Dancing with Sea Lions
The Dancing With Sea Lions project began as a fundraiser for the 20th Anniversary of the Florence Events Center. The volunteers of the Florence Arts, Culture, and Entertainment nonprofit group (previously known as the Friends of the FEC) headed up this project in conjunction with the Florence Events Center Staff. Twenty life size sea lion sculptures were each painted by a different artist. All of them were displayed with their sponsors along the Oregon Coast till October of 2016, when they were then purchased by businesses and individuals. Fifteen of them are still publicly displayed in Florence and near by coastal locations. See our 'Where are they now' map for their current locations, and check our blog for updates. Share your Dancing Sea Lion pics with us and we'll add them to our Gallery of images.
Kassy Keppol
Project Name: Diver’s Story
Artist Kassy Keppol designed Diver’s Story to tell the story of the friendship between a girl and her friend Porter. Across Porter’s body there are ten storybook picture panels showing different scenes of things they might be doing together. The picture panels are framed and connected with faux batik and henna designs. The whimsical scenes are meant to draw the eye and the patterns to capture.
Local school teacher, wife, and mother of four, Kassy Keppol is also a successful Children's Book Illustrator. With a Masters certification in Children's Book Illustration from Hollins University Keppol has published four books including: Sighing Upside Down, Sleeping in Dragon Wings, Blank Pages_Memoirs, and a Coloring Writing Journal. She currently is working on an MFA in Children's book writing and illustrating. In her spare time she is participating in the 12 by 12 challenge and illustrating a book of by her mother, ------------------ ---------. She is also an accomplished Henna Artist and has a small craft business called Dragon Art. To see more of her work visit Kassy Keppol.com and dragonart .com
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The artist painted with resist and Acrylic. (The resist is removed after the layers of paint are added.)
