John Anderson's AOM Top 10 (sort of...)

The WCP's John Anderson pops in with his top 10 Artomatic picks - read it here.

One always wonders...

Just noticed that one of my drawings from about a decade ago just showed up on Ebay being sold by a British dealer. 

The piece, titled Daphne (see it here), represents the nymph Daphne, the daughter of the river god Peneus. 

Through the malice of Eros, Apollo the god was seized with love for the maiden. But she abhorred the thought of loving men. Her delight was in woodland sports and the spoils of the chase. Many lovers sought her, but she spurned them all. Apollo chased her into a ravine and was about to ravish her. She called for help and a great Earth magic reached from under and turned her into a laurel tree, which subsequently became the tree of lovers and of victory. 

The drawing was done in 2000, and if my memory serves me right, it was sold to a lawyer in Charlottesville, Virginia. Thus I find it curious that it is now somewhere in Britain being offered on Ebay at a great price.

Mussels, Russians, Pigs and a Blue Crab

The story: We're at the Blue Crab Restaurant in Bethany Beach, waiting for two big plates of mussels to be delivered and a crab cake for Little Junes, when the Russian waitress brings over a box of crayons for the little guy.

Two things flash through my mind: We're told that jobs are very difficult to find, especially for young people, so how come it seems that throughout the Mid Atlantic, all beach season jobs are filled by hard working, good looking young Russian girls and boys?

They travel a million miles from their frozen tundras to bust their buts in the Eastern seaboard's beach shops, restaurants and pools; where are our local good looking boys and girls? Not that I blame the Russians, I mean, would you rather be freezing your tuchis in Siberia or dishing out mussels in Bethany Beach?

But you get my point...

But let's get back on track with this post... ahem... so the other thing that crossed my mind was to kidnap some of Little Junes' crayons and start my own art project while we wait for our food.

At some point the pretty Russian waitress noticed and she brought over a second box of crayons and then I really went to town.

 Below is "Two Pigs Looking at a Red Crab", crayons on tablecloth kraft paper, circa 2012.

Food stains were accidentally added while the delicious mussels were being eaten...

CBS on Artomatic

Check out their photo gallery here.

WTOP on Artomatic

WTOP has a photo spread on AOM; check it out here.

James Renwick Alliance 

Recognition of Excellence 

ARTOMATIC 2012 

Artist	Work	Type	Floor	Location
Brad Taylor	Chaise	Wood and Metal Furniture	8	305
David D’Orio	Installation	Mixed Media (Glass)	8	147
Donna McCullough	Body of Work	Metal Sculpture	1	152
Helen Baribeau	Body of Work	Fiber Sculpture	4	121
Julia Bloom	Installation	Wood Sculpture	7	208
Matt MacIntire	Body of Work	Mixed Media	9	160
Michael Janis	Body of Work	Glass	2	173
Pierre Davis	Body of Work	Wood Sculpture	10	152
Sean Hennessey	Body of Work	Glass	9	141
Zofie Lang	Installation	Mixed Media	9	112

Tim Tate: Artomatic Top 10 List

Uberartist Tim Tate, in my biased opinion the DMV's best-known artist, sends in his top 10 choices in this year's Artomatic, which opened last night with a monster of a party in Crystal City. Here are his choices:

1) helen baribeau

2) nils henrik sundquist

3) dave d'orio 

4) drew storm graham

5) kelly guerrero

6) zofie lang

7) justin cameron

8) matt macintire

9) sean hennessey

10) melissa burley

Tim Tate

Co-Director

Washington Glass School

3700 Otis St.

Mt. Rainier, Md. 20712

202-744-8222

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