Kirby!
I created this portrait of Kirby for Jessica and Travis to give to their dog walker before they moved to Colorado. He had a very special bond with Kirby, they walked through Lincoln Park by the pond every day. Since this was a digital illustration, I was able to make a second print for them to take along to enjoy in their new home in the west. I hope this brings happy memories to their dog walker and for them, of their time living in Chicago!
I created this portrait of Kirby for Jessica and Travis to give to their dog walker before they moved to Colorado. He had a very special bond with Kirby, they walked through Lincoln Park by the pond every day. Since this was a digital illustration, I was able to make a second print for them to take along to enjoy in their new home in the west. I hope this brings happy memories to their dog walker and for them, of their time living in Chicago!
Candid Shots from the 2013 Bucktown Arts Fest
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Some fun shots from the Bucktown Arts Fest...it was a beautiful weekend, so fun to connect with friends and customers old and new! This was my debut show in the art fair world, 18 years ago...1995. My, how time flies! I had an unfortunate incident towards the end of the day Sunday, my temporary crown on my front tooth came off! I was mortified, but in the end it made for a lot of giggling and laughing with artist friends and customers...and it was very sweet when a little girl showed me her lack of '2' front teeth...what was I complaining about?! This is me being brave, posting on the internets...here I am, in all my hillbilly glory:
Toothless
2013 Fields Project Part 7: Art Fair
Last day: Fields Project Art Fair...It ended abruptly early, due to a severe storm, so I wasn't able to photograph everyone's work. And sadly, I just learned this week that the Fields Project Program has come to an end after a 15 year run. I am so grateful to all the amazing families and volunteers who kept it going for so long and to Rachel Weaver-Rivera for introducing me to it back in 2003. I was fortunate to have participated so many times.This beautful land and this community have become emeshed in my soul and my art work. You can see the paintings I created at AnnesArt.com under Farm & Fowl.
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2013 Fields Project Part 6: Cathi's Well
On the 2nd to last day of the
, resident artist
orchestrated a water event at a public well located outside
Ashton, IL at Gurler Road and Schnell.
These
photos document her fourth gesture related to water. Her
handmade cups and this public well brought out many folks from the community througout the day. It was a beautiful thing and the water so fresh and cold and and lovely in her earthenware cups.
From Cathi: "Water should be free and clean = that is my the foundation. I was told about this well last year during
by
and knew what I would be doing during the 8th annual (for me) Fields
Project experience."
Anne, Cathi, fellow artist Carol Luc and Farm Hostess with the Mostest, Aneda Ebert!
These additional photos show the sky at the time I arrived to help Cathi set up at the well: Roll Clouds. I'm sure I've mentioned how much I love weather and storms and clouds. These were extraorinary...but it wasn't good timing for Cathi's event, luckily we were spared. Not even a drop of rain fell. The folks at either ends of this front were not so lucky. There had been pretty torrential rains the night before as well..as can be seen below. Farmers were out all morning anxiously checking the fields.
Aneda and Carol arrived fashionably early in the storm armoured John Deere!
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Full Fields Project 2013 Blog Series:
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2013 Fields Project Part 5: Shoot out!
A few days before we departed for the
, fellow artist and good friend,
posted this photo on Facebook with the caption:
Anne & Cathi head for the country.
We decided we needed to re-create the photo in this modern day setting, as the 'Silo Sisters' (you might recall from my earlier post - we each had a guest room for the week sleeping in the silo (behind us). We enlisted the help of fellow resident artist Barbara Diener and her vintage 4x5 camera. We have not seen her rendition yet, these are candid shots taken by our 'farm dad' Gary Bocker. He outfitted us with his pistol and shot guns and yep, we all took a turn with the 12 guage!
Cathi sporting the ruby red shell casings on her fingers with our esteemed photographer, Gary!
Silosisters
I doctored this one up...until we get the real deal!
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There's no business like show business...
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You haven't heard from me much this summer...but I've been plenty busy! In lieu of doing a myriad of outdoor artfairs I've been busy developing a Wholesale Line of Gift Items for Stores and Pet Boutiques. I showcased much of this new work at the Chicago Gift Market at the Merchandise Mart in July, and have many new products in the works since then. I love doing these shows, designing my booth, sharing new work with potential clients and meeting so many other lovely designers and makers. It was a blast, here's some before and after shots:
My most colorful booth to date - It's amazing what you can accomplish with a staple gun, a few rolls of colored paper and ikea shelving!
My new 'Holiday' selections!
My lovely girfriends from Green Daffodil, Siouxanne & Anne!
My new best friend in Canada! Julie, at Julie Sinden Handmade. We did an 'international' trade, I got a super cute new winter hat!
...and the lovely Martha, of The 3 Sisters Design Studio! This gal is nonstop fun and a brilliant designer.
2013 Fields Project Part 4: Process
Part 4 from the Fields Project: PROCESS
Unlike my plein air compatriots, I work via sketches and photographs. Mostly driving around the first few days of the residency and then setting up my outdoor studio at Castle Rock State Park. This year, I only spent a short time up there due to weather and ticks. I spent two afternoons painting in one of the enormous storage sheds at the Bocker Farm...me and the morning doves, they didn't really appreciate my prescence but they graciously spared my artwork their droppings!
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No, this cow was not this tall, but I couldn't resist making this comical rendition.
My work was more abstract than usual, this year. I was fascinated by the patterns of the driveways at the farms and the simple shapes of things.
The
Full Fields Project 2013 Blog Series:
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