{"id":171,"date":"2010-08-03T21:33:39","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T21:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2011-10-21T16:01:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T20:01:41","slug":"the-whimsical-world-of-karen-fincannon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/the-whimsical-world-of-karen-fincannon\/","title":{"rendered":"the whimsical world of karen fincannon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of flying to participate in the Atlanta gift show this summer, we thought it would be fun to make a road trip out of it &amp; visit some friends in the area&#8230; one of the them being the lovely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfincannon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Karen Fincannon<\/a> (and her humorous husband, Paul;)<\/p>\n<p>We got to tour through her studio which is behind her house&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e2013485f84b12970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e2013485f84b12970c \" title=\"Karen1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e2013485f84b12970c-800wi\" alt=\"Karen1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, her talent is limitless.\u00a0 She clearly get&#8217;s bored easily and is always doing something new &amp; fantastic.\u00a0 Most of these images are in the middle of the artistic process.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2d4b380970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20133f2d4b380970b \" title=\"Karen2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2d4b380970b-800wi\" alt=\"Karen2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe were able to see the <em>before &amp; after<\/em> of these wild birds when we visited her art fair booth at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.belecherefestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bel Chere Festival<\/a> in Asheville, NC later that week.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2d4b661970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20133f2d4b661970b \" title=\"Karen4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2d4b661970b-800wi\" alt=\"Karen4\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t these portly dogs a hoot?<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2d4b743970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20133f2d4b743970b \" title=\"Karen3\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2d4b743970b-800wi\" alt=\"Karen3\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd I must admit&#8230; if she had a Basset Hound available to sit on one of her ceramic chairs &#8211; it totally would have had to come home with me;)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Karen &amp; Paul for inviting us into your whimsical world!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subtitle\"><span style=\"color: #330066;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #009933;\">Love to see how creative people see the world?\u00a0 Then <\/span><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/get-the-latest-updates-in-your-inbox\/\"><span style=\"color: #330066;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #009933;\">sign up<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #330066;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #009933;\">\u00a0to receive these\u00a0colorful blog posts in your email inbox&#8230;. and you&#8217;ll discover many talented souls!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/the-whimsical-world-of-karen-fincannon\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/the-whimsical-world-of-karen-fincannon\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of flying to participate in the Atlanta gift show this summer, we thought it would be fun to make a road trip out of it &amp; visit some friends in the area&#8230; one of the them being the lovely Karen Fincannon (and her humorous husband, Paul;) We got to tour through her studio which is behind her house&#8230; In my opinion, her talent is limitless.\u00a0 She clearly get&#8217;s bored easily and is always doing something new &amp; fantastic.\u00a0 Most of these images are in the middle of the artistic process. We were able to see the before &amp; after of these wild birds when we visited her art fair booth at the Bel Chere Festival in Asheville, NC later that week. Aren&#8217;t these portly dogs a hoot? And I must admit&#8230; if she had a Basset Hound available to sit on one of her ceramic chairs &#8211; it totally would have had to come home with me;) Thanks Karen &amp; Paul for inviting us into your whimsical world! 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