DESIGN&LIVING ARTIST
"FOR OVER 30 YEARS, FROM COLLEGE ON, MY WIFE AND I HAVE GROWN UP HERE. WE WATCHED DOWNTOWN FARGO GO FROM A PLACE THAT NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE ABOUT TO THIS VIBRANT, WONDERFUL, HOPPIN’ METROPOLIS FULL OF PROMISE AND FUN THINGS TO DO. WE LOVE THAT WE ARE A PART OF THAT AND WANT OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SEE IT HOW WE SEE IT AND FALL IN LOVE WITH IT TOO." DENNIS KRULL
ALPHOTORY "I would go to street fairs and see the stands with the letters made out of different parts of trees, fences or any object that looked like a letter. I wanted to bring it back to original letters and Jeannie had the idea of including the history of the business. So Alphotory project was born – Alphabetic+Photographic+History. Each letter is a business that was once established in the Fargo-Moorhead area,” said Dennis Krull. Adding to the project even further, Jeannie Krull has also created some vintage flared jewelry, cards, and shirts using the photographs. “We wanted to preserve some of the signage because a lot of it is becoming more modern,” explained Jeannie.
A SHARED PASSION The couple's artistic collaboration seems without bounds and doesn't end with Dennis Krull's talents alone. "Jeannie has always been a creative person and has dabbled in crafts and jewelry for years. Art is also in her blood. Her grandfather, Eugene Mousseau, taught her calligraphy from the time she was nine until he died when she was 15 years old. He was a calligrapher and sign painter in Minneapolis. Her dad, Phil Mousseau, was my graphic design professor at Moorhead State, and her great uncle, Roland Mousseau, was a professional fine artist as well as a WPA artist, and has at least one piece in the Smithsonian," said Dennis Krull.
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