Most of the time in my work I don't have the faintest idea what's going to happen. I sit down & feel the world around me & in me. I listen to the voices of my heart. I draw a line. I draw another line. I remember the time I won a whole bag of marbles from my next door neighbor. I remember going to the beach with all my cousins. I draw more lines. I remember more things. I keep putting down lines. Every line is a whisper of memory, of my life at that moment.

People ask me how I come up with the stuff I do. I tell them it's all right there when I listen..."

You may already know the work of Brian Andreas, since he's been internationally recognized as an artist & storyteller for many years now. What you may not know is that Brian Andreas is the pen name of the artist & writer Kai Skye.

For over 35 years he's been known around the world for his uniquely lyrical work celebrating the strength, beauty & boundless possibility of the human spirit. He's authored nineteen books - filled with colorful drawings & short stories that, through the years, have accompanied so many of you through the quiet moments of living.

Born in Iowa, raised in Chicago,  he graduated from Luther College with a BA in Theater & English. Later on, after he figured out what he really wanted to do, he got an MFA in Fiber and Mixed Media from John F. Kennedy University in the Bay Area of California. From there he became an artist-entrepreneur, creating & running a company that would produce & distribute the art he made. Up until 2015, Kai was the sole artist & writer of work sold by StoryPeople*. He headed this company for 24 of those 25 years.

Now, he's headed in a new direction, with a whole new company: an eco-conscious studio where he continues to draw, design, & handcraft raw materials with his unique way of seeing the world. Working daily in the studio, side by side with his wife, Fia. Making beautiful things with their hands. Writing. Drawing. Painting. Woodworking. Inviting you to view your own stories in a whole new way.

They continue to do one of their favorite things: listening for what people can create in the world together. 

*One last note: After a contentious divorce in 2019, Kai lost ownership of the old company & the rights to the majority of his most well-known stories. As you might imagine, he has had no association with the old company since then. Any work that you happen to see there now that copies his well-known style, or that uses his name, art or stories, is produced without his input.   

Even so, Kai retains use of the name Brian Andreas & continues to create his work using that name. When you get art from Flying Edna with the Brian Andreas signature, know how much it means to us that you support him & his unique body of work.