June 25, 2016
Today is warm in Glendale. An 'arts' fair was held down in Glendale's Central Park with a score or so of vendors.. artists.. jewelry makers and a guy with a cooler hitched to his motor scooter reading a book in the afternoon sun. Chatting with folks who have forked over a hundred bucks or so to participate was nice. All sorts of art from a very talented woman artist whose work may rival Wayne Thibeault to an asian watercolorist whose western themes were idiosyncratic as he was guy from San Gabriel who joyfully hawked his wares. Timothy, the husband and CEO of his wife's jewelry business in Big Bear (he "carries everything out!" ) taught me about 'reticulation'... a technique that takes sheets of sterling silver and by heating and cooling them, creates unique rippling patterns on the silver.
I was most impressed with the work of Adriana Guidi, an artist whose work reminded me of Thibeault's. It's a tough gig to hawk your own wares with visitors barely stopping to enjoy the work or have a chat. She does pet portraits (she'd even do a lizard!) and cars and her portraits of an old VW bus and a neighbor were favorites.
The dirt area directly adjacent to the park is almost perfect for petanque play. If I could get the City to contribute a little decomposed granite and do a bit of grading, three or four terrains could be played on at the same time. I met a security guy from El Salvador who seemed interested in playing. My energy for continuing to ask for the City to help is waning. Being ignored is worse than being turned down.
Murder and mayhem show up daily on the TV news. What lives we lead with all the rancor in the air.
Work on my piece for the LAMAG Open Call proceeds slowly. Life goes on.
July 25, 2016
michaelsheehan
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