Friday, June 8, 2012

ART AT THE SOURCE

DURING THE SUMMER THERE ARE TWO SPECIAL WEEKENDS WHEN ABOUT 100 ARTISTS OPEN THEIR STUDIOS AND INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TO VIEW THEIR PRODUCTS AND PAINTINGS. THEY CAN PERSONALLY MEET PROSPECTIVE BUYERS AND DISCUSS HOW THEY MAKE THEIR PRODUCTS AND PAINTINGS AND THEIR BACKGROUND. IT IS CALLED ART AT THE SOURCE. THERE IS A MAP WITH VARIOUS ADDRESSES SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND MEET AND IDENTIFY THE ARTISTS IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL STUDIOS. THESE ARTISTS HAVE TAKEN GREAT PRIDE AND TIME IN PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR COLLECTIONS AND DISPLYING THEM. MANY ARTISTS HAVE GATHERED TOGETHER FOR EASE IN PREPARING DISPLAY AREAS. I HAVE VIsITED MANY OF THE ARTISTS DURING THESE WEEKENDS AND IT IS FUN.

THIS WEEKEND I WENT TO GLASS PRODUCTIONS AND VARIOUS SCULPTURES WHO WERE VERY INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO. I MET A LADY IN OCCIDENTAL WHO PAINTED BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES THAT HAD BEEN REPRODUCED. SHE EXPLAINED THAT THIS PROCESS IS EXPENSIVE AS WELL. SHE WAS INTERESTED IN MY TALKS AND I GAVE HER MY WEBSITE. MANY PEOPLE HAD A VARIETY OF INTERESTING TREATS. THERE WAS A GAL WHO HAD STAWBERRIES AND I SAID THEY WERE TO THE POMO. IN THIS TERRITORY THE INDIANS WERE FROM THE COAST MIWOK.

SOME PEOPLE KNEW THEY WERE PART INDIAN AND SOME WERE VERY BUSY.

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