It's Nearly Here! West Loop Contemporary Fine Art Expo Oct. 17-19

CHICAGO - Oct. 11, 2025 - PRLog -- Chicago's big Fine Art Expo opens in just days. It's time to plan your visit to see stunning watercolors by Anne Nordhaus-Bike.

Choose your best date - Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, October 17, 18, or 19, and head directly to Booth No. 7 to meet Anne and see her array of original, "ready to hang and enjoy now" paintings.

"I'm thrilled to bring a large selection of my paintings to the expo in a curated set of collections," said Nordhaus-Bike. "Besides my latest flower paintings on exquisite handmade papers, I'll showcase colorful semi-abstract landscapes, a special Halloween/Day Of The Dead collection of (mostly) skull and bone watercolors, and a special set of intriguing, colorful paintings "from the vault" that haven't been exhibited in many years."

Fine Art Expo Details

The Fine Art Expo will be held in the auditorium of Plumbers Hall, 1350 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago.

Hours are: Friday, October 17, 7 to 10 p.m. for a VIP first look preview; and Saturday and Sunday, October 18 and 19, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tickets And More Information

For tickets and more information, go to the Fine Art Expo page on Anne's website, https://annenordhausbike.com/blogs/blog/experience-an-ent....

About Anne Nordhaus-Bike

Award-winning artist Anne Nordhaus-Bike paints colorful, joyful watercolors inspired by nature.

Anne's art has appeared in numerous solo and group shows as well as many arts programs, presentations, and performances. Her work has been published in periodicals and books; covered in numerous print publications; and featured in broadcast media, both on television and feature films.

She received a degree in art history, with honors, from the University of Chicago and went on to launch a fine arts column that ran for two decades in the Gazette Chicago newspaper, where she has served in various capacities since the newspaper's founding in 1983. She joined Gazette Chicago's board of directors in 2004. She founded her multimedia arts firm, ANB Communications, in 1993.

A member of the prestigious Woman Made Gallery in Chicago since 1998, she launched her book, Follow The Sun, with a book signing at Woman Made in 2012; the book includes more than a dozen of her original watercolors. Among her many awards and honors, she was named to the National Women's Hall of Fame's Wall of Fame.

Anne lives with her husband Bill and cat Sterling in Chicago, where she makes art and enjoys cooking, tai chi, and time in nature.

For more information go to https://annenordhausbike.com/ or email anne@annenordhausbike.com