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| JAMES MESPLÉ (b. Nevada, Missouri, 1948) |
| Attended the University of Missouri, Northeastern Illinois University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Awards include two First Prize in Painting awards from the Hyde Park Art Center Members' Show, an Honor Award for ten years of contributions to excellence in teaching art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, an Illinois Alliance for Arts Education Service Award from the State of Illinois and a Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Community Arts Assistance Grant. Exhibitions include Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), Rockford Art Museum, Illinois State Museum and Queens Museum (Flushing, NY). |
| Click on each artwork for an enlarged view |
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| Siren's Song | Diana's Stag | Rabbit, Pig and Prodigal | Pan's Fish | |||
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| Fox Bassoon | Oboe Flame | Beetle Music | Flora Europa | |||
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| Tereus, Procne, Philomela | Ganymede's Gift | Delphi-Dolpjin | Orpheus Tames Cerberus | |||
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| Panic | Venus Butterfly Trap | Sol and Equus | The Color of Cardinals | |||
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| Elixir of Love | Garden of Venus | Persephone | Moonrise | |||
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| Janus Reflection | Venus Garden | Psyche's Mirror | Point-Counterpoint | |||
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| Chicago Liberty | Blue Moonlight | Primavera | Autumn, Winter, Spring |
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