Kyle Bader Painting Selected for National Exhibit

Kyle Bader with "The Hammer", his painting of Hank Aaron done in oil, enamel and acrylic on cover board.

Kyle Bader was recently selected as one of the 70 artists nationwide for the St. Louis Art Guild Ann Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibition. The juried exhibit opened November 1 and continues through Jan. 4, 2015 at the Two Oak Knoll Park Gallery in Clayton.

Bader, 23, is a native of Cape Girardeau, where he graduated from Central High School. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Fontbonne University and is currently a graduate teaching assistant and MFA candidate at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Bader is the son of Chris and Kim Bader and Gina and Tom Raffety, all of Cape Girardeau.