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I will be attending the following shows in 2012:

Springfest – Holmes Beach, Florida – March 10-11, 2012

Warm Mineral Springs, Florida (near North Port, FL – south of Sarasota)  March 21-22, 2012

Salina River Festival, Oakwood Park – Salina, Kansas – June 9-10, 2012

High Peaks Art Fest, Nederland, Colorado – June 23-24, 2012

City Arts – 334 N. Mead (just off East Douglas in the Old Town district), Wichita, Kansas  - – - August 29 – September 22, 2012

On September, 17, 2011 my entire booth along with about 90% of my work was destroyed in a 68MPH wind and rain at the Ponca City, Oklahoma Art Festival.  At the time I was considering not doing any more outdoor art fairs; but one cannot let something like that dictate what I do, so I am, for the time being, continuing the Art Fairs.

While in Florida, I took a stained glass class and have attempted a couple of three dimensional pieces which I am going to pursue in more detail.  These incorporated drawings on paper which are sandwiched between glass.  The picture is of the “Chicken Kids (Montier, Missouri 1945)”  This was my first three dimensional glass piece.  This piece is about nine inches in height.

I have not applied to any shows with the Illustration Board or Stained Glass pieces – yet.

In January, I did a residency at the Red Barn Studio in Lindsborg, Kansas working on the three dimensional drawings and included glass in some of them.

2011 Ponca City, Oklahoma Art Festival

Two pictures that tell a great deal about the story of the

Award third place in sculpture at the Ponca City Art Festival

Eric Abraham experience at the 37th Annual Ponca City Art Festival.

Took a prize in  3-D work, and everything was looking rosey.

Then, 68MPH wind and rain, and gray.

“Pig Trophy” Ht: 21″

I will be in Florida (again) until the first week in April doing two more shows.  Check the “Upcoming Shows” for locations.

The Flying Pig Gallery will have a nice selection of work to view and buy.

One thing to keep in mind:  The “First Flush” for the Bowl Plaza will be coming up on Saturday, June 2, 2012.   Check www.grassrootsart.net for a complete schedule of Funtastic Events to be held on that day.  You can also bid on the honor of actually making that First Flush!

There will be a series of special shows at the Flying Pig Gallery to commemorate this Great Event.  We will have quilts by Tess Dunkel McKnight, Decorated Toilet Seats and “Rock ‘n Roll” sculpture – made from toilet paper rolls and possibly more!

I hope to see you soon at the Flying Pig Gallery or at one of the Art Shows I am scheduled to participate in this Winter and Spring. Make definite plans to attend the First Flush on June 2, 2012! It is an All Day Celebration!

I just returned from a great trip via Amtrak to San Francisco to visit my daughter, Mercedes, and grandson, Praxis.  Visited most of the major museums and walked on the beach – almost got my feet wet in the surf!

I spent one day in Oakland, California with Lily, Mercedes’ sister. She took me to some very wonderful places – she lives in a warehouse area by the harbor where her neighbors are mostly performers and artists.  She took me to the warehouse where the group she works with, “Yard Dogs”, builds their sets, rehearse and have studio spaces.

I will be in Florida until about the first of April.  After I return, I will be making new work for the upcoming Art Fairs and the show I will have at City Arts in Wichita, Kansas.   This show will run August 29th through September 22, 2012.  City Arts is located at 334 Mead, just off East Douglas in the Old Town district of Wichita.

The Gallery in Lively Downtown Lucas, Kansas is open whenever I am here.  If I am not here, the Grassroots Art Center (one block south of the studio and gallery) will be happy to let you in.  If they make a sale, they get a cut – we both win; and YOU are the ultimate Winner, as you will have a Wunnerful Piece of Porkelaineous Delight – OR – you could even have one of the new non-clay series, the Three Dimensional Drawings!

The Three Dimensional Drawings are also on exhibit at the Flying Pig Gallery.  I would like to do a drawing from one of YOUR photographs.

I hope to see you soon at the Flying Pig Studio and Gallery or at one of my upcoming Art Shows listed on this page!

PS – – Someone asked why I didn’t mention my time at Pittsburg State University (in Pittsburg, Kansas) in the late seventies.  That was some time ago and still a bright spot in my career!  That was a great time for exploration and learning about Clay, Art and Life!  I saw Marge Schick (the metals prof there who makes the most incredible work – she had a big spread in American Craft several years ago) a couple of years ago when she came up to the Beach Museum in Manhattan, Kansas for her artist’s talk during her one person show there.  So much has happened since then, that it is difficult to include everything!