122
artists...29 painting, 22 jewelery, 15 mixed media, 14 photography, 9
ceramics, 8 sculpture (stone, wood, etc.), 7 wood, 6 glass (with one
exception the glass was all very basic beginner stuff), 6
pastel/drawing, 6 other (fiber, leather, etc.).
Like
all art festivals there were works of exquisite quality and works
that you wonder how the hell they managed to get juried in. I did get tired of seeing fish and sea birds though (Rockport is on the coast) as that seemed to be the subject matter of a majority of the artists.
These
were my favorites (alphabetically by first name)...
Aly Winningham's creative whimsical mosaics
Al and Jenny Hoeksema's colorful ceramics
Bill
Killean's beautiful carved wood sculpture (I could find nothing on him, only his email address on his card bkillian@hot.rr.com)
Cindy Gentry's unique and beautiful flame worked glass
and silver jewelry
Darby Freeman's fun mosaic fish and skulls
James Offeman's exquisite pastel paintings of birds (might
have to save up for one of his)
Larry Pile's fun fused glass
Randy Martin's kinetic copper sculptures (I bought one of the mermaids)
Steven
Garza's beautiful carved wood fishing reels (I could find nothing on him,
only his email address on his card reeltree2017@gmail.com)
Suzanne Juneau's gorgeous brass, bronze,
copper, and enameled jewelry (I bought one of her pins and I don't
even wear pins!)
Yan Lee's ink portraits of famous trees
a
few more pictures...
looks interesting and fun. Wasn't Rockport all but washed away in the hurricane last year?
ReplyDeleteyes, it was but we didn't see any evidence of it but then we didn't delve very deeply into town.
Deletethanks for sharing your art adventure. lovely
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing! Some great talent there!
ReplyDeleteThey are all beautiful, but my favorites are the jewelry.
ReplyDeleteI would have had to have had my hands tied into my pockets. Those bird paintings are spectacular! Love the mosaics, too, and the famous tree renditions.
ReplyDeleteSo much fun and sooooo much talent. Those birds!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful work! I wonder how on earth someone came up with the idea of making fishing reels out of wood. People are so mysterious and creative! I love the mosaics in the first photo.
ReplyDeleteA lot of variety. Nice to see the appreciation of art through an artist's eyes. I wonder what captures you...originality, color, style?
ReplyDeleteoriginality, whimsy, skill, complexity not necessarily in that order and to a lesser degree style and color. take the fishing reels for example. I don't fish, would never buy one but I could appreciate their beauty and the skill with which they were done and the hours they obviously each took.
DeleteJust gorgeous, Ellen! Those ceramics really call to me and so does the silver and flame-worked jewelry. And that carved wood sculpture with the hibiscus and birds! All of the artists really have great talent.
ReplyDeleteA two hour drive , I hope it was worth it! Looks to be so, some lovely work there. Love the fishing reels.
ReplyDeleteYou saw some absolutely beautiful pieces. Thanks for sharing the work of these artists!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, the art! I love it, and would have cost me if I were there. I am obsessed with the butterfly wing necklaces and would love to have the bird and the tree prints as well as the ceramics. The carved fishing reels are a wonder too. Thanks for sharing all the great pics.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Some of that stuff would have had me drooling...
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