Summerfest Art

As promised here are some pictures of the artists (and their work) who were exhibiting at the Summerfest in Kirkland on Saturday. There were a real variety of people there.

Bob & Melanie Delaney. Blackwaters Metal. I loved this beast, he is so full of character. If I win the lottery…

 

This was hidden down an alleyway and was definitely my favourite find of the day.

I think this was done for Mother’s Day in 2000.

To keep myself hydrated I went to the ‘Rococco’ coffee shop. Being the traditionalist I went for a tea based drink called ‘London Fog’. It turned out to be a latte but with black tea. Very nice.

 

As I said in my last post, many sculptures were shipped in from outside and put on display in Kirkland for the festival.

This is similar to some of those at Carillon point. I think it would be great with some chimes to sing out when the wind blows.

The water from this was great to cool off the feet. Its nice to just sit and listen to running water – very relaxing.

Argent Spiral by Micajah Bienvenu. On sale for only $15,000!

The were a series of these silvery metal sculptures. Lovely with the sunlight reflecting off them.

Spent Spinner by Micajah Bienvenu.

A walk around Lake Washington.

My first week in Seattle has gone by really quickly. I had no time for jet-lag as I started working almost as soon as I arrived. Saturday was my first day off and gave me the chance to explore the area around where I am currently living – Kirkland. Since, I haven’t yet sorted out a car I had to go on foot. I did get a few odd looks from people driving past me, but that may have been because I was out walking in the baking heat of the midday sun (it was 30°C on Saturday), rather than just the fact that I was out walking! My walk took me from my flat (apartment) along the shore of Lake Washington to Carillon Point and then into Kirkland town centre.

This bench has the potential for being a prefect place to sit and sketch!

I found this lovely glass sculpture on the lake front. It was made by Andrew Carson from Seattle. I now really want to go and visit the Seattle glass works and see what else they have done. The rest of the weekend was spent enjoying the sunshine by the pool at the apartment and having a BBQ. So far Seattle definitely has a thumbs up from me!

NEOS is finished!

Sunday was the last day of NEOS and it was really great last day. The sun came out and the people flocked. Lots of people came who had shown at Mill Farm on previous years; it was really nice to see them. It is always good to finish on a high.

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So as promised here are some pictures of Louise Gardener’s sculpture so that you can see how te piece has developed over the last nine days.

Sculpture by Loiuse Gardener.

Sculpture by Louise Gardener.

The fish are really beginning to come out of the stone and you can see how it is going to become a working bird bath when it is done.

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My big piece of news is that I sold one of the new pieces I was working on over the weekend. I sold one to Louise and Susie asked to have one too, which I gave to her for letting me stay for the last two weeks. It is really nice to know that other artists liked my work enough to want to have it on the wall in their home. Here is a picture of the piece half done. You can see the print and the lino side by side. In total the final print has 5 different layers.

Print in progress.

Yesterday was spent returning Susie’s studio to normal and packing every thing away.  Today I took the

opportunity to go to the beach at Balmedie and do some sketching. It was nice to get out and blow some of the cobwebs away before the monster drive back to Surrey tomorrow.

Balmedie beach.

Balmedie beach.

This is Balmedie Beach from the top of the tallest sand dune that I was able to climb up. The sea air was eactly what I needed after 9 days of open studios!