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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Hipster Fish

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty


Hipster Fish #543
pen, ink, and color pencil on Bristol paper
2.5" x 3.5" (6.35 cm x 8.89 cm) 
NOT A PRINT OR REPRODUCTION
202308051
© copyright Mike Kraus Art Inc.

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Mike Kraus was born on the industrial shoreline of Muskegon, Michigan. After earning his Fine Arts Degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he attended Grand Valley State University for his graduate degree. From there, he gained varied experiences from the Chicago Architecture Center, Art Institute of Chicago, Hauenstein Center For Presidential Studies, Lollypop Farm Humane Society, and the Lurie Children's Foundation. And every place he worked, he had his sketchbook with him and found ways to be actively creative. In 2014, Kraus became a full-time artist by establishing Mike Kraus Art. Since then, he has sold thousands of paintings that are displayed in nearly every state and dozens of countries. Currently, Kraus lives in Rochester, New York with his beautiful wife and goofy dog.

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Hipster Fish

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty 



Hipster Fish #367
gouache paint on Bristol paper
2.5" x 3.5" (6.35 cm x 8.89 cm) 
NOT A PRINT OR REPRODUCTION
202005035
© copyright Mike Kraus

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Mike Kraus was born on the industrial shoreline of Muskegon, Michigan. After earning his Fine Arts Degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he attended Grand Valley State University for his graduate degree. From there, he gained varied experiences from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Art Institute of Chicago, Hauenstein Center For Presidential Studies, Lollypop Farm Humane Society, and the Children's Memorial Foundation. And every place he worked, he had his sketchbook with him and found ways to be actively creative. In 2014, Kraus became a full-time artist by establishing Mike Kraus Art. Since then, he has sold hundreds of paintings that are displayed in nearly every state and dozens of countries. Currently, Kraus lives in Rochester, New York with his beautiful wife and goofy dog.

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Monday, January 5, 2015

Funny Fish

Funny Fish, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
18" x 24" (45.7 cm x 60.7 cm)
Collection Dick and Marianne Bell
© copyright Mike Kraus

Funny Fish will decorate a bedroom of a new home in Naples, Florida.  For more information or custom order, please visit:
 Breakfast at Fish-any's

Gone Fishin'

 Time To Hit the Links

 Who's Ya Callin' a Clown, Fish?

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Vinyl Collector

Vinyl Collector, 2014
pen and ink on paper
4" x 6" in a 8 1/4" x 10 1/4"
© copyright Mike Kraus

It's a cool, cloudy day at the southside flea market.  Vendors shout about the virtues of their cheap and/or stolen goods from their stands.  The free-est of free markets.  But, on this early spring morning he is here to find old records in good condition.  Music only sounds right when there's the hiss of the turntable.

This drawing would great in almost any space with its neutral frame, but would accent light green, deep blue, light yellow, or beige spaces very well.

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Friday, February 14, 2014

Where's Vern?

"Where's Vern", 2014
Colored pencil and ink
© copyright Mike Kraus

Katie and Vern are explorers from New York.  They like to get dressed up and see all their friends in the city.  So, the next time you are in the Big Apple, look for them in a crowd because they’ll be the life of the party.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

2-for-1 Holiday Special

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  I think Megan and I broke a new land speed record between Rochester, NY and Muskegon, MI with a drive time under 8 hours.  I'm glad we got to see a lot of people back home and sorry that we didn't get to see everyone.  


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DON'T FEED HER AFTER MIDNIGHT!


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And, in honor of the new Muppet movie, I say, "meer meer meer meer!"


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Seems that x-mas and t-day combined forces this year.  And yes Virginia, that is a Superman snuggie.  It looks even better when I become "Lazy Superman" watching football on the couch.


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This is Brother Thou Shalt Not Get Fat.  Of course, it only contains grenola...


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The sweetest breed of dog; Cupcake Yorkie. 


Please check out Lollypop Farm, Humane Society of Greater Rochester's new website at:


www.Lollypop.org

Play around with the pages and all and tell me what you think.  Thanks!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Labor Day Weekend

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Labor Day Weekend with Tachel!


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The best way to babysit is to put the child in a burrito.  She had her first day of school without sparkle pants today


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Burritos are only fun until the babysitter ends up in one


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LET ME OUT!!!


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Here's the other kid we had to babysit this weekend...


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Jordan, James, Kraus...


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The Aquahoop was tested out and next summer it will be amazing!


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Oh yeah!  Puppy time!


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So much calmer when they get spayed...


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I don't know what happened to Dock.  He just seemed to pass out in the cat condo.


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I'll leave you to ponder the wolf hat.


As always, I'm asking for your support at Barktober Fest 2011.  I'll be organizing the runners and walkers this year.  I may shoot the pistol to start the race.  So, help me help homeless and abused animals at:  http://lollypop.kintera.org/barktoberfest/mike

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Don't Tell Dumbledore Our Sorting Hats Are For Muggles...

I'm now Twit-able.  Please go to http://twitter.com/MikeKrausBlog if you'd like these updates on your phone or whatever.  The same still goes for the Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Kraus-The-Blog/148570945185850


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Pete at the JCPenney in "the mall" of Batavia, NY waiting to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One.  Word...


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Sarah, Megan, and Pete in playing with knit hats at JCPenney since we got to the theatre really, really early.  Megan and I are use to getting tickets really early for Harry Potter IMAX in Chicago, which you have to fight for.  Batavia is not Chicago...


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I had to join in with my frog hat.  


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Megan and Sarah squealing about the snowmen in the rest of "the mall."


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The Channing H. Philbrick (Linear) Park in Penfield, NY.  Megan and I live in the Panorama Plaza area, which is surrounded by parks.  So, we decided to check out this one which is a couple of blocks from our place behind the Home Depot.


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Philbrick was a former Town Supervisor of Penfield, NY and the park features Irondequoit Creek, which drops 90 feet in a one mile stretch of class III whitewater cascades.  The area was first known as Sgoh-sa-is-thah (smashing water against rock) by the Iroquois and later became a mill and factory center around 1795 when Daniel Penfield purchased the township that now bears his name.  This settlement lost its importance when milling around the High Falls in downtown Rochester started.  The land was later converted to a sewage treatment plant that dumped right into the creek.  It was removed and is the park we know today.


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A nice hobo gazebo on an island in the middle of the creek


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We saw giant Salmon carcasses and this bend.  We just missed their run this year.  These are clay cliffs that seem to have a lot of homes for little animals.


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The bridge at Washington Street


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Megan with her feet dangling off the edge watching the falls


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Washington Street Bridge


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A strange cascade/fall.  Not sure if this is natural or manmade.  It's a really long, perfectly straight falls.  It may be manmade since it's so close to the milling area.  Then again, the whole area is a milling area.  So...


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Foundation of one of the many old mills in the area


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This appears to be an artificial waterfall runs for one of the old mills


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Wonky bridge 


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Shelley Bridge.


So, a lot of nature shots these days.  Probably because I haven't lived near anything natural since I started college in 1999.  We'll stay in Rochester for Thanksgiving.  The Lions should get destroyed by the Patriots.  We'll see how the Cowboys can handle the Saints.  And staying as far away from anything retail-oriented for the next week as people go Christmas Crazy.

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