The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and notable achievement who were raised in, grew up around or spent significant time in the Quad-Cities. A showing of the various artworks will take place at Rock Island’s DeSoto Gallery through August. Roger Craig is a former NFL player from Davenport, IA. He is a three time Super Bowl champion who amassed a number of records and accolades during his career playing mostly with the San Francisco 49ers.  Read More

The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and notable achievement who were raised in, grew up around or spent significant time in the Quad-Cities. A showing of the various artworks will take place at Rock Island’s DeSoto Gallery through August. Acie Earl is a former NBA player from Moline, IL. He attended college at the University of Iowa and went on to be drafted to the Boston Celtics in the first round of the 1993 draft.  Read More

The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and notable achievement who were raised in, grew up around or spent significant time in the Quad-Cities. A showing of the various artworks will take place at Rock Island’s DeSoto Gallery through August. Linnea Quigley is an actress from Davenport, IA often referred to as a “scream queen” of the horror movie scene. Illustrated here as her most famous character Trash from the movie Return of the Living Dead.  Read More

The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and notable achievement who were raised in, grew up around or spent significant time in the Quad-Cities. A showing of the various artworks will take place at Rock Island’s DeSoto Gallery through August. Julia Michaels is a singer songwriter from Davenport, IA. Early in her career she wrote songs that were recorded by the likes of Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, and more. Her own debut single reached 11 on the billboard charts and she had another song of her’s... Read More

The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and notable achievement who were raised in, grew up around or spent significant time in the Quad-Cities. A showing of the various artworks will take place at Rock Island’s DeSoto Gallery through August. Greg Norton is a musician from Davenport, IA most known for being the bass player in the rock band Husker Du.  Read More

The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and notable achievement who were raised in, grew up around or spent significant time in the Quad-Cities. A showing of the various artworks will take place at Rock Island’s DeSoto Gallery through August. Pat Angerer from Bettendorf, IA played college football at the University Of Iowa and then went on to play professionally with the Indianapolis Colts.  Read More

The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and notable achievement who were raised in, grew up around or spent significant time in the Quad-Cities. A showing of the various artworks will take place at Rock Island’s DeSoto Gallery through August. Joe Frisco from Milan, IL was a vaudevillian performer and comedian who got his start as a jazz dancer. So well known for his dancing he is referenced in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby where he describes a woman as “moving her hands like Frisco.”  Read More

The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and notable achievement who were raised in, grew up around or spent significant time in the Quad-Cities. A showing of the various artworks will take place at Rock Island’s DeSoto Gallery through August. Sue Lyon is an actress from Davenport, IA best known for starring as the titular character in Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 film Lolita.  Read More

The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and notable achievement who were raised in, grew up around or spent significant time in the Quad-Cities. A showing of the various artworks will take place at Rock Island’s DeSoto Gallery through August. Colby Lopez AKA Seth Rollins is a professional wrestler from Davenport, IA signed to WWE. He’s achieved many accolades including being a two time world heavyweight champion.  Read More

The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and notable achievement who were raised in, grew up around or spent significant time in the Quad-Cities. A showing of the various artworks will take place at Rock Island’s DeSoto Gallery through August. Don Nelson is a former NBA basketball player and coach. During his time as a Boston Celtic he won five championships. If that wasn’t enough he went on to become one of the top ten coaches in NBA history.  Read More