Outburst
colored pencil
6″ x 9″

The juried Fall Fest Art Show 2010 had its opening reception and award ceremony yesterday. This year the show was back to the Quinlan Community Center, Cupertino Room that looks so much nicer and more inviting than a formal Community Hall.

My Outburst won the 3rd place in the Mixed and Dried Media category. The judge, George Rivera, commented on “Outburst: “Wonderful discovery! It drew me in. This piece has quiet poetry that continues to reward you. The positive and negative spaces together make it successful.”

Belinda Lima won the Best of the Show award for her “House Of Shoji.” I love that collage, so glad it received the highest award! Could not find the image anywhere online, or I would post it here. Congratulations to all other artists who won a place or an honorable mention!
Thank you everybody who stopped by, it was a pleasure to spend the evening with you chatting and admiring wonderful artworks by fellow FALC artists.

The show will still be open tomorrow, 10 am till 6 pm, if you didn’t have a chance to see it yet or know someone who may like to see it.

Reception at the Silicon Valley Fall Fest Art Show on Sept 24

colored pencil, 4″ x 6″

Found this while walking around the Mountain View Downtown, trying to recall where I parked my car:

Comodo dragon seats, by Aaron Art from Recycle

They would be beautiful no matter what material was used, but that it’s almost all horseshoes adds a special charm for me. Unfortunately, the artist does not have a web site, so the name is all I can post here.

And I finally found my car almost on the opposite side of the Downtown. Apparently, writing down the name of the street does not particularly help if you can’t remember where that street is.

charcoal, 6″ x 4″

I rarely miss the ocean and its chilling breezes, but today was certainly the day. Too much driving in a car that resembled a hot oven, too much walking and sitting in the sun for my liking. Lots of art activity is good indeed, I just wish the weather didn’t decide early in the morning to suddenly compensate for a cool summer.

pen and ink, 4″ x 6″

pastel pencil, 6″ x 4″

Pacific Art League has a photography only exhibition this month – Photography Today.

What caught my eye was all black and white photographs: Remnant by Bill Moy, Parched Earth 1 and Parched Earth 2 by Meggi Raeder, and Brothers Play Go by Hiroshi Suzuki. Couldn’t find the last photo anywhere online.

On a photography-related note, Modernbook Gallery left Palo Alto for San Francisco. When I saw their place closed and disarranged I thought they were gone for good. Apparently all is not lost, but it’s sad to see that the Palo Alto Art Walk got shorter.