Art Rocks!: Bill Iles
Statewide Baton Rouge, Louisiana
On Friday, June 26, at 8:30 pm and Saturday, June 27, at 5:30 pm on Art Rocks!, (episode #423), meet Lake Charles painter Bill Iles, who was raised on a 135-year-old homestead in nearby Dry Creek and was inspired by long walks through the woodlands around his hometown. His forest scenes are painted from memory and have great visual impact with their small - almost pointillist - brushstrokes, saturated color palette, and graphic aesthetic. Then, we see wearable art knitted by fiber artist Inna Schoeler, who says her creations are inspired by nature. In our Louisiana Treasures segment this week, we visit the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans.
Hosted by James Fox-Smith of Country Roads Magazine, Art Rocks! is LPB’s weekly series that spotlights artists, performance, culture, literature, history and the impact of art in our world. It features Louisiana stories, as well as segments from across the country. Current and past episodes are here: lpb.org/artrocks.
