. the organic artist
What is art? Nature concentrated. -Honore de Balzac Recently I was so, so lucky to tag a long with my very dear friend, Aggelige, who runs the inspiring shop in the airstream trailer-Organic Designs by Aggelige-at The Camp in Costa Mesa. She is moving her planting space to a greenhouse so she can continue to [...]
photography is [the home of faith and love]
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It is such an honor to have my photographs hanging near beautiful artwork in the Farrell home. Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
photography is [an artist at play]
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As an artist, I love to play. I have always loved to push the photographic medium because I’m so familiar with it. If I knew painting or ceramics better, then those are the mediums I would probably tend to play in. When I worked in the darkroom, I would mix my own chemistry and coat [...]
life of a designer
This is a beautiful movie I just came across about the life of an artist/designer. Milton Glaser is a graphic designer who has created some of the most famous visuals in history. His latest interview about Shepard Fairey’s Obama posters brings to light some critical points for all artists. I see the fair use issue [...]
happy face
Merrik called me to see the happy face he had drawn for me on the chalkboard and there was Maliea climbing up the slide toy box! I couldn’t believe how balanced and dexterous she seemed. Uh oh, look out. Merrik’s awesome happy face: Maliea’s amazing “milestone” Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait [...]
colorforms
When I decided not to go to Disneyland because Merrik’s friend, Marley who we were going to go with is sick, then I decided it was a good day to get out some new games. Merrik loved it. We pulled out the “new” old Chinese Checkers that are probably 30 years old. A game that [...]
gap: garden party
Aggelige’s Garden Party was a grand success. Everyone had a fabulous time and many people took home her beautiful designs to add a little piece of yummy art + nature to their lives. Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
gap: village play
We visited with Aggelige on the grass near the library today waiting for Merrik’s classes to start. Here are a few images of him having fun running and a picture of his beautiful “octopus” windsock that he created. He used his hands to paint the body of the octopus while everyone else used paintbrushes. Usually [...]
thought gap: fossils and fish
Merrik had fun at his new classes today. He is in Dinosaur Discovery and Ocean Exploration. They are a perfect fit for him-kind of like a summer preschool. Art, music, story time all focused around some of his favorite things-whales, sharks, dinosaurs et al. Grandma Hallie came with him today and she had a ball [...]