{"id":325,"date":"2004-04-17T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-18T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/word_press\/?p=325"},"modified":"2004-04-17T20:42:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-18T04:42:00","slug":"the-brewery-artwalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chasethelight.com\/blog\/the-brewery-artwalk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brewery Artwalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a HREF=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/041704b.jpg','','width=800,height=262')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/041704b.jpg\" class=alignleft width=925 border=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"><\/div>\n<p>Jill and I headed over in the rain this morning to hit the Brewery Artwalk [<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.breweryartwalk.com')\">LINK<\/a>]. It&#8217;s a twice annual event at the downtown brewery complex where some of the artists open their studios for you to meet them and see their work. I wanted to get there early so that if anything caught my eye I could snatch it up. The first 10 or so studios we went into were just crap but it slowly got better and almost redeemed itself by the end. I say almost because I still left underwhelmed by the quality of work. Robert Peluce [<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.glassgaragegallery.com\/lib\/frameset1.php?artist_code=RP&#038;id=1')\">LINK<\/a>] was the one standout artist I wanted to see and meet but sadly he passed away last Monday. <a HREF=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/041704a.jpg','','width=600,height=800')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/041704a_th.jpg\" class=alignright width=200 border=\"1\"\/><\/a> There were some candles lit at the front door of his studios. About a month ago I had gone over to the Glass Garage Gallery [<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.glassgaragegallery.com\/0home.html')\">LINK<\/a>] to see some of his work and inquired about one I liked.  It was unfortunately at their sister gallery in Florida at the moment but could be shipped out if I&#8217;d like it. So I hesitated and decided to see what he might have, if anything, at the Artwalk and then choose something at that point. Now he&#8217;s gone, an absolutely amazing artist that will be missed. Beyond that 90% of the artists were pure crap and you wonder how they can say they&#8217;re artists with a straight face. Of course I love people in my paintings so that eliminates almost all of the abstract artists for me. One girls&#8217; studio was beautifully painted all in angels, but not very interesting beyond that, and Christian Ristow [<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.christianristow.com')\">LINK<\/a>] created these mechanicals monsters that are pretty incredible. <a HREF=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/041704c.jpg','','width=600,height=450')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/041704c_th.jpg\" class=alignleft width=150 border=\"1\"\/><\/a>You can see what his show is all about here [<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.christianristow.com\/news.html')\">LINK<\/a>]. I also got to meet Mat Gleason [<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/coagula')\">LINK<\/a>] who is the publisher of the local magazine Coagula [<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.coagula.com')\">LINK<\/a>]. I recognized him immediately from his photo on the website. I happened upon his website  about 6 months ago and love his take on a lot of what goes on in the art world. Celebrity sighting of the day was Donna Mills [<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005234')\">LINK<\/a>], who played Abby Fairgate Cunningham Ewing Sumner on Knots Landing. A Cunningham on TV, had to put that in there. Then we ate lunch at Sharkey&#8217;s, went home and I dozed in a 2 hour food coma. A little video&#8230; [<a href=\"javascript:fotopopup('http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/041704.mov',240,200)\">VIDEO LINK<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill and I headed over in the rain this morning to hit the Brewery Artwalk [LINK]. It&#8217;s a twice annual event at the downtown brewery complex where some of the artists open their studios for you to meet them and see their work. 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