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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>For Ella Garcea, visiting the 24th annual St. Charles Fine Art Show on Sunday was a way to not only see the creativity of others on display, it was also a way for her to express her own creativity.<\/p>\n

The 11-year-old did so through painting a used car donated by the show\u2019s sponsor, St. Charles Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram. The paint is washable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no limitations on how you express yourself because there\u2019s different people drawing different things,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The car will now be on display at St. Charles Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram\u2019s dealership on East Main Street in St. Charles.<\/p>\n

Artists representing a variety of mediums \u2013 including oil painting, digital art, jewelry, photography, glass, printmaking, sculpture and wood \u2013 were represented at the two-day juried show, organized by the St. Charles Business Alliance.Kwame Boama Mensa-Aborampa of Bolingbrook was displaying his acrylic paintings at the show. He was born in the West African country of Ghana.<\/p>\n

He has been painting since 1994. His most recent work, entitled \u201cGrandmother\u2019s House,\u201d is inspired by his homeland.Mensa-Aborampa likes being part of the St. Charles Fine Art Show.<\/p>\n

The St. Charles show was my first ever show in the country,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I decided to come back again and have that experience again.\u201d<\/p>\n

His exhibit received an award of merit at the show.<\/p>\n

Sue McDowell, who has chaired the show since its beginning \u2013 first under the arm of the Downtown St. Charles Partnership and now under the St. Charles Business Alliance, was pleased with the show\u2019s attendance.\u201cIt\u2019s been great, really great, on both days,\u201d McDowell said. \u201cThere sometimes is a lull, and then all of a sudden you look and all you see is people. People have come from all over. It really does pull from a big area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Artist Skeeter Aschinger of Aurora received a judges award for her free-standing figurative sculptures. Over the years, she has won many awards for her work, including several awards as an exhibitor at the St. Charles Fine Art Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cOriginally, I started out with faces, because I find them very interesting,\u201d she said. \u201cThey say a lot without ever saying a word. I started enhancing them in shadow boxes. And then I started collecting pieces of wood that were interesting. I then thought it would be nice to have bodies attached to the heads. They kind of jumped out of the shadow box and became a free-standing sculpture.\u201dAschinger is a retired fashion merchandising teacher. Prior to that, she taught art.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin-based artist Melvin McGee describes his work as \u201cwhimsical surrealism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it can make people smile, it\u2019s a better thing,\u201d McGee said. \u201cArt doesn\u2019t always have to be serious.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buffalo, New York artist Kelsey Merkle was making her debut appearance at the St. Charles Fine Art Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really like it,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a cute area, it\u2019s right on the water and we\u2019ve had great weather this weekend. It couldn\u2019t have gone any better. I met a lot of people.\u201dShe has been painting almost her whole life. Her grandmother was a painter.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo whenever she would babysit me, I would have an art lesson,\u201d Merkle said.<\/p>\n

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