The Fall Into the Arts Festival at Centennial Lakes Park featured over 200 artists last weekend, spanning 11 different forms of artistic media including sculptures, gourmet food, and two-dimensional works of art.

Edina Chamber of Commerce President Shelly Loberg estimated the festival drew 35–40,000 guests over the weekend.

“Festival goers and the artists in general love the Centennial Lakes,” Loberg said.

The festival grounds extended into the nearby parking lot at 7601 France Avenue S, where people gathered to enjoy cooking from food trucks while browsing art. Although the festival features several different mediums of art, two specific types grab the most attention every year.

“The largest categories are two-dimensional, which would be paintings or illustrations and mixed media,” Loberg said.

Two-dimensional artist Matthew Rucker has been attending the festival for five years as an artist. The pride of his booth this year is a painting called “Interstellar,” featuring a midnight blue background with a whale shark painted entirely with white dots.

“It took over two years of research—once I came up with the concept—to actually do the painting,” he said. “Because how do you make something look three-dimensional with just white dots? How do you make it look like a real animal?” Rucker’s paintings often portray hyper-realistic paintings of animals against a solid background.

Rucker’s work is one of many types of art featured at the Fall Into the Arts Festival. Next year marks the festival’s 22nd year running.