Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Tour des Artists - Round #2


Zannah Noe, the raven painter, in her studio at Hunter's Point


Tanya Wilkinson, mixed media artist, in her studio at the Noonan Building


Blowing glass in David Patchen's studio at Public Glass


Rebecca Fox in her metal works studio at Islais Creek


Dimitri Kourouniotis in his painting studio at Hunter's Point
This time the Tour visited five artists near Third Street and Hunter's Point. As in the first Tour, the group got to meet a variety of artists in their studios in a work-setting (well, sort of). The artist has to clean up their space a bit so that people won't trip or be frightened off by the dust, trash and unwashed coffee cups that usually litter the scene. The first time, six artists were visited, some in studios that were too small to fit the nearly 20 people on the tour. Five artists in larger studios was just about perfect. A limo bus shuttled us from studio to studio so no one had to do the driving. For me, it was a nice, relaxing break from the everyday work in my studio and an opportunity to see other's works. David Patchen put on quite a show, creating a Venetian-style vase during his 45 minutes with us.