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Overlooked Kansas
Kevin Kelly often paints Kansas scenes, but not the ones typically shown on postcards. Rather, he finds art and significance in the rhythm, repetition, and ragged beauty of the decaying edge of suburbia and small towns of Kansas.

Bob Bahr
Mar 28, 20251 min read


Exploring the Wild at City Hall Through John Keeling's Watercolors
"First Light," by John Keeling, watercolor, 14 x 11 in. When John Keeling was growing up outside of Salina, Kansas, he didn't live on a...

Bob Bahr
Feb 24, 20252 min read


DJ Matheny Puts Silver Linings in Her Work
Blame it on the weather. DJ Matheny likes to paint scenes in the Golden Hour, that time in late afternoon when warm light flows over the...

Bob Bahr
Feb 5, 20253 min read


Art That's Truer Than Journalism
"Homage to Those Who Went Before Us" by Aimee Fresia, acrylic collage, 36" x 48" People look at school shootings in a number of different...

Bob Bahr
Jan 12, 20253 min read


New Art Show Features Interesting Trio
Make plans to see the Nov. 6 opening of the newest art show at the R. G. Endres Gallery, in Prairie Village's municipal building--this exhibition features the thought-provoking work of three area artists: Lisa Healey, Aimee Fresia, and Jean McGuire.

Bob Bahr
Oct 27, 20242 min read


A Classical Showstopper and a Best in Show Winner
A crowd was around one particular painting all evening during the exhibition opening of "State of the Arts" on September 11 at the...

Bob Bahr
Sep 30, 20246 min read
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