SKIN OR PAPER? Artist Jonah Lemke has been tattooing in Eau Claire for 20 years, however now he’s exhibiting off his different artwork.
In relation to out-of-the-box artwork, Jonah Lemke has all of it, each figuratively and actually. Now via the top of June, Lemke’s Artwork is on show at Artisan Forge Studios in Eau Claire. It’s the primary time all of his artwork has been in a single place at a time.
Artisan Forge likes to exhibit the work of a unique native artist each month, and June is all about Lemke. His good friend, Justin Webb, who has a studio at Artisan Forge, instructed the gallery curator that Lemke’s work is a must-see – and so they had been proper.
His portrait inspirations come from throughout, however principally from members of the family or images in magazines. One among his hottest items is an outline of Mick Jagger’s daughter, who he got here throughout posing in {a magazine}. One other considered one of his in style and most up-to-date items is of his girlfriend.
Numerous Lemke’s items don’t match into commonplace frames or bins, so he makes his personal. Actually, one of many sculptures on the exhibit, which portrays his good friend Webb, is inside a field he made himself.
“That’s all the time the hunt – inspiration,” Lemke mentioned. “I love to do people or beings. That’s the toughest factor to seize: character and emotion within the face.”
Lemke had moved to Missouri for about two and half years, and through that point he bought and shipped work to Webb again in Eau Claire, who hung them at Midwest Tattoo. For this exhibit, all of Lemke’s works are in a single place collectively.
“I’ve been doing artwork my complete life,” Lemke mentioned. “Since I used to be three I mentioned I wished to be a sculptor and it caught. With portray, I all the time drew and doodled my complete life, however I by no means actually obtained into portray till I began tattooing.”
Lemke based Wintership Tattoo in Eau Claire and has been tattooing for 20 years. Numerous his work is on show at Wintership.
“You paint what’s within you,” Lemke defined. “They’re reflections of who you’re. Numerous my work is flowers and girls and stuff. I really like to color the sweetness in life.”
Try Lemke’s work at Artisan Forge Studio, the place his exhibit can be up till the top of June. You may take a look at his tattooing at wintership.com/jonah.
