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...
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr We photographed Greg Beecham’s demo last year during the Quick Draw at SKB, and here, we present the steps with commentary from the artist. Catch him at tomorrow’s Quick Draw (Thursday, Sept. 21, starting at 9 a.m.) to see him in action....
by admin | Sep 20, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr Mark Mehaffey says his art isn’t like most other people’s work here at SKB’s Dubois workshop. While everyone has a unique take on art, Mehaffey’s does stand out a bit because of his interest in abstraction and in color that goes...
by admin | Sep 18, 2016 | Bob Bahr
By Bob Bahr If you happened to notice a change in Rusty Frentner’s paintings over the last year and a half, you are not alone. Frentner has noticed it, too, and it starts to make sense when the Michigan painter describes how 2015 went in his world. It began in a...
