Press Release/Jon Anderson Official Merchandise

Press Release/Jon Anderson Official Merchandise

June 16, 2009

Artistic Prophet Studios
Indianapolis, Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, IN.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2009-- Artistic Prophet Studios today announced international availability for the highly anticipated Limited Edition Stained Glass for the Jon Anderson Official Merchandise Campaign offered exclusively from Artistic Prophet Studios, this art glass will be available internationally via the Jon Anderson website.

Art Direction, Artwork & Design: Steven Kelso/Artistic Prophet Studios

Coordinator: Clare Fox Acheson/Fox Studios
Art Glass Manufacturer: Kokomo Opalescent Glass

Title: Dyerexus: Zamran’s Glider
Dimensions: 16” x 20”
Medium: Opalescent Art Glass
Price: TBA

Each panel will be hand crafted to specific design. Technicians are directed to produce these panels by the designs and dimensions provided for the highest quality craftsmanship and manufacturing.

Because of the high quality nature of this process, please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.

Each panel will be signed and numbered by the artist and handed stamped with Jon’s signature.

Phase One
We will be working in four phases through out the rest of this year on this project. Orders will be taken from Jon’s website and then directed to Artistic Prophet Studios.

We will be working through PayPal for each transaction. Each panel will be delivered by first come first serve basis as they are directed to Artistic Prophet Studios. Jon’s webmaster, John Amick will be responsible for all of the following information to be posted on Jon’s website for clarity.

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The Grand Finale - Thank You

The Grand Finale - Thank You

On Thursday April 23, 2009 we brought to a close the most successful tour in our 15 years as a professional fine arts studio. The Athenaeum Theatre Gallery in downtown Indianapolis was the “The Grand Finale” to the Windows of the Soul Tour. Who could have imagined all that would be accomplished when we sit down on October 26, 2006 and hashed out our plans for the
Windows of the Soul Tour.

The Windows of the Soul book was released on April 21, 2007 and our book release party started it all off at The Bean Cup Coffee House in Indianapolis, the first book signing that night would culminate in 9 more book signings around central Indiana over the next two years. Then we got the awesome news after our third book signing in June that the book had hit a nerve in the Indianapolis literary scene.

The Windows of the Soul book was inducted into the prestigious Nina Mason Pulliam Historical Special Collections Room at the Indianapolis Public Library in July 2007.
The next month brought three more book signings with a one day event at Kelso’s “Sistine Chapel,”
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis which houses his most important work of art in Indiana, his crucifixion painting, “Crucifixion: Reality Monopoly,” and an interview with Indiana’s most influential spiritual leader, Dr. Kent Millard.

Then a book signing in Kelso’s hometown in Avon, Indiana at the Avon Town Hall. Followed by book signings at Chapel Rock and then the Athenaeum. Speaking of the Athenaeum this space was the perfect spot for the grand finale. Kelso displayed more than 50 paintings in this art space with some paintings measuring more than 12 feet in one direction. This without a doubt was Kelso’s most ambitious exhibition ever installed in Indiana. So, as you can imagine along with these 9 book signings and 7 solo art exhibits in the past 2 years it has been the busiest span of time in Kelso’s 15 year career as a professional artist and author.

With numerous newspaper, magazine, and TV interviews, plus the live appearances with religious and social leaders around central Indiana we give out a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this
2 year plus tour such a wonderful experience. Then today the numbers just came in that tell us that this first quarter of 2009 has been the most successful one in Artistic Prophet Studios history. The list of names are just to long and with the fact that someone may be left out in identifying them through this list, that we just say, GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU. It has been a blast and an honor to reach the people with this incredible message of hope and grace.

Stay tuned in late 2009 for the finishing touches to the newest book, “The Grand Vision.”

Peace and Love

Steven Kelso
Artistic Prophet Studios
April 2009

Review by Konrad Marshall/The Indianapolis Star

Indy artists: Steven Kelso's soul search on canvas

April 01, 2009 by Konrad.Marshall | Staff

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Exhibit features large-scale works with religious themes

You can’t help but think of Salvador Dali when you meet Steven Kelso. There’s the mustache, sure. But also that rollicking mind that can’t help but leap from one seemingly tangential non sequitur to the next.

There’s a childish glee to the way Kelso carries himself, then you see his work, hanging on the high walls of the lobby outside the former home of American Cabaret Theatre. The cavernous space of the Atheneum building is perfect for his lucid large-scale paintings, which plumb religious themes and plop them down inside a topsy-turvy world on canvas.

A member of the non-denominational Indy Metro Church, Kelso has been painting for decades, but this weekend kicks off his first major show Downtown in 10 years. He said he wanted to create his own personal Musee du Louvre with the exhibition by presenting the works salon-style, as a conglomeration of perspectives — from apocalyptic and dark to celebratory and illuminated to psychological and hyper-personal.

On one canvas, he brings to mind Chuck Close. On the next, Alfons Mucha. And all the major players are here, from Madonna with child to Jesus to the devil and the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

“I was called early to paint this type of subject matter,” Kelso said. “Kind of like good versus evil in the spiritual realm.”

Windows of the Soul: The Anthology

What: Large-scale art works by Steven Kelso, hosted by Athenaeum Foundation

Where: Atheneum Theatre, 401 E. Michigan St.