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<\/a><\/p>\nFirst up was the fanciest gallery in town. \u00a0 I have been near it before, I knew it was there, but I had never actually walked in through the door. \u00a0 As it was gloomy and raining I was the only one there, so I had a chat with the young woman who works there about selling art (she had just sold a painting and was looking for another one to display). \u00a0 Their prices were mostly in the 2K \u00a0range for a small work, and 5-6K for a large painting. \u00a0In the sister gallery on the other side of the hotel, some Texans were trying to decide between the picture of the Longhorn or the buffalo, so another sale racked up for the gallery.<\/p>\n
They also sold lawn ornaments. \u00a0 But I saw nothing that said “buy me” to me, so I was off to the next stop, hip galleries in the alley downtown.<\/p>\n What could be hipper than a wailing saxophone? (at the hotel I heard distant bagpipes, definitely un-hip). \u00a0There is a secret sort of hipster bar hidden across the alley, I knew I was not among my people. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n This gallery was next door. \u00a0This artist’s work was much more interesting that the stuff I had seen earlier, and was much more affordable at about 1.2K for a large skillfully painted portrait.<\/p>\n I did not get a picture of the artists who were flogging their work at the comic book store. \u00a0 But their pictures of aliens and outer space were quite reasonably priced at $30, and I am somewhat sorry that I did not buy one. \u00a0 It was an interesting evening of art appreciation, perhaps next time I will find something I can’t live without (but no more books, really).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday was First Friday Art Crawl, so in spite of the rain and traffic, off I went in search of Art, free wine and nibbles. First up was the fanciest gallery in town. \u00a0 I have been near it before, I knew it was there, but I had never actually walked in through the door. … Continue reading Art<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n