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Audrey Heller

"Shades"

Small Business Saturday

As part of my “Buy Personal” series, and to celebrate small business Saturday, we want to introduce you to our friend, photographer Audrey Heller, and her wee people going about their small business. Continue reading »

Pick of the week, Nov 5

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf. — Albert Schweitzer

 

Mile Marker 313, 16x22

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Love Rust

Ever wonder what someone does for fun after they’ve turned their passion and what they did for fun into their work? Me too…

 

Guanajuato Cemetery

My fun looks a lot like my work and my work looks a whole lot like my fun. They both look like a lot of travel with a camera up to my face, and time in the studio experimenting with materials and techniques. However, they often feel distinctly different to me, like the difference between a sketch book and a canvas. Or maybe between listening and talking. Continue reading »

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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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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Pick of the week, August 20

“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” –   Gilbert K. Chesterton

 

Mile Marker 166, 35x51

 

If you are interested in adding this or another piece of artwork to your collection please contact me.

Pick of the Week, August 6

“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.” – Henry David Thoreau

 

Mile Marker 284, 16x22

If you are interested in adding this or another piece to your art collection please contact me.

 

The End of Summer

Four more days until Kyle and I are off for our NorthWest tour. With the heat here at home, it couldn’t come a moment too soon, but with the amount we need to get done before we leave, we could certainly use an extra moment or two! And this year we will be traveling with the camper we purchased in Idaho on last year’s tour, which adds another whole level of complexity to the preparations, but a new level of fun to the trip. Continue reading »

By the numbers

With the unrelenting triple digit temperatures in Kansas City, Kyle and I are counting the days (ten) until we leave for our NorthWest tour. So being the number geek that I am, and facing a full day of writing, I decided to count a few things first.

 

Our trip by the numbers:

 

  • 38 days of travel
  • 3 shows
  • 8 days of showing
  • 5,000+ miles of driving
  • 82+ hours of driving
  • 4 hours before we run out of things to talk about
  • 10 states
  • 1 province
  • 41 feet of vehicle
  • 1,230 number of songs we have time to listen to while driving
  • 19,595 number of songs we will have with us
  • 5,920 elevation of Sun Valley Art Fair
  • 60 lineal feet of display space in Art in the Pearl
  • 130,000 patrons at Saint Louis Art Fair
  • 95 pieces of artwork
  • ??? number of days it will take to recover

So many more things I could count today, but for now I need to write 1400 words, to answer 10 questions, to prepare for Artist Inc 2.

 

Whew what a week!

Sorry about the lack of blog post last week. I wanted to write to you, but, the thing is, the last couple of weeks have been really, really busy.

I have captured some of the high-lights and low-lights for you in pictures. Each one could be a post by itself, but the clock is ticking and I must go set up my show again in a few minutes. Continue reading »