Winfield Flower Shoppe to showcase two local artists during village festival
Visitors to downtown Winfield’s 40th annual “Good Old Days” celebration will enjoy a unique two-person art show Friday evening, September 5, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at the Winfield Flower Shoppe.
The show will feature two area artists, each in-person with a sample gallery of their works for sale: fine art oils painter Richard S. Johnson of Glen Ellyn and landscape photographer David Dix of Wheaton . Custom hand-designed floral art by Winfield
Flower Shoppe owner Gary Chase and his floral design staff will also be on display outside and throughout the store. Visitors can talk with the artists and enjoy light refreshments during the show.
“This show lets us offer people who come to the Flower Shoppe during Winfield’s Good Old Days a way to meet two outstanding local artists and personally see some of their best work,” says Gary Chase, Winfield Flower Shoppe owner. “People will be excited by the artistic talent we’re putting on display. Visitors will also be able to browse some of our most creative floral designs.”
If weather permits, Richard Johnson will sit outside on the Shoppe porch and paint a canvas during the show. Rick is an internationally recognized fine artist who began his career after graduation from the American Academy of Art as a commercial artist, but moved his focus to oil paintings in 2001 when he won a competition in International Artists Magazine. He has presented solo exhibitions in Las Vegas , Boca Raton , San Antonio and Chicago as well as numerous exhibitions in Japan .
Rick specializes in romanticized figure and floral paintings that combine the flavor of the Old Masters with contemporary expressionism. Gallery owners such as Patricia Bowe of the Addison Gallery praise his work: “Rick’s ability to manipulate light and create intense depth in his paintings has our collectors clamoring for his work.”
The winner of several prestigious art awards, including the 2003 Salon International Museum People’s Choice award, Rick is profiled in the September 2008 (2007?) edition of The American Art Collector. Preview his work at www.richardjohnsonfineart.com.
David Dix, founder/owner of Creation’s Witness Photography, has practiced the art of landscape photography for 20 years. David specializes in dramatic outdoor vistas of
locations such as the Black Hills in South Dakota, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, Colorado’s Snowmass Wilderness and many other scenic areas, some rugged and wild and others quietly beautiful, across the U.S. His local photographs feature fall scenes at Lisle’s Morton Arboretum.
David complements every image he photographs with a Bible verse that turns viewers’ minds toward the Creator when they “contemplate the awesome size, complexity, and beauty of nature,” he says. David states that his goal with his photography is “to create some of the most powerful, uplifting, and passionate photographs of creation you will ever see.” Preview David’s work at www.creationswitness.com.
The floral art will exhibit the talents of Gary Chase, who has more than 35 years in the floral design industry. Owner of the Winfield Flower Shoppe for 29 years, Gary specializes in hand-designed and hand-delivered floral art. Gary and his crew of talented floral designers, who together have over 100 years of design experience, can create fresh or artificial floral designs for any occasion, including wedding, birthday, sympathy, get-well or thinking of you.
The Winfield Flower Shoppe, located at 0S118 Winfield Road in downtown Winfield, is a family owned and operated full service florist and gift shop offering fresh flowers, green and blooming plants and an extensive selection of gifts. The Shoppe, also known as the “Little Red House in the Village,” just celebrated its 29th anniversary in June, and has also received the Teleflora wire service “Top 500” award, presented to the top 500 of more than 22,000 florists in the nation. For more information on the Shoppe Art Show, visit www.winfieldflowershoppe.com or call 630-668-8460.
"Experts will select 100 types of flowers from more than 300, which will be able to cope with Beijing's climate," said an official from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Forestry. 
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