by jamesp | Nov 20, 2018 | Archive, Making of...
Every year, Kozo and I send a Christmas card to friends & family. Years past, I’ve used a wintry landscape shot… a hay bale with a red bow around it, a buffalo with a Rudolf-inspired schnozzola. So this year, in keeping with some of the interior studio... 
by jamesp | Jul 8, 2018 | Hiking, Landscape, Outdoors, Photography
My friend Eric and I were talking about Grizzly Bear Creek the other evening. We used to hike from Mt. Rushmore down to Grizzly Bear Falls, where a lush plunge pool awaited the intrepid hiker. It’s a steep walk to get from the parking area down to the creek, and... 
by jamesp | Jun 7, 2018 | Archive, Art Show Voodoo, Life on the Road, Uncategorized
In April, 2011, our art show trailer was parked at the Marriot Towne Place Suites in downtown Fort Worth. We were participating in the Main Street Fort Worth Art Festival. On Thursday night, the first day of the show, we came back to the hotel to find our trailer,... 
by jamesp | Nov 17, 2017 | Ghost Towns, Life on the Road, Photography
One summer ago, I met a lovely family from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at the Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff in St. Joseph, Michigan. She had grown up in West Central South Dakota, and we had a great conversation about the farm country. As it turned out, her grandfather had... 
by jamesp | May 17, 2017 | Archive, Art Show Voodoo, Ghost Towns, Life on the Road
My first show of the month is in Kansas City, MO. A favorite in KC, and a favorite of mine, the Brookside Art Annual takes place on Brookside Plaza just south of 63rd in Kansas City. The last time my wife Karyn and I were there, it was cold. And snowy. We tried to...