Ione is an avant garde artist whose artistic
expression takes fantastic shape through her diverse oil and
watercolor paintings, bronze sculptures, found object collages
and mixed media assemblages. Her contemporary paintings and
sculptures range from abstract to realistic to impressionistic
- all visionary interpretations from her imaginative soul.
Landing Field Enamel on Steel
The Idol
Enamel on Steel
Ione uses only one name but a variety of styles
to soothe her wild imagination. A native of Chicago, she is
a former television star and commercial voice-over artist.
Now she wins awards and sells her creativity through her hands
instead of through her larynx. Her art is as original as she
is - bold, colorful and highly decorative.
No Sunset In Hell Acrylic on Wood
The Library Acrylic on Canvas
My art reaches out from my heart, guts, body
and soul to all!
Ever since I can remember I've always had a desire to communicate
with every person in the world.
At first I thought I could accomplish this through travel.
And so I did. I toured through India, Africa, Asia, Southeast
Asia, the Middle East, Europe, South and Central America,
plus the more usual places in the U.S., Mexico, Caribbean
and the like. I even scoured more remote areas of the world
like Easter Island, the Galapagos Islands, Myanmar, Nepal,
Srinigar. There is almost nothing or no one which has escaped
my eye.
Steps Bronze Sculpture
Ufo
Acrylic on Steel
Throughout these countries I managed to speak
with everyone I could. I've taped, recorded and photographed
my conversations from inside the huts of African villages
to the alleys of remote towns in China. I've shared beetle-nuts
with women squatting in circles in temple areas in Algeria.
Been in places where no one had ever heard of the Jewish religion.
I could go on with my endless adventures...endlessly. But
they did not satisfy my thirst for communication.
Kon Tiki
Landing Field
No Sunset In Hell
Steps
Viet - Nam