Busey Bank is honored to support the communities we serve with 1868 The Exhibition, an art collection located at our Clayton Banking Center. Hosted in partnership with the St. Louis Art Fair, the exhibit features 37 pieces from various artists and will be on display through May 2026.
Pulsate
Barb Jost
Oil and Cold Wax on Wrapped Canvas | $575
24" x 25"
Contact
bjost01@yahoo.com
IG: @bjostart
Cheezit
Anna Katz
Ceramic
12" x 12"
Contact
katz9775@gmail.com
314-262-9775
Saltine
Anna Katz
Ceramic
12" x 12"
Contact
katz9775@gmail.com
314-262-9775
Duct Tape Banana
Anna Katz
Ceramic
7 1/2" x 7" x 1 1/2"
Contact
katz9775@gmail.com
314-262-9775
Golden Ocean
Charonne Deleen
Oil, acrylic, resin on canvas | $2,100
34"x36"
Golden Ocean : Represents personal healing journey of transformation, mental vastness & enlightenment.
Contact
charonnedeleen.com/art-tremont
IG: @cb.deleen
FB: @cb.deleen
Tiktok: @charonne_deleen
Grit
Natalie Avodet
Acryllic | $900
40"x30"
This vibrant painting features the left half of a woman's face, with bold, colorful tones of red, orange, and pink. Her green eye is striking and sharply defined, while her face and background are adorned with red floral patterns. The right side of the piece includes large, bold black text on a bright green background, with empowering words like “GRIT,” “GRACE,” “PERSIST,” “RISE,” and “RUN FREE.” The artwork combines expressive portraiture with typography and symbolic floral elements, evoking strength, beauty, and resilience.
I created this painting as a visual tribute to the strength and resilience of women navigating a world that often underestimates them. The split composition—one side vividly colored and adorned with delicate floral patterns, the other bold and assertive with empowering words—represents the dual nature of feminine power: softness and strength, beauty and grit.
“When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll…It is well, it is well with my soul.”
- Horatio Spafford
Contact
natalieavondet@yahoo.com
Natalieavondet.com
IG: @natalieavondetstudios
Courage
Natalie Avodet
Acrylic | $450
30"x24"
This image is a vibrant and expressive painting of a woman's face, focusing on the right side. The artwork features bold, colorful brushstrokes in shades of blue, red, and yellow. The woman’s eye is detailed and intense, drawing immediate attention. Over her hair, there are stenciled or layered words such as "STRENGTH," "COURAGE," "PERSEVERE," and "EMBRACE FREEDOM," suggesting themes of empowerment and resilience. The style is modern and abstract, blending realism with typographic art.
I painted this piece as a meditation on inner strength and the layered experience of identity. The choice to portray only one side of the woman's face suggests introspection—a private moment of reflection that reveals the power hidden beneath the surface.
Contact
natalieavondet@yahoo.com
Natalieavondet.com
IG: @natalieavondetstudios
African Sunset
Luisa Otero-Prada
Acrylic | $2,500
48" x 48"
Inspired by the fiery hues of the Canna 'African Sunset' leaf, this painting captures the dynamic energy and layered beauty of nature in transition. With bold strokes of red, orange, gold, and green, the piece reflects the canna’s symbolic strength, resilience, and connection. Like the plant itself, the work speaks to adaptability and vibrant life in motion — a visual echo of a sunset blazing across a wild, open sky
Contact
oteroprada.com
oteropradallc@gmail.com
IG: @oteropradaart
Humble Beauty
Luisa Otero-Prada
Acrylic | $3,000
48" x 60"
Of my Naturalized series, Humble Beauty captures the quiet strength and spiritual grace of the orange canna flower. Symbolizing resilience and inner power, this piece honors the beauty that thrives humbly, yet boldly, in the natural world. The rich orange petals evoke warmth and vitality, while the deep, contrasting background invites contemplation
Contact
oteroprada.com
oteropradallc@gmail.com
IG: @oteropradaart
Portal #2
Joyce Hankins
Photography | $250
18" x 24"
Flatlay photography—which involves the creation of elaborate scenes on tabletops that are photographed from above—is an integral part of my creative practice. The submitted photographs are from a series of flatlay scenes entitled “Portals,” which exists in a larger body of work called “The World Building Project.” For each scene created, I focus on finding the point where the arranged objects form a narrative strong enough to escape the physical limitations of the table. When this happens, the frame of the camera similarly expands, transforming from a rectangle confining our view, into a portal offering us doorways into other worlds.
Contact
moonshadow-press.com
IG: @moonshadowpress & @authorjoycehankins
Portal #5
Joyce Hankins
Photography | $250
18" x 24"
Flatlay photography—which involves the creation of elaborate scenes on tabletops that are photographed from above—is an integral part of my creative practice. The submitted photographs are from a series of flatlay scenes entitled “Portals,” which exists in a larger body of work called “The World Building Project.” For each scene created, I focus on finding the point where the arranged objects form a narrative strong enough to escape the physical limitations of the table. When this happens, the frame of the camera similarly expands, transforming from a rectangle confining our view, into a portal offering us doorways into other worlds.
Contact
moonshadow-press.com
IG: @moonshadowpress & @authorjoycehankins
Portal #4
Joyce Hankins
Photography | $250
18" x 24"
Flatlay photography—which involves the creation of elaborate scenes on tabletops that are photographed from above—is an integral part of my creative practice. The submitted photographs are from a series of flatlay scenes entitled “Portals,” which exists in a larger body of work called “The World Building Project.” For each scene created, I focus on finding the point where the arranged objects form a narrative strong enough to escape the physical limitations of the table. When this happens, the frame of the camera similarly expands, transforming from a rectangle confining our view, into a portal offering us doorways into other worlds.
Contact
moonshadow-press.com
IG: @moonshadowpress & @authorjoycehankins
Portal #8
Joyce Hankins
Photography | $250
18" x 24"
Flatlay photography—which involves the creation of elaborate scenes on tabletops that are photographed from above—is an integral part of my creative practice. The submitted photographs are from a series of flatlay scenes entitled “Portals,” which exists in a larger body of work called “The World Building Project.” For each scene created, I focus on finding the point where the arranged objects form a narrative strong enough to escape the physical limitations of the table. When this happens, the frame of the camera similarly expands, transforming from a rectangle confining our view, into a portal offering us doorways into other worlds.
Contact
moonshadow-press.com
IG: @moonshadowpress & @authorjoycehankins
Blue Heron
Liz Davidson
Fiber Art | $500
18" x 21.5"
My Wildlife textile art is created by fusing and sewing various types of fabric and thread.
Contact
mostlyfibers.square.site
lizmostlyfibers@gmail.com
Great Blue Heron
Liz Davidson
Fiber Art | $1,200
31" x 25"
My Wildlife textile art is created by fusing and sewing various types of fabric and thread.
Contact
mostlyfibers.square.site
lizmostlyfibers@gmail.com
The Architect
Julie Enstall
Mixed Medium | $1,080
24" x 30"
This original mixed media painting explores the contemplative space between structure and surrender-where logic holds shape, but mystery stirs beneath the surface.
It is layered with texture and finished with oil paint.
Hidden within the piece is a physical key – an invitation to look deeply and unlock the secrets which are both seen and to be discovered.
Contact
JulieEnstallArt.com
julie@julieannceramics.com
314-609-8117
IG: @juliejulieenstallart
FB: @juliejulieenstallart
Twilight's Illusion
Jeff Bohnert
Photography, Archival Aluminum | $340
16" x 20"
Contact
bohnertphotography.mypixieset.com
bohnertphotography@gmail.com
The Vigil of Queens
Jeff Bohnert
Photography, Archival Aluminum | $340
16" x 20"
Contact
bohnertphotography.mypixieset.com
bohnertphotography@gmail.com
Luminous Succulent
Jeff Bohnert
Photography, Archival Aluminum | $265
11" x 17"
Contact
bohnertphotography.mypixieset.com
bohnertphotography@gmail.com
Homestead in Haze
Robert Niemeier
Photography | $550
24" x 30"
A weathered homestead and outbuildings rest in a field of late-summer grass, framed by the smoky blue silhouette of the Tetons.
Contact
RobertNPhotographer.com
RobertNPhotographer@gmail.com
575 779-6480
IG: RobertNPhotographer
High Plains Homage
Robert Niemeier
Photography | $400
24" x 30"
Three tipis (TeePees) stand as silent sentinels under a brooding New Mexico sky, their forms etched in silver light against gathering clouds.
Contact
RobertNPhotographer.com
RobertNPhotographer@gmail.com
575 779-6480
IG: RobertNPhotographer
Lavender Rhapsody
Robert Niemeier
Photography | $400
24" x 30"
A bearded iris blooms from shadow into light, its ruffled petals unfolding in a symphony of purple tones against pure black.
Contact
RobertNPhotographer.com
RobertNPhotographer@gmail.com
575 779-6480
IG: RobertNPhotographer
Untitled
Tonetta Fredrickson
Painting | $1,600
32" x 25"
Contact
314-651-1684
https://laura-fredrickson.pixels.com/
Sunflowers of the Farmers Market
Linda Layton
Painting | $1,200
30" x 40"
Contact
LLLArtwork.com
lleelayton62@gmail.com
314-440-5549
All the Plants I
Sarah Lorentz
Painting | $400
9" x 12"
In this botanical series, I depict a variety of plants both in interior and cultivated garden environments. There is a story of care and cultivation behind these plants; an unseen effort to bring beauty and life into the world. I love the challenge of capturing the complex structural forms in a loose and impressionistic way. Many of my paintings are created ‘en plein air,’ outdoors on location, or as a still life from direct observation, however, I am most interested in capturing the essence of the subject rather than conforming strictly to realism.
Contact
sarahlorentz.com
art@sarahlorentz.com
IG: @lorentz_sarah
FB: SarahLorentzArt
All the Plants II
Sarah Lorentz
Painting | $400
9" x 12"
In this botanical series, I depict a variety of plants both in interior and cultivated garden environments. There is a story of care and cultivation behind these plants; an unseen effort to bring beauty and life into the world. I love the challenge of capturing the complex structural forms in a loose and impressionistic way. Many of my paintings are created ‘en plein air,’ outdoors on location, or as a still life from direct observation, however, I am most interested in capturing the essence of the subject rather than conforming strictly to realism.
Contact
sarahlorentz.com
art@sarahlorentz.com
IG: @lorentz_sarah
FB: SarahLorentzArt
All the Plants III
Sarah Lorentz
Painting | $400
9" x 12"
In this botanical series, I depict a variety of plants both in interior and cultivated garden environments. There is a story of care and cultivation behind these plants; an unseen effort to bring beauty and life into the world. I love the challenge of capturing the complex structural forms in a loose and impressionistic way. Many of my paintings are created ‘en plein air,’ outdoors on location, or as a still life from direct observation, however, I am most interested in capturing the essence of the subject rather than conforming strictly to realism.
Contact
sarahlorentz.com
art@sarahlorentz.com
IG: @lorentz_sarah
FB: SarahLorentzArt
The newest exhibit is on display at Busey’s Clayton banking center, and highlights the diversity of the Gateway region, customers and communities that Busey serves. Pieces are available for sale to directly benefit the artist.