OK kids, not much of a blog post this week - I apologize for the “this morning I brushed my teeth” nature of it. I’m off to Jackson, WY for the Fall Arts Festival first thing tomorrow. It’s the usual ridiculously jam-packed schedule, since the National Museum of Wildlife Art schedules the Western Visions artists for Thursday night, Friday morning, and Friday night … and my Jackson gallery, Legacy, is having its “Legacy of Nature” show Friday afternoon … and there’s the Quickdraw breakfast and Quickdraw itself on Saturday morning…
It’s all exhausting beyond belief but also LOADS of fun - lots of drinking and schmoozing with people who like one’s work (good for my fragile ego), as well as incredibly invaluable networking with nationally- and internationally-known artists. Plus it’s damn nice to get out of the studio and stop contemplating my navel.
Somewhere in the few free hours I have in Jackson I try to sneak off for some photography - horses, swans (generally reliable on Flat Creek north of town), bison, moose (I watched a couple bull moose deliberately tear apart a rail fence at Gros Ventre campground one year - most entertaining), and all the spectacular scenery around the Tetons. And in the spare minutes left over I always check out as many of the other galleries in town as I can (and there are rather a few), particularly the ones with a contemporary bent.
In other news: I’m doing more catching up on art history, this time with a library book on Post-Modernism. Since it’s 100% figurative, I’m underwhelmed. I mean, our species is already ludicrously self-centered - an entire generation of artists devoted to anthropocentrism? Yuck.
And in still other news: I have just received my largest commission to date (very exciting), and if there is interest I’ll chronicle what that’s all about as I work my way through it.
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September 16th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
If you ever have the chance (and the time) while you are in jackson, take a hike up the Garnet canyon train from Lupine meadows.
I’ve hiked up the trail a few different times, and once even climbed the Grand Teton.
It’s a pretty steep trail and takes the good part of a day if you go all the way to the saddle below the Grand, but it is well worth it.
If you do it this time of year, just make sure you are prepared for the worst cuz winter comes early at that altitude. Don’t assume it will be sunny and warm at the top even if it is in Lupine meadows
I’ve spent quite a bit of time over the years around the Jackson area, climbing, hiking, rafting and what not.
I also used to spend a lot of summers in the wind river range, which is east of the tetons. That range is even more amazing than the Tetons, in my opinion. It’s more extensive and more remote.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:59 am
Your talent is Amazing!! Would love to see you chronicle your way through your new commission project. Please share your skill, talent and hard work!
September 17th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Of course there is interest! I am very interested. Per my previous comment, I would very much like to know how you get there.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Well, congrats on the big commission. I trust it’s something interesting. Naturally, I’d like to watch as it progresses. I remember you used to have a progressive piece on your website.
What I really want to say is “Wow, Julie! You’re doing the Quickdraw!” Those are so much fun. Enjoy your time in Jackson.
September 17th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Ditto for me on the commission chronicle. I find other people’s processes very interesting - shakes up the “I always do it this way” thinking.
September 18th, 2008 at 5:04 am
Yup, count me in. Love to see how you approach a big project from the beginning.
September 18th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Count me in too! And have big fun in Jackson! That Quickdraw has got to be stressful…
September 24th, 2008 at 6:03 am
“That Quickdraw has got to be stressful…”
especially when you know your last one brought in $4000 at the auction.
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