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Timothy Wehrle's complex drawings captivate the viewer with their visual density and emotional intensity. Iowa-based and essentially self-taught, Wehrle uses an obsessive and laborious image-making process to reveal multifaceted and powerful visions. In his work, perspective and three-dimensionality lose out in favor of decoration and pattern, and color accentuates rhythm and design. Emotions, poetry, and human feelings are the primary subjects of his work.

Source: News January February March, 2010.


DimensionsFrame: 37 × 49 × 1 15/16 in. (94 × 124.5 × 4.9 cm)
Sheet: 30 5/8 × 41 7/8 in. (77.8 × 106.4 cm)
Accession Number 2009.71
Classificationswork on paper
Signed"Timothy Wehrle 09" lr; "Inner Kingdom Thieving Speedway" "Timothy Wehrle 09" on verso ll, in pencil
Inner Kingdom Thieving Speedway
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines