by EdKoehler | Jun 5, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
Mid-Century Modern My art education was at the St. Louis Community College campus at Forest Park. This spare and efficient urban campus, designed by prominent mid-century architect Edward Durell Stone, rose from the ashes of the Forest Park Highlands amusement park....
by EdKoehler | Feb 28, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
Patient adjective 1. able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious. I’ve been an illustrator for a long time. Long enough to remember using older tools of the commercial artist’s craft. Stuff like Rubylith,...
by EdKoehler | Feb 14, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
Spike For Valentine’s Day Judy gave me this Topsy Turvy mug. I have a small collection of toys, trinkets, stuffed animals and a few gee-gaws in my studio. Emphasis on a few, I’m not a “collector” of stuff and being something of a minimalist, I...
by EdKoehler | Feb 1, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
Louis Armstrong When I was a kid, we didn’t go to church on Sunday night. Nobody I knew went to church on Sunday night. We watched Ed Sullivan on Sunday night. Everybody I knew watched Ed Sullivan on Sunday night. This was the heyday of The Ed Sullivan Show. I...
by EdKoehler | Jan 24, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
The Day Valentine’s Day, St. Valentine’s Day, to be exact, is a holiday fraught with ambiguity. No sooner have the stores removed the trees, ornaments, and Santa’s throne, the hearts appear. Pink-hearted cards, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, chalky...
by EdKoehler | Jan 18, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Have you ever attended one of those dinners where people are invited without knowing who the other guests will be? The idea is to make new acquaintances and enjoy an evening of pleasant surprises. These dinners are fun. Usually....
by EdKoehler | Jan 15, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
Are You a Food Person? Probably not. I’m not talking about a lover of food, I mean a food person. Like the Coffee Bean Lady pictured above. She’s a ripe, pre-roasted coffee bean. She’s in the marketing tradition of using anthropomorphic viddles to...
by EdKoehler | Jan 3, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
The Big Day I’m from a large family of four boys and three girls, and I’m number three in the bunch. Or third oldest, as I always seem to say. A large blue collar family dependent upon urban transportation had limited entertainment options. We had a few...
by EdKoehler | Dec 27, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
Whimsical or Not? My post from last week, entitled Christmas Whimsy, received a comment suggesting that Christmas was not whimsical. Since I like to think of a blog as a dialogue, all respectful comments are welcome and worth pondering. And so I pondered. Since one...
by EdKoehler | Dec 20, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
I haven’t written in a while and I do apologize. All the holiday hubbub, I suppose. Here we are, just a few days from Christmas and I want to get back on a weekly schedule for the new year. When I started Art & Whimsy in May, my purpose was to make a case...
