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performance and also because we
had to explain to our then three-
year-old daughter, Sienna, why
BY
JOHN
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mommy
was KRAFT
holding a (Draft
knife and
covered in blood. More recently and
closer to home, she has performed
in concert as a soloist with Marin
Symphony and is a current
member of the Left Coast Chamber
Ensemble. In addition to her bel
canto work, she is a new music
specialist and is often called upon
to perform incredibly difficult but
fulfilling contemporary pieces.
like Apple and Intel and have been
invited to participate in events like
Art for AIDS (Alliance Health Project),
Heroes and Hearts (SF General
Hospital Foundation) and ArtSpan’s
annual benefit art auction. Most
recently, and north of the bridge, I
learned that my piece Sky Kiss will
appear as the cover image on this
year’s Marin Open Studios Guide.
In my new Flower Power mixed-media series, I celebrate th
Art & Arias ~ A Family Affair
My artistic path has had a few more
twists and turns. With degrees in
mechanical and marine engineering,
it was not until my late 20s that I
started pursuing a life as a visual
Summer of Love. These compositions allude to the flower ch
In my new Flower Power mixed-
that love can change the world. This visual art reconnects to
titles of each piece are taken from songs released in 1967. T
media series, I celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the Summer of Love.
Our da
These compositions allude to the
I referred earlier to this being the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, but it also have d
flower children, who believed as happens
I do to be the year that I’ll turn 50. Milestones like this cause one to pause and for art
reflect. In the material sense, I concede to not having a flashy car or a home on the
ho
that love can change the world. beach
This or a bursting portfolio of stocks, but in all the ways that count I indeed feel like see
the
expres
richest guy in town.
visual art reconnects to the world
of
it be th
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has alr
music as the titles of each piece are
Alice a
You can learn more about John’s art at johnkraft.com and Nikki’s upcoming
taken from songs released in 1967.
performances at nikkieinfeld.com.
in Pete
to mim
Think Monkees, not Mozart.
Video Links:
melod
Nikki performing
with Left Coast Chamber
Ensemble:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The richest guy in town… A throwback
to Sienna
the phrase
the classic
movie,
It’s
a
Our daughters
and Kira from
have
time si
v=su69RgTnGhc
new-m
inherited
our to
love
for art the good fortune I’ve found
Wonderful Life, but also a line definitely
I sometimes
use
describe
John painting his SF Heart for Heroes and Hearts: https://www.youtube.com/watch? make
v=IXrcwumBTXA
and music.
wonderful
to see
how
in my own life. I’m a Marin-based
artist It’s and
my wife,
Nikki
Einfeld, is a Canadian-born school
Wiggle
free children can be in expressing
sense
lyric coloratura soprano. We met
back
in
the
Summer
of
2003
while
she
was
themselves—whether it be through
participating in San Francisco art Opera’s
Merola
Program. She
selected
to the
Love, was
but it later
also happens
to be
or song. Sienna
has already
year that I’ll which
turn 50. gave
Milestones
participate in the company’s prestigious
Program,
me like
a
performed as Adler
Alice in Fellowship
Alice and
artist. To this day, my background in Wonderland and Peter in Peter Pan.
this
cause
one
to
pause
and
reflect.
great opportunity to ask for a second date. After considering the difference in
engineering informs both my style
In the material sense, I concede to
Kira
often
attempts
to mimic she
the accepted
temperature
between Winnipeg
and
San
Francisco,
my proposal and we
and my process as an artist.
not having a flashy car or a home
sometimes atonal melody lines and
were married in 2005 at the opera house. Two years later we on relocated
to Marin, where
the beach or a bursting portfolio
With my digital work, I first create
mind-bending time signatures in one
we’ve
continued to build a life of
infused
with both art and music
oh, and
of - stocks,
but in kids!
all the Our
ways that
visual elements with traditional
Nikki’s new-music pieces, which
daughters
Sienna
(age
9)
and
Kira
(age
6)
are
already
spreading
their
creative
wings
count
I
indeed
feel
like
the
richest
painting methods—acrylics, pastels
can make for an interesting drive to
and
making
us those
proud.
etc. I then
digitize
elements
school. It’s a far cry from the Wiggles. guy in town. MA&C
and combine them with digital
The girls are in every sense our pride Visit John at Marin Open Studios,
I’ve while
been fortunate
joy. before Nikki and I met, details
johnkraft.com
and view
I illustration.
admit that
I appreciated and
opera
I did at not
have a complete
over the years to have my work
Nikki’s upcoming
at
I referred
earlier
to this
being the associated
understanding
of the extraordinary
music
and
storytelling
with performances
the art form.
featured or exhibited by companies
nikkieinfeld.com
.
50th anniversary of the Summer of
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