Welcome to CHAPEL GALLERY A Local Artist Co-Op in Delphi, Indiana
A unique gallery with one-of-a-kind artwork. Something for everybody!
Exciting News
New Artist Christel Rascon
I am originally from the Pacific Northwest but currently reside in Monticello ~I hold a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in Painting and completed coursework toward a
Master of Arts degree in Illustration.
I also hold a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on grief. I am an avid lover of sound philosophy and an aspirin
I am originally from the Pacific Northwest but currently reside in Monticello ~I hold a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in Painting and completed coursework toward a
Master of Arts degree in Illustration.
I also hold a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on grief. I am an avid lover of sound philosophy and an aspiring children's book
author/illustrator.
I am deeply fond of the romantic works of the High Renaissance and Baroque periods. It is my sincerest desire to achieve mastery as an oil painter through continued studies in the Flemish glazing technique common among the Old Masters
of the High Renaissance.
My current work reflects earlier studies from the Academy of Arts University (AAU) in San Francisco. The drawings are rendered in Nu Pastel on Velvet Gray paper. I
primarily paint in oils on canvas but will occasionally explore other mediums and surfaces.
I am available for portrait commissions, with the utmost sensitivity always given to
commemoration portraiture.
Making a Polymer Clay Keychain
May 3, 2025 Taught by Nancy Harris.
Be on the look-out for more class!
Artist of the Month K. Sue Dill
Artist of the Month K. Sue Dill
My art career began as a self-taught ceramicist and wood carver. That evolved into deciding to seek a liberal arts degree in Fine Arts and Art Education at Purdue University. Afterward, I put aside my own ambitions as an artist and taught Visual Arts to Elementary, Jr. High and High School for 17 years until I developed a voice disorder.
My art career began as a self-taught ceramicist and wood carver. That evolved into deciding to seek a liberal arts degree in Fine Arts and Art Education at Purdue University. Afterward, I put aside my own ambitions as an artist and taught Visual Arts to Elementary, Jr. High and High School for 17 years until I developed a voice disorder. Despite my love for teaching art the disorder made it impossible for me to continue. In retirement my passion for creating my own work returned and I have been busy creating again ever since. My immense love of Nature: plants, flowers, birds and animals of all kinds inspire my work. Occasionally, I am still work in clay and carve wood, however, over the last several years creating this series of 3-D Multi-media artwork has become somewhat of an obsession. I have found that using a more diverse media enables me to capture the essence and beauty of nature's animals, plants and birds to a degree that I could never accomplish in wood or ceramics.
Each sculpture I create is a new challenge that requires a varying and unique mixture of media and techniques. I have experimented with many materials to find the best and most durable mediums possible for each piece. Each sculpture is carefully constructed with an armature made from recycled items like wood, metal, wire, foil, Styrofoam and cardboard. The finish layers are often my special formula air-dry clay and Acrylic infused cotton fiber or needle felted wool. Glass is often used for the eyes. The finish is Acrylic or dyed wool and the pieces are sealed with a clear coat. Some pieces include natural items like sand, rocks, and shells. Each creation begged me to explore something new in order to capture that particular subject's essence without harm.
It is the process of creating that I find most fulfilling for in the process of creating I am swept away from all my earthly troubles. Even as my voice fails me as a result of Spasmodic Dysphonia, which often leaves me feeling alone and disconnected, I feel that each new creation in some way speaks for me and gives me purpose and keeps me connected. Each sculpture takes weeks or even months to create. Now that I have created them, it is my desire to share them with people who love nature as I do and in possessing them and viewing them can be swept away from their own earthly troubles.
More of my work can be found at the Chapel Gallery in Delphi, Indiana. My website can be found at www.karensuedill.com. I can also be found on Facebook and Instagram.
it has grown to encompass many other materials as well.