Tag Archives: Chris Dahlquist

Watching the Clouds Float

July 6, 2018 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”    -John Lubbock

Mile Marker 665, size 16″x 22″

 

Like a Rock Star

July 2, 2018 by Chris | 0 Comments

Thanks for the love, Des Moines!

Last week I participated the Des Moines Arts Festival for my 19th time, and oh what fun I had – it was perhaps the closest this studio artist might ever feel to a rock star! My week included a media tour, leading a workshop, being the featured artist with my artwork on both posters and t-shirts for the festival, and if all that wasn’t enough I even won an award! Thanks for the love, Des Moines – the feeling is definitely mutual!

Just Like the Wind

June 29, 2018 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.”   -Miguel Angel Ruiz

Mile Marker 638, size 16″x 22″

 

Washed with Noon

June 22, 2018 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.”  -C. Day Lewis

Mile Marker 381, size 22″x 34″

 

An Eye Made Quiet

June 15, 2018 by Chris | 0 Comments

“With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.”  -William Wordsworth

Mile Marker 589, size 16″x 22″

 

Ain’t Technology Grand?!

February 28, 2018 by Chris | 0 Comments

As a full-time working artist for more than two decades, I still get a thrill when “firsts” come along. I just had one happen this past Friday, and it was awesome!

I’ve been emailing back and forth with a lovely couple who live out of town, Angela and Todd, and they were wanting a new piece of artwork. It just so happened that Todd and his son were going to be in KC for a hockey tournament and would be able to drop by the studio. What I didn’t know was that he was going to call Angela on FaceTime, and they were going to tour the studio together! What fun!! Continue reading »

Thanksgiving Tradition

November 23, 2017 by Chris | 0 Comments

My Thanksgiving tradition, that I want to share with you, is to read a letter written by my grandfather, Dr WW (Buck) Jones, to my grandmother, Adena, when he was a chaplain in the service during WWII.  I am thankful for them.

Reverend WW (Buck) and Adena Jones

Thanksgiving Day 1945

For some reason on this Thanksgiving day my thoughts have picked up that little phrase someone wrote us when we were married.  “May there be just enough clouds to make the sunset beautiful.”  Of course it would be quite a shallow view of life if we thanked God only for the bright and pleasant things.  For this would be such a dreadful place in which to live without the clouds and the rain.  Continue reading »

Announcing New Public Artwork!

October 25, 2017 by Chris | 0 Comments

Hilton Home2 Suites

I’ve been hiding a little something under my hat! But now I’m thrilled to announce that I was awarded a commission for permanent artwork on the exterior of the new Crossroads Hilton Homes2 Suites on the corner of 20th and Main St in Kansas City, MO. If you’re in the neighborhood – perhaps passing by on the streetcar – be sure to take a peek! (You can’t really miss it. It is approximately 130’x10′!)

“I am honored to create large-scale images for the Crossroads Arts District, a cultural center that has nurtured me and seen me mature as an artist over the last three decades. Big sky images brought down to street level will offer hotel guests one of the unique and intrinsic qualities of Kansas City—the ocean of land surrounding it. And for Kansas Citians, it will serve as a reminder that our city has flourished not in spite of, but because of, the sweeping landscape, and that there is still a lot of room for growth and daydreaming.” -Chris Dahlquist

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Opportunities

July 31, 2017 by Chris | 0 Comments

“The good news is that in our long journey to the other shore, the world will always provide us opportunities to offer ourselves.” Lodro Rinzler

“Arrival”

I am so fortunate to have so many opportunities in front of me!

You can see “Arrival” and a few other pieces from the Ghost Notes Series starting this Friday, August 4th, as a part of Kansas City Society of Contemporary Photography’s show “Finding Peace Finding Center” at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, MO. (On display in the Main Gallery until August 24, 2017)

To see other opportunities coming up in the next couple of months, including exhibitions featuring the Ghost Notes Series, please have a look at my full schedule.

 

There’s so much in simplicity

July 24, 2017 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.”

-Felix Adler

Mile Marker 534, size 14″ x11″

 

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