About

Ryan Eckert

artist from Belleville, Illinois

currently living in Sioux Center, Iowa

MFA- Arizona State University 2020

MA-Eastern Illinois University 2017

BFA-Eastern Illinois University 2015

Artist Statement

The recent work is continuing a now 13 year long process of bringing beauty and biblical truth into the realm of art. The recent paintings often explore themes within scripture that correlate to angelic descriptions and encounters. Other motifs that are present are doorways/portals that can transport the scene and the viewer to another location physically and hopefully, internally, as they contemplate the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The application of the recent work is a mixture between the heavily laced oil paintings and the dozens of thin layer watercolors. Both have a similar quality of the artist’s hand being present. Paintings that feel like paintings is consistently a goal.

Ryan Eckert received his BFA and MA at Eastern Illinois University in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He then went on for an MFA at Arizona State University in 2020. He is currently a Professor at Dordt University. 

Instagram: ryan_paintings

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Contact @ ryaneckertart@gmail.com