So, just a little more about my garden party. The recession we are in hurts all artists and we have to constantly look for new ways to expose our art to the public. For me this garden art walk was an incredible way to meet a lot of new people and I had a captive audience. They came to me and saw my studio, the tools of my trade, my beautiful garden and the art pieces I had all over the place. Far more than I had ever put into a gallery. Reminds me of the baseball diamond, "if you build it they will come"! And they did! Local television and radio people, lots of photographers and someone who is writing a book on outdoor structures, rich people, poor people and curious people. and Edwin Root with his guitars (he is googleable!) and Jimmy Torres (who knew he lives in Eugene!) just shows up! The music in the garden was special and captivating in itself. The reason I am telling this story is when you have trouble getting your work into a gallery you can create a gallery in your own environment and bring the people to you!
Showing posts with label Jimmy Torres. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jimmy Torres. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
More Garden Party
So, just a little more about my garden party. The recession we are in hurts all artists and we have to constantly look for new ways to expose our art to the public. For me this garden art walk was an incredible way to meet a lot of new people and I had a captive audience. They came to me and saw my studio, the tools of my trade, my beautiful garden and the art pieces I had all over the place. Far more than I had ever put into a gallery. Reminds me of the baseball diamond, "if you build it they will come"! And they did! Local television and radio people, lots of photographers and someone who is writing a book on outdoor structures, rich people, poor people and curious people. and Edwin Root with his guitars (he is googleable!) and Jimmy Torres (who knew he lives in Eugene!) just shows up! The music in the garden was special and captivating in itself. The reason I am telling this story is when you have trouble getting your work into a gallery you can create a gallery in your own environment and bring the people to you!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Garden Party!
Last summer my garden was featured on a Garden Art Walk. I live in center of a small town in the middle of Oregon, on one third acre which I share with my house, my studio, my wife, one dog, one cat, a lot of squirrels and the rest is all garden, my famous tomatoes and about a bazillion flowers. This was an opportunity to show off and I had my metal art pieces scattered
all over the place. But I wanted this to be fun. I found a stainless steel sheet about four feet by three feet and framed it in steel and set it up on an easel for all to paint on while there! 152 people showed up! each contributing $10 to the local art society! and all of them added to this painting! A friend of mine who makes wonderful hand-crafted guitars (I'll show them to you tomorrow) showed up with five guitars, and Jimmy Torres (google his name, please!) showed up! I had never heard of him! Turns out he is famous! Wrote the song, "Sugar Shack" and some others. He stayed for five hours and kept these garden artwalkers here for most of that time!
What was supposed to be a fifeteen minute tour became an all day adventure, and I will tell you more about it tomorrow!
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