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My Drawings and Paintings :

My Drawings and Paintings

Updated: Jul 02, 2008 7:19pm PST

2007-06-23, Georgetown Artopia : Artopia is an annual event held in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. HPE's JohnD mentioned it and it sounded like fun so I went.

2007-06-23, Georgetown Artopia

Artopia is an annual event held in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seat ...

Updated: Jun 24, 2007 11:53am PST

2007-06-23, Georgetown Artopia-Street Magician : Street magic "Its a show of prestidigitation" - Sagealicious was a very expressive and fun performer. Find out more at www.thepettingzooplayers.com

2007-06-23, Georgetown Artopia-Street Magician

Street magic "Its a show of prestidigitation" - Sagealicious was a ve ...

Updated: Jun 24, 2007 3:33am PST

Ruppel Gallery Show : Friend Robh Ruppel ( http://www.robhruppel.com/ ) - an amazing concept and feature artist was part of a gallery show at the Gallery Nucleus ( http://gallerynucleus.com/ ) - lots of wonderful fine and digital art on display, afterward we had Soul Food across the street ( Chicken and Waffles - nothing tastes better at midnight )

Ruppel Gallery Show

Friend Robh Ruppel ( http://www.robhruppel.com/ ) - an amazing concept ...

Updated: Dec 17, 2006 4:45pm PST

2006-09-27, Bridge of Glass : The sky was clear and the sun was getting low in the sky, so I drove out to Tacoma to visit the Bridge of Glass and hang out and take pictures in Chihuly's glassblowing shop. Sadly the shop was closed but I did enjoy Tacoma and then attempted to find a good spot to see the sunset on Rainier. I missed most of it trying to find a good unblocked location. I did find it finally just a little past sunset. The view between the trees was gorgeous also, just couldn't see the whole mountain.

2006-09-27, Bridge of Glass

The sky was clear and the sun was getting low in the sky, so I drove o ...

Updated: Oct 18, 2006 5:22am PST

2006-10-08, Applejuice : April & Deb were making applejuice when I visited to help with a computer issue (we barter tiny-house landscaping for computer repairs). Techinque: Peel and core the apples, then put them in the steamer to steam out the juice. Juice goes into super clean jars with boiled lids.

2006-10-08, Applejuice

April & Deb were making applejuice when I visited to help with a compu ...

Updated: Oct 18, 2006 4:56am PST

Tacoma Museum of Glass :

Tacoma Museum of Glass

Updated: Apr 16, 2006 8:48pm PST

Art Institute Chicago (Oct 2008) : It was a great afternoon at the AIChicago museum -one thing, they allow non-flash photography so I was extremely happy. I'm studying how painters make folds in fabric and the suggestion of thick brocade with just a few brush strokes or patches of color - so there are a lot of detailed pictures about that here. I did take photos of most of the artist information next to the paintings so if there is something you are particularly interested in leave a note and I can dig up the card. -m

Art Institute Chicago (Oct 2008)

It was a great afternoon at the AIChicago museum -one thing, they allo ...

Updated: Oct 19, 2008 4:20pm PST

Urban Craft Uprising & Seattle Stroll : Rachel suggested the Urban Craft Uprising ( http://www.urbancraftuprising.com/ ) as something I might like. It was really just what I was looking for - over a hundred tables of beautiful hand crafted gifts - no mall or factory stuff anywhere. We had a good time hunting art through the crowded aisles - we both had covered our lists in very little time Rachel bought a hat, and I got a little natural felted wool art square for the house. Most booths also had the artisans that made the things that were on sale - I always like talking to them to hear about the inspirations and insights of their particular craft. I am defintiely going to attend this every year - what a great find. After the show I got some Thai food, walked down to the water hoping for a good sunset, along the waterfront to Pikes Place Market, then back up the hill to my car. A chill winter day filled with friendship, art, music, and food - hard to top that.

Urban Craft Uprising & Seattle Stroll

Rachel suggested the Urban Craft Uprising ( http://www.urbancraftupris ...

Updated: Dec 06, 2008 8:57pm PST

2009-02-28, Grape Day Park, Escondido, CA : We were just looking for a park to take a walk in - and stumbled across this magical place. First the giant grape vine and grapes were so natural and organic. We saw buildings in the back and started to walk toward them ...I sniffed the air and said "I smell blacksmiths" - charcoal and heated metal. Heading for the Blacksmiths we came across a working wheelwright shop. The guide there gave us a complete tour - demonstrating all the equipment and how a wheel was assembled. Modern equipment and specialized tools combined with ancient know-how and craftsmanship. After the Wheelwright we just moved right onto the working blacksmith shop - old shaft and belt driven tools and several forges and anvils were demonstrated. Then over to the rail station - beautifully re-created ticket office and loading platform, then inside the train car with a car-length diorama of Escondido in the early 1900s - back of the train held the postal sorting station. Finally we got a private tour of a 7 gabel house - wonderfully laid out and filled with historical artifacts. Special thanks to the friendly guides! Permission granted to use facility pictures by Grape Day park for any promotional purpose with a photo credit.

2009-02-28, Grape Day Park, Escondido, CA

We were just looking for a park to take a walk in - and stumbled acros ...

Updated: Mar 04, 2009 1:28am PST