by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr There was about 90 minutes before lunch yesterday after James Gurney finished his Quick Draw painting of an antelope head. Plenty of time for him to rustle up a projector and extension cord, arrange some tables in an upstairs room, and give a presentation...
by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr We photographed Suzie Seerey-Lester’s Quick Draw painting yesterday at several stages in her process in order to show her painting approach. But first, let’s take a look at her materials. Seerey-Lester prefers to paint on a smooth surface,...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr The full-size bronze statue by Dubois resident John Finley that stands right outside Dennison Lodge had its origins in a board game. The story goes back to the mid-70s. Finley had the idea to sculpt a chess set with Western figures. He cast it in 1979, and...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr Bill Knapp, motivational speaker and spouse of SKB luminary Christine Knapp, took the stage tonight and asked the participants at the 2016 SKB Dubois workshop to do something very hard: take a look at themselves to see if they were standing in their own...
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr John Seerey-Lester missed last year’s SKB workshop in Dubois. When he returned this year and judged the small paintings show featuring the work of SKB participants, he was bowled over. “It’s been two years since I’ve been here, and...
