Twilight Woods

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty

Twilight Woods #298

gouache paint on Bristol paper

2.5" x 3.5" (6.35 cm x 8.89 cm) 
NOT A PRINT OR REPRODUCTION
201807089

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/610898708/twilight-woods-298-artist-trading-cards

Join me as I'm the guest on Graphic Ear with Clifton Wood, Thursday July 5th from 6-7PM on WAYO 104.3 FM​ Radio (Rochester, NY). We'll discuss my artistic process, how it's influenced by music, thoughts on finished pieces, and more. We'll also feature music that's special to me. These include Blow Wind Blow​, Everlove, Frank Guinness​, Frank Youngwerth​, Greensky Bluegrass​, Monkey Robot War​, Tart Vandelay​, and White Pines​. So, set your radio dial to 104.3 in Rochester, New York or live stream at wayofm.org. Be part of the celebration - text us at 585.203.WAYO (9296) during the show.

Michael 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.

For more information or custom order, please visit:

Store: MikeKrausArt.etsy.com

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Twilight Woods

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty

Twilight Woods #297

gouache paint on Bristol paper

2.5" x 3.5" (6.35 cm x 8.89 cm) 
NOT A PRINT OR REPRODUCTION
201806088

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/610879524/twilight-woods-297-artist-trading-cards

Join me as I'm the guest on Graphic Ear with Clifton Wood, Thursday July 5th from 6-7PM on WAYO 104.3 FM​ Radio (Rochester). We'll discuss my artistic process, how it's influenced by music, thoughts on finished pieces, and more. We'll also feature music that's special to me. These include Blow Wind Blow​, Everlove, Frank Guinness​, Frank Youngwerth​, Greensky Bluegrass​, Monkey Robot War​, Tart Vandelay​, and White Pines​. So, set your radio dial to 104.3 in Rochester, New York or live stream at wayofm.org. Be part of the celebration - text us at 585.203.WAYO (9296) during the show.

Michael 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.

For more information or custom order, please visit:

Store: MikeKrausArt.etsy.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MikeKrausArt

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/MikeKraus/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikekrausart

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mkraus

Twitter: http://twitter.com/MikeKrausBlog

Google+: http://plus.google.com/111168390406803022323/posts

Guest On Graphic Ear with Clifton Wood on WAYO 104.3 on Thursday July 5th, 6-7pm

Join me as I'm the guest on Graphic Ear with Clifton Wood, Thursday July 5th from 6-7PM on WAYO Radio (Rochester).  We'll discuss my artistic process, how it's influenced by music, thoughts on finished pieces, and more.  

We'll also feature music that's special to me.  These include Blow Wind Blow, Everlove, Frank Guinness, Frank Youngwerth, Greensky Bluegrass, Monkey Robot War, Tart Vandelay, and White Pines.

So, set your radio dial to 104.3 in Rochester, New York or live stream at wayofm.org.  Be part of the celebration - text us at 585.203.WAYO (9296) during the show.

A Little Piggy Told Me We Reached Our Goal At Telethon

Our goal was to raise $234,000 and we reached $236,654!  Thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers, staff, and friends of Lollypop Farm who made it possible!


The set


Big donation on a big check.  I wish banks offered these as an option for check books.  I'd love to pay my bills and groceries with one of these.


Never underestimate the power of puppies to put a crowd into a trance!  

Oh Tim, what a wonderful backhanded comment to your fellow retail team.  I always aim to be "not the worst ________" in all I do...


Petpalooza Dog Car!  I'll have to ask how much it cost to do this.  Something like this needs to be done to my ride. 


PIGLETS!!!


"We are so little and oinky!"


A pig pile under the heat lamp.  


Thanks Adrienne for providing me a website to look up Rochester graffiti at: http://wall-therapy.com.  This is "Bears" by ROA (http://unurth.com/filter/ROA) located at St. Paul Street and Pleasant Street.  Where...  Do...  I...  Begin...

That's it for now.  Off to see Book of Mormon (http://www.rbtl.org/). 

"Nothing is something I'm use to working with!" -Mr. Jellineck

So, Megan went to New York and took the camera with her.  What does that mean for you?  It means you get to look at some of the odd artwork I've made while at home. 



Evidence of Megan in New York partying with her friends and being all business-like at her conference.



So, many of these are illustrations I've created based on a book about weird stuff in Michigan. Many of the stories I've forgotten, but the drawings remain.  This is titled "They've Kilt Me!"  I remember it's about some haunted house from the 1800's.  My favorite part of this drawing is his hand.  He's so scared that his fingers bend back very unnaturally.  Maybe he hit it with the hammer?



"What Burned Billy?"  A story about spontaneous human combustion.  Look at poor Socrates helplessly trying to aid his son...



"The Paw Paw Fire Breather."  Some guy who could breath fire in Paw Paw, Michigan.  For more information on this story, go to:  http://istina.rin.ru/eng/ufo/text/310.html



"Interplanetary Radio From Intermediate Lake," which is about a man who started his own radio station that broadcasts to possible aliens.


 
"Carolyn Drown's Trip To Walhala In the Trunk" is about a murder.  I can't remember the rest of the details.  



"Feeling Blue"  If I remember correctly, it's about a lady with ESP.  So, she could tell you things about stuff she touched.  



This was going to be used for some project.  It never was.  But, it's an industrial scene overlooking Detroit.  Why they are assembling a car at a dock on the Canadian side of the Detroit River is up for debate...



"The Big Three" is about three guys laid off from the auto industry.  



This wasn't suppose to be creepy.  But, it turned out that way.  So, Megan suggested that I give him laser eyes, which I did, but it's easy to see.  



ka-BOOM!  Really don't have much to say about this than "colored pencils..."



Here's Moxie, my former desk cat at Lollypop Farm, where I've been volunteering.  Here's she his headbutting my hand for attention.  As many of you will be excited to hear, she has a new home.  My new desk cat use to weigh 24 lbs. and is named "Mini" or "Minnie."


That's it from the land of cold and snow.  Lots and lots of stuff coming up in the next week.  I had another interview a couple days ago, family dinner, volunteering tomorrow, Amerk's hockey game on Friday, a gala on Saturday, and probably a lot of other stuff not worth mentioning.  YEAH!

The Charitable Life

The Eric and Kathy 101.9 The Mix Radiothon benefiting Children's Memorial Hospital was a success because of all of you out there in radio-land. We raised lots of money for the kids and had a great time in the process. Here's Eric and Kathy on the air

Some of the many volunteers answering the phones

Outback Steakhouse feeding steak to the volunteers

Foundation staff hard at work

Now for something completely different. What's going on? Is this a lobster tail coming out of a computer?

The New Lincoln Park Zoo Nature Boardwalk just opened and Megan and I just went to the event there tonight at Cafe Brauer











The People's Gas Education Pavilion









Cafe Brauer at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

Inside Cafe Brauer



Well, that about it now. Please check my previous post if you are interested in some furniture, books, or other things (not including a gong we are going to keep because of a Facebook campaign not seen since Betty White).