Once upon a time, a certain Luddite used to embarrass her high-tech boyfriend at high-tech parties by announcing, "The Internet is a passing fad." Oh, come on. Half the fun of life in the office is roaming around online seeing what artists in other areas are up to.This morning's wander was inspired by Palo Alto artist Erin Tajime Castelan, who has an exhibit now at Avalon Art and Yoga Center. She's a street painter with a full palette of chalk.
Interestingly, there's a new dimension: she's figured out a way to seal her chalk paintings on canvas, using water-based varnish. Now art that usually gets washed away can live in your living room. If I could create a painting as glowing as this, I'd want it to last, too.
Which made me think of other types of art that gets washed away. Which led me to the website of East Bay artist Kirk Rademaker (above). He makes sand sculpture, or in my official term, really flippin' amazing sandcastles.
Then I wondered about other folks who use media typically associated with children -- and I ended up on this beautiful site of the late finger painting artist Mary Ann Brandt.
I was feeling good, as though I'd taken a morning art walk out to the beach without leaving my desk. Then I drove off the road and ended up here. I'd been pondering macaroni necklaces. Did I really take a wrong turn, or is this just a very peculiar art gallery?
Pictured: Top: Erin Tajime Castelan's chalk-on-canvas work "Woman with Lilies" (Joel Yau was a contributing artist). Above: A Kirk Rademaker creation from Revere Beach, Massachusetts.
Interestingly, there's a new dimension: she's figured out a way to seal her chalk paintings on canvas, using water-based varnish. Now art that usually gets washed away can live in your living room. If I could create a painting as glowing as this, I'd want it to last, too.
Which made me think of other types of art that gets washed away. Which led me to the website of East Bay artist Kirk Rademaker (above). He makes sand sculpture, or in my official term, really flippin' amazing sandcastles.
Then I wondered about other folks who use media typically associated with children -- and I ended up on this beautiful site of the late finger painting artist Mary Ann Brandt.
I was feeling good, as though I'd taken a morning art walk out to the beach without leaving my desk. Then I drove off the road and ended up here. I'd been pondering macaroni necklaces. Did I really take a wrong turn, or is this just a very peculiar art gallery?
Pictured: Top: Erin Tajime Castelan's chalk-on-canvas work "Woman with Lilies" (Joel Yau was a contributing artist). Above: A Kirk Rademaker creation from Revere Beach, Massachusetts.
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