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One of the Sigil “sentinel” wall sculptures in progress, “Protection”.

"The Audacity of Imagination"

May 9, 2025

My own work is traveling a bit of a strange route of late. Since I’ve delved more into the meaning and making of sigils, I’m finding that they want to crop up everywhere in the art…

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In Art Shows, Fine Art, gallery work Tags aliens, sigils, sculptural work, wall sculptures
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Klaus' Greenman. 15" x 15". Red stoneware.

Curating a Life

September 18, 2024

A dear friend of mine passed away last year and he left an enduring mark on my life....

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In Art Shows, Life of an artist, Philosophy of Art Tags Diestel, Hilleman, Grambow, Schwerin, Anita Ree
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ConGlomeration Art Awards

December 22, 2023

Making the award sculptures for ConGlomeration’s Art Show was a fantastic time. Being given carte blanche meant I could just have a blast imagining anything at all…

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In Creativity, Art Shows, Pottery Tags wall sculptures, ConGlomeration, gamer shows, art awards
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On Collaboration

August 4, 2023

Art collaborations are quite interesting. There’s Warhol & Basquiat, Dali & Buñuel, Björk & Barney, and the list goes on. Artists work together to stretch their abilities and techniques, and to gain important feedback about their work. In a collaborative visual artwork, you’re also “listening” to what the other artist is creating …

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In Life of an artist, Art Education, Art Shows, Creativity, Philosophy of Art Tags chickens, unentitled, art collaborations
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a wall of paintings and drawings done by Kristin Kest displayed at the 2022 illuXCon show

My 2022 wall space at IlluXCon!

IlluXCon 2022

November 10, 2022

Since 2007, Pat and Jeannie Wilshire have organized a group of artists for IlluXCon, a collectors’ show of fantasy art, which started in Altoona PA, and is now hosted by The GoggleWorks venue in Reading PA.

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In Art Shows Tags art shows, IlluXCon 2022, fantasy art, fantasy botanical, fantastic art, paintings for sale, fine art paintings for sale, science fiction art, art of science fiction and fantasy

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