Author Archives: Chris

Photographic Mixed Media Artist

Pick of the week, September 24

“No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.” – Booker T. Washington

 

Mile Marker 276, 22x34

 

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The Plaza Art Fair! – It’s Here!

Jim Brown and Mark Winter

The fall weather and our return home after summer shows means it must be time for one of my favorite things! A house full of some of the most talented artists in the country and the PLAZA ART FAIR!

After a great evening in the crisp air on the back porch, an evening of catching up, of great food and laughs so hard my side still hurts this morning, we are all on our way (shortly, in my case) to set up our booths for the last festival of the year. And it couldn’t be better. The weather is going to be PERFECT. Our friends are all gathered (both at our house and near the corner of Central and Nichols in the show). And it is time for what is sure to be the best show of the year!

 

If you are in Kansas City come see me!
This is going to be fun!

 

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Pick of the Week, September 17

“The heavier crop is ever in others’ fields.” –  Ovid

 

Mile Marker 260, 35x51

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Switching Gears

Alacartoona - by Rich Sugg/KC Star

After 5+ weeks on the road we arrived home on Monday to abruptly change gears.

 

Kyle (the smiley one that is usually behind the scenes at my shows) was in the photo studio with his band Alacartoona within two hours of our arrival in KC, but not behind the camera like I am – he shines best in front of it. Continue reading »

Pick of the week, September 10

“The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.” – Amelia Earhart

 

Mile Marker 294, 29x16 (x4)

After 5 weeks on the road we will arrive home today. I love my travels but I miss my home!

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Featured Artist

 

“Just when you think you’ve seen every photograph you ever need to see at an art fair, someone comes along and grabs your heart with the strength of their imagery.” – Connie Mentzler

 

Writing office - Anacortes, Washington

Some of you that follow my studio on Facebook might remember that I had a mobile office in some spectacular places over the last month. Some of you might be wondering what I was doing morning after morning in my “office” while traveling. Continue reading »

Pick of the week, September 4

“It is better to travel well than to arrive.” – Buddha

 

Mile Marker 289, 29x16 (x4)

 

(A little reminder to myself as we begin our drive from Portland to St Louis!)

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Words for Art

Tom Ryan

A tribute to a friend on his birthday.

 

“Her landscapes, or rather skyscapes, give one intellectual elbow room to dream a bit. She takes you to that in-between place in life, the space between sleep and awake on those nice mornings when you awaken without the alarm.” -Tom Ryan

 

When I begin creating a body of artwork, I work by intuition, I follow my gut, I let my sub-conscious lead me. Many times I can not articulate why I am doing what I am doing or its meaning. I am simply too close to the work to assign words to it. This giving of language is the role of a really great art writer. So I would love for you to meet my friend, the writer Tom Ryan. Continue reading »

Pick of the week, August 27

“Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.” – Arthur Schopenhauer

 

Mile Marker 316, 16x22

 

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The Absence

I love words.

I love to read. I love to write have written. I love word games, puzzles, poems.

So when my friend Jim told me about the short story writing contest in Esquire that required a story of 79 words, no more, no less, I was intrigued but not inspired. I’m not a writer, and when I am, it isn’t fiction. Continue reading »