http://www.windycitizen.com/tag/painting The latest reader-recommended stories from Chicago. en http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/theater/2009/11/05/illinois-hippie-artist-calls-quits-on-route-66 <img src="http://www.windycitizen.com/files/files/BobWaldmire.jpg" style="height:72px;" align="right"/> <p><!--paging_filter-->Cast as the Volkswagon van character Fillmore in the Pixar animated movie--Cars, self-proclaimed Illinois hippie artist Bob Waldmire calls it quits from the love of his life--Route 66. From Chicago to Santa Monica, the now decommissioned federal highway carried vacationers &amp; two guys in a Mustang in search of adventure.</p> chicagotribune.com http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/theater/2009/11/05/illinois-hippie-artist-calls-quits-on-route-66#comments America Artist Association of Illinois author Bob Waldmire California Cars Cathie Stevanovich cent Chicago Chiricahua Mountains colon cancer consultant Hippie Artist India Jim Hopper Michael Wallis online pictures president Route 66 museum Santa Monica pier spokesman Theater Bob Waldmire cars chicago Cozy Dog Drive In Fillmore murals painting Pixar Route 66 Santa Monica Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:40:11 -0600 19260 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/arts/2009/10/28/chicago-art-musings-vis-vis-emmett-kerrigan-linda-warren-gallery <img src="http://www.windycitizen.com/files/" style="height:72px;" align="right"/> <p><!--paging_filter-->Some general impressions from a Chicago newcomer along with some discussion of Emmett Kerrigan's luscious paintings at Linda Warren Gallery.   </p> chicagonow.com http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/arts/2009/10/28/chicago-art-musings-vis-vis-emmett-kerrigan-linda-warren-gallery#comments Arts Alabama Alabama,United States anti-paint furrows Artist Chicago Chicago,Illinois,United States collector early/mid-career artist Emmett Kerrigan Erik Wennermark L.A. Linda Warren Gallery Los Angeles,California,United States lush oil paint Midwest New York New York,New York,United States paint phobia swimming Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa,Alabama,United States art Chicago art scene Emmett Kerrigan Linda Warren painting Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:53:50 -0500 17846 at http://www.windycitizen.com