Evlove
John Bannon
2021 N. Clark
John E. Bannon is a multimedia visual artist and educator whose work is seen in public and private collections worldwide. An Adjunct Assistant Professor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he earned a BFA degree in Painting in 1990 from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MFA degree in studio from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002.
Evlove is a representation of a butterfly sitting on a blade of grass. From most views it looks like a butterfly, from the sides it resembles a caterpillar. The name “Evlove” is the word, evolve spelled backwards.