Acrylic on panel

11"x14”

Value: $200

Chicago native John Fennell has been a painter for more than 40 years and works out of Orr Street Studios in Columbia. After graduating from Northern Illinois University, he attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago and then studied privately with a number of well-known artists. He later earned a master's degree in painting and drawing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has exhibited in Chicago, Milwaukee and Hong Kong, as well as Kansas City, St. Louis, and other cities throughout Missouri. His work is in many private collections. He is a Missouri School of Journalism emeritus professor where he taught magazine writing, design and publishing. Before teaching, he was a journalist and magazine editor. www.johnfennellart.com