Sep 4th 2026

Color Of Oil: Artwork by Steve Sherrell

@ New View Art Space

122 W Downer, Aurora, IL 60506

Opening Friday, September 4th, from 5PM - 9PM

On view through Sunday, November 1st

You are invited to the inaugural gallery show of Aurora’s new art space featuring Aurora artist Steve Sherrell.

Color of Oil
Artwork by Steve Sherrell

Friday September 4, 2026
5pm to 9pm

New View Art Space 122 W Downer Aurora IL 60506

Steve Sherrell is a career painter from the Chicago school of art. He was raised in Indiana but moved to the Chicago area to finish his education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA and MFA in Painting and Drawing. His early influence was his father who was a painter and window dresser for a large department store. As a boy he was exposed to Abstract Expressionism, Cubism, Pop Art and American Realism. His training at the School of the Art Institute was with Ray Yoshida and Whitney Halstead, who introduced him to studio practices that he has utilized since he graduated. He is Professor Emeritus of Art at Joliet Junior College and retired from teaching in Dec. 2015.

He is currently represented by Water Street Studios Artist’s Collective in Batavia, Illinois, but has shown at many prominent Chicago, national and international venues. He is a career artist, a seasoned veteran of the tough Chicago art world. There is always a sense of play to anything he does, but mixed in is an attempt to get at the heart of questions that matter to us in the 21st century. He has stated that his goal as an artist is to create art based on his inner dialogue, while trying to keep it relevant within the current zeitgeist.

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