KC ROCKS
KC ROCKS
A ROCK HOUND is an amateur collector of rocks and minerals.
I must be a ROCK HOUND because I love rocks and
have collected rocks in my neighborhood,
on beaches and mountains in the USA, and on worldwide travels.
Rocks I have collected remind me of my travels in the USA,
China, Egypt and Israel,
and favorite places at home in the KC Heartland.
Some natural rocks I display on shelves and some rocks I paint.
First - I wash the rocks and then paint them with acrylic paint.
Next - I add the details and finish with a clear coat to seal the design.
Each rock I paint
in my KC ROCKS collection has a story.
Christmas 2022, The Nativity.
at Kansas City’s own City Market!
Someone in our family
is at the City Market almost every week.
“It’s where the locals go.”
City Market
5th & Walnut
Kansas City, MO 64106
thecitymarketkc.org
City Market
Open Daily.
All Year.
All Local.
The blue painted truck rock also reminds me
of the 1967 Chevy truck my son-in-law restored.
Have you rented a bicycle to cruise the streets of KC?
Several KC businesses offer bicycle rentals.
Here’s my KC ROCKS bicycle.
It would make a great paperweight and
a reminder of a fun KC adventure.
Each of my painted rocks comes in an organza bag.
What a great gift to yourself or a friend or family!
The shuttlecock is my nod
to the giant shuttlecock on the front lawn of the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
nelson-atkins.org
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
816.751.1278
Claes Oldenburg, American, b. 1929.
Coosje van Bruggen , American, 1942 – 2009.
Shuttlecocks, 1994.
Aluminum, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, paint.
h x diam: 19 feet 2 5/16 inches x 15 feet 11 7/8 inches.
Fabricator: Merrifield-Roberts, Inc., American.
Purchase: acquired through the generosity of the Sosland Family, F94-1/3.
The KC ROCKS barn reminds me of the
Missouri Barn & Silo (designed by Maurice Jennings Architects)
in the Heartland Harvest Garden at Powell Gardens.
The silo is 45 feet tall and modeled after traditional Missouri barn silos.
Heartland Harvest Garden is an edible landscape that features
beautiful plantings with dual function to provide food.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's Botanical Garden
was established in 1988.
It's a non-profit, public garden with 970 acres.
Our family tribe has a membership at Powell Gardens.
It’s a beautiful place to take a walk.
Their special events and festivals are a delight.
powellgardens.org
816.697.2600
1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50
Kingsville, MO 64061
I come from a long line of ROCK HOUNDS.
KNOCKINGSTONES is the story of my ancestor,
a small orphan boy found on the coast of France in the days of long ago.
The homeless wanderer, too young to know his name amused himself
playing with stones by knocking the stones together.
Tragic circumstances
suggested a suitable name of this unfortunate waif.
Klopenstein - “ Knockingstone “
The homeless lad was received into a nobel man’s home and reared among nobility of France.
He grew up to manhood surrounded by luxury, wealth, and pleasures of French nobility.
The homeless wanderer became the progenitor of a distant lineage of which my family prides itself.
The Klopenstein family came to the United States in the 1700’s.
My great-grandmother was Kathryn Klopenstein Culbertson (1869-1960).
She had 16 children and the 12th was my beloved grandmother,
Mary Lucille Culbertson (1905-1990).
1927
Grandparents, Albert and Mary Lucille
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| 1915 Grandmother, Mary Lucille (10 years old) (behind her mother) with her parents and siblings. |
1976
From Left: Mother, Natalie. Center: Mary Marcia.
Right: Grandmother, Mary Lucille. Front: Daughter, Kristin.
I’m named Mary after my grandmother.
Granny (Mary) Lucille was the most important person in my life.
She told me about coming to Missouri with her family in a covered wagon.
Her mother told her to stay near the wagon so the gypsies wouldn’t kidnap her.
She was the storyteller in our family,
and she passed the responsibility on to me.
I accepted and gladly share stories of my tribe
that celebrate and honor
generations of people and places in the Heartland.
I have now known and loved seven generations
of my KNOCKINGSTONE family tribe.
Thanks for stopping by.
Come back often and invite your friends.
Always Grateful.
Always Learning.
Flawed But Fabulous.
Mary Marcia
Artist. Author and Storyteller
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