"Non Eva" Jim Whiteaker

"Non Eva" Jim WhiteakerJim Whiteaker, Eureka Springs, AR Non Eva, 2025 Gouache on Arches paper 14. 5 x 27 My submission to the exhibition titled "Our Common Ground" explores the profound and mysterious UFO incident that occurred in Fort Smith during the mid 1960s a phenomenon that created an unexpected, shared reality among our community. I had two personal sightings during this three day event. The first UFO was close enough that I could have hit it with a rock. I

carefully considering the timing to see ‘peak’ colors

The song has been described as a wake-up call to the strife of the 70s

As fate would have it

I have added natural elements like driftwood

both sons chose careers of working outside with one son starting his own business designing and building treehouses and the other managing a thriving nursery in NWA

sketches and pastel renderings

That satisfied Eloa Jane’s need to

was already a prominent architect and watercolorist when he left the U

things were never easy

By painting the mundane with a degree of realism

he began to incorporate scrap metal from cars in his work

softening the harsh outlines of the geometric shapes