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The Plaza Art Fair! – It’s Here!

September 21, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

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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Switching Gears

September 13, 2012 by Chris | 2 Comments

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 »

Featured Artist

September 7, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

 

“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 »

The Absence

August 23, 2012 by Chris | 9 Comments

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 »

Along the way

August 17, 2012 by Chris | 3 Comments

Why I can't write more...

After a great show at the Sun Valley Arts and Crafts Festival, great camping in the Sawtooth National Recreational Area, and some great meals, Kyle and I made our way to the Canadian Border where we stored our van and camper for a few days to vacation in Vancouver with our great friends and hosts, Jim Brown and Matt VanderWerff. Continue reading »

Pick of the week, May 28

May 28, 2012 by Chris | 2 Comments

“this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees & for the blue dreams of sky & for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.” ~ E.E. Cummings

 

Mile Marker 275, 22"x34"

 

Think Big, Shop Small

May 3, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

Brookside Art Annual – this weekend!

 

I have never been prouder to live in Kansas City, our city is filled with creativity and those that support it!

From the painter that creates in their dining room on Sunday afternoons to the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City supports the arts and it is becoming not only local but national news. But for artists that participate in art festivals this comes as no surprise. Kansas City is host to two of the highest ranked juried art festivals in the country (based on sales and attendance), the Brookside Art Annual and the Plaza Art Fair. And I am thrilled to be participating in both of these spectacular shows. Thank goodness I’m not superstitious – it will be my 13th year in each!

So while the art community continues to grow, and get press in the New York Times, and the New York Post, Frommer’s names Kansas City one of top destinations for 2012 (the only US city to make the list). Even our “rival cities” along I-70, Saint Louis and Denver declare, “Score one for Kansas City,” and “Kansas City is a cultured place.“.

Remember the smallest of the creative businesses-

The individual artists that have long been bringing great art to the streets of Kansas City and come visit us at the Brookside Art Annual.

 

Brookside Art Annual

May 4-6 2012

Art Fair Hours:
Friday, May 4, 5pm-9pm
Saturday, May 5, 10am-9pm
Sunday, May 6, 11am-5pm

 

While in Brookside visiting the art festival be sure to visit the other small locally owned shops that make up the wonderful neighborhood. Brookside in the KC Star

Not in Kansas City? Visit my schedule to see when I will be in a town near you. Or come visit us in Kansas City for the Plaza Art Fair and see all the great things that the “Paris of the Plains” has to offer.

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