7/16/09

I was posted on tahoeculture.com as a Bio Artist page here in Lake Tahoe! Luv'n it.

http://tahoeculture.com/2009/07/15/tahoe-expressions-by-kris-prater/

Well, it was a memory lane weekend with friends and new friends. We all met near Santa Rosa, California. The wine country is beautiful, and partying with friends there is even better. Great atmosphere, food, wine, music, and art from moi. I was pleased to have sold my Chronic-Hydro Mask and a couple of jewelry pieces not shown on this site yet. I love you guys, and seriously stay the same, thanx for all the fun!

Testing your ideas with friends is a hot/cold thing. So be prepared for negative opinions. Not everything you make appeals to all. So create a lot of pieces from key thematic ideas and you can make strong pieces with a nice flare from your influence of style and artistic observations.

Making people happy is what my masks are all about and Tahoe Expressions is a coin term for me that encompasses all the expressions that we feel and see. I live at Lake Tahoe, and expressions are around here in all forms. Putting in that extra ink of creativity over normal life can be a challenge and that is what makes it interesting. Blending ideas create new ideas, and Lake Tahoe gives me them all the time.

 :) Kris Prater/Owner