Artist of the Day: Kevin Swallow

My artist of the day is Kevin Swallow, a stalwart, devoted, lunch-bucket kind of artist. He shows up every day and works. He works in the historic Cornelia Arts Building, in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago.

Here he is announcing a corporate commission.

Wrigley Building, Kevin Swallow artist, 2014

La Raza Visits Our Studio Open House

Left to right, Guillermo Carrillo, Basia Krol, Nancy Charak, Kevin Swallow. I look good, even in Spanish. Thanks to Guillermo Carrillo, a native of Columbia, one of the artists who works in our building of artist's studios, a reporter came from La Raza to interview him and the other artists in the building. Guillermo understands that if you invite the press and other important guests they just might come by to see you and your work. "If you don't invite them, how will they know whether or not to come?" That's my newest motto.

The article talks about Guillermo's history as an artist, his home town in Columbia, and the variety of art media, styles and ethnicities of the artists in the building.