 Festival Inc. Art in Motion project creating multiple Tuscan landscapes on a 5' x 2' fibergalss race car which was on display in the community. His work has also included painting three large institutional wall murals commisioned during the 1990s as well as sculptures in mixed media. As an art teacher, he has won several teaching awards including the WRTV Channel 6 Teacher of the Week and IPALCO Golden Apple Award. He has received two Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowships and was nominated for the Indiana Teacher of the Year Award. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Joan - his very own muse - and sons, Jacob and Joshua.
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