A Stroll Through the Art Festival
Posted in Daily Life by Howard | Tags: art, bus, festivalA couple of weekends ago Summer and I decided to hit up the local art festival. We really enjoy going to things like this – festivals and what not. It’s nice walking around hand-in-hand with my wife exploring a bunch of new things, people watching, and creating memories. We didn’t bring the camera out of respect because we know some artists don’t like that.
Getting there was weird because you were not allowed to park at the location. We ended up driving to a mall that is further away, and taking a bus to the event. We lucked out and got a front row spot, so that saved us like a mile of walking. Taking the bus is always a hoot – people talk about the strangest things. I also like how 99% of humans don’t know how to exit a bus properly so when we come to our stop it’s funny to see them ALL stand at once and try to rush out.
I purchased our tickets, and we went right in. No purse check!? Dang, we could have brought snacks. Oh well. We didn’t have a map or know where to go so we just went wherever the pathway took us. There are a couple of tents and artists that stuck out to us, one being a lady from California that made leather-bound journals. The kind used in Indiana Jones that Summer loves. Of course we snagged her business card.
Both of us loved this lady’s oil paintings. Her name is Georgia and she has a series of pier/beach/children’s artwork that we want to own. We’re not sure of the prices, but I’m sure their rather high because we agree her work is amazing!
One guy made sculptures, a giant banana and table, out of smashed metal bottle caps. I heard him tell someone that most caps are donated to him, but he flattens them all himself.
Near the end of the walk we discovered a tent full of what looked like photographs, but when we came closer we noticed that they were paintings. No way! Yep, there was even a sign saying, “Don’t be fooled! These are hand-painted.”
All in all it was an awesome day, especially when Summer told me that the $20 for tickets was well worth the trip and time we spent together.
