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| Kitty Hawk to IIMorrow Anne, Olive Ann, Bev, Patty, Peggy mixed media 18"x 31.5" $700.00 |
| Two firsts: Raymonde & Queen Bess mixed media 12"x16" $500.00 |
| She wouldn't take no for an answer: Bessie, Sandra, Willa, Janet & Beverly mixed media 18"x 30" $700.00 |
| Brevet No.36 mixed media 7.5"x 9.5" $400.00 |
| Louise Thaden mixed media 8"x 10"$400.00 |
| Raymonde de Laroche mixed media 7.5"x 9.5" $400.00 |
| Evelyn Sharp: Sharpie mixed media 20"x30" $900.00 SOLD |
| Three Who Paved The Way: Beryl Markham ink on paper 8"x 8" framed 20"x16" $300.00 |
| Ruth Nichols & Moya Lear mixed media 7.5"x 9.5" $400.00 |
| Amelia, myth & reality graphite & oil pencil 11"x14" $400.00 |
| Linda Finch mixed media 8"x10" $400.00 |
| Patty & IIMorrow,too mixed media 7.5"x9.5" SOLD |
| Patty Wagstaff mixed media, 8"x10" SOLD |
| Patty & IIMorrow mixed media 7.5"x 9.5" SOLD |
| Bessie Coleman mixed media 8"x10" $400.00 |
| In the Clouds mixed media 12"x10" SOLD |
| Apparition silverpoint drawing 48"x 48" $3,400.00 |
| Follow Your Dream serigraph edition of 24 28"x 17" $475.00 |
The story behind "Celebration of Flight: Women in Aviation" In the exhibit, “Celebration of Flight: Women in Aviation” Kansas painter Judi Geer Kellas has created more than 40 paintings to honor women in aviation. The work in this exhibit embodies the artist’s missions to preserve the birth and living heritage of women in aviation and to inform and inspire today's art audience by commemorating the lives of these women. "In 1997, the Amelia Earhart Centennial Celebration, I was asked by the Atchison Art Association (Atchison, Kansas) to have an exhibit of my art work, to jury a show of women artists and to teach a 'sketching' class to young people. Part of Amelia's history is that she loved to draw & often sketched on the river bluff in front of her grandparent’s home, now the Birthplace Museum. "Several young people & I sat in the grass for the 'sketching' class on the river bluff, across the street from the Birthplace Museum; while doing that I had a startling encounter with a woman who looks exactly like Amelia Earhart. It was like seeing an apparition. Amelily became a friend and art patron. The large silverpoint, "Apparition", records that experience. Another of the images resulting from my participation in the Amelia Earhart Celebration is Soaring Spirits. As I became immersed in the Earhart project, I read much about Amelia then progressed to other women aviators and to flight in general. I learned about the "99s," the international organization of women pilots founded by AE, Louise Thaden and several other women pilots on Nov. 2, 1929. I discovered that an art patron who lives in Western Kansas was a '99.' She is in the silverpoint drawing, Soaring Spirits, on the left. My reading on aviation went international when a neighbor and pilot recommended I read West with the Night by Beryl Markham. What a fabulous character, skilled pilot and adventurer! Beryl is the second face from the left in Soaring Spirits. The third woman is Willa Brown Chappell, aviator, politician, educator and activist, the first woman to fly with the Illinois Air Patrol. The tiny face, upper right, is Amelia Earhart. On the right is Beverly Sharp; I did not know Bev personally when I did the drawing. I just knew she was a '99.' I chose her because she had a very attractive face, looked like a 'real' woman, the kind of woman who 'followed her dream' as Amelia admonished women of the 20s and 30s to do. To my total delight Bev purchased the silverpoint from The Icarus 2003 exhibit in Nags Head, NC. She was at the time the International President of the '99's.' A few months later I went to Atchison to meet her, a treasured experience! She passed away in January, 2006. She always signed her notes & messages, Blue skies. 'Blue skies, Bev' is my tribute to her. There are many women who were just as good or better pilots than Amelia Earhart: Louise Thaden, Bessie Coleman, Anne Morrow Lindbergh. However, Amelia was both courageous and adventurous; she believed that adventure was a worthwhile goal in itself. She mentored young women, giving talks at colleges & universities, encouraging them to 'have a dream and follow it.' A great deal of myth has built up around Amelia since her disappearance, much of which is speculation, most of which was publicity. However, she was real. She was a real inspiration to my mother-in-law, a young secretary, who saw Amelia parading through downtown Boston in an open car; she was an positive example to my mother, born in 1907, who knew that she could challenge the world order for women, could do anything with her life because of Amelia Earhart's inspiration. Amelia helped send this message to countless young women; she was an inspiration to thousands of women all over the USA. Her realty was that she dared to fail. |
| Peggy & Betsy mixed media 7.5"x10.5" SOLD |
| Ruth Nichols mixed media 8"x10" SOLD |
| Daughter of Atchison, Sister of Us All acrylic 20.5"x 27" SOLD |
| Under Her Wings, We Soar acrylic on paper, 40"x 26" $1,650.00 |
| If you have a story or interesting information about women in aviation, I would love to hear from you. Your comments & questions are always welcome. Click on my name to send me an email: Judi |
| Patty with the SunnySmile mixed media, gold leaf 8"x 10" $400.00 |
GEER KELLAS FINE ART STUDIO Celebration of Flight: Women in Aviation |
MIXED MEDIA: digital photos printed on transparent or giclee paper; origami paper; acrylic paint; pastels; copper, silver & gold leaf; silverpoint drawing. Really a mix! |
| Fay Gillis Wells mixed media 8"x10" $400.00 |
| We've come a long way, Baby, mixed media 8"x10" $400.00 |
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For a truly original gift for that really special person or occasion I have an assortment of small art works from $90.00 to $300.00. Click on special gifts |
| West with the Night(Beryl Markham) mixed media/silverpopint 9"x18" framed 18"x24" $500.00 SOLD |
| Three Who Paved The Way: BessieColeman ink on paper 8"x 8" framed 20"x16" $300.00 |
| Three Who Paved The Way: Janet Bragg ink on paper 8"x 8" framed 20"x 16" $300.00 |
| Click on an image to see larger image. Click the blue link to go to her biography.. |
| Anonymous WAS a woman: Louise,Bobbi,Bessie,Sharpie,Harriet,Patty,Amelia mixed media (acrylic,metal leaf) image: 9"x18" framed:18x24 $500.00 |
| Madison & IIMorrow 10"x 8" Mixed media SOLD |
"Celebration of Flight: Women in Aviation" April 3 - May 27, 2009 Coutts Art Museum El Dorado, Kansas June 24 - July 31, 2009 The Fiber Studio 418 S. Commerce St. Wichita, Kansas June 20-July 19, 2008 St. Benedict's Abbey Art Gallery 1020 N. 2nd St. Atchison, Kansas |
