Mom and i visited the Des Moines Arts Festival this weekend, which is one of my favorite things to do in the summertime. We’re lucky to get such a wide variety of artists from all over the country, some of whom even come more than once despite the awful weather–be it sweltering heat, torrential downpours or, this year’s surprise, a gale storm.
Here are a few of my favorites, or at least the ones from whom i was able to snatch a business card with a web address.
KEITH GRACE – This one appealed to the graphic designer in me because of the bright colors, simple images and the use of typography as texture. Fun collage/paintings, just really cool to look at.
CHRIS HONEYSETT – Obviously a great black & white photographer. Who doesn’t love fog photos?
BRUCE HOLWERDA – These paintings are just so whimsical and colorful and beautiful. I love that he captures the magic of dance and uses techniques like splatter painting and collage-like color so that the image almost seems to glitter.
So check out their websites, buy me a print or two… And come with us next year. We’ll get a four-dollar beer and gripe about all the other gawkers.
Sunday, June 29th, 2008 6:07 pm • art, des moines, photography, typography, weather
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June 30th, 2008 at 8:37 am
I read this whole post before Twitter even finished updating. Whoop! There it goes.
I really like the dancer. I wish I could have come.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
It has been a WEEK.
June 28th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
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