Farrington Smith Gallery

This Friday, April 28th, the Royal St. art district will be celebrating After Fest from 6-10 p.m.

Lots of galleries are participating; come look at some art, walk around the good old French Quarter and have a drink. We will all be there in our newly spiffed-up gallery; Scott and I have been repainting and Scott has been rearranging. It’s looking great, if I do say so myself!

Also, in this week’s Gambit, our local weekly paper, you can see one of our fish prints on the Shop Around Town page. I haven’t seen it yet, but a friend called to say she thought it looked very eye-catching.

Adam and Scott are working on getting a new round of prints ready for the Jazz Fest crowds we hope will be here for the next two weekends. I think I’m going to Jazz Fest for the first time ever on Sunday, so I’ll post about that next week!

- Amy

ETA in May: I never really posted about Jazz Fest, but I went one day both weekends, and I sort of get it now…even though I still don’t like crowds or sun without shade. But I imagine I’ll go again. Elvis Costello was great playing with Alan Toussaint and I had about 3 different amazing snacks involving crawfishies.

Scott bitched me out on the phone this morning. He said I’ve got to blog about my painting, “Prairie Schooning, In Big Sky Country,” which I had told him is about materialism. I just woke up so I’m like, “Materialism? Huh?”

Scott’s like, “What? Do you just make this stuff up?”

I was like, “Uh, yeah, I made it up.”

And now, in the name of Farrington Smith Gallery, I must perpetuate this charade. Prairie Schooning, In Big Sky Country is all about materialism…IN PART!!! (Scott never lets me finish.)

Prairie Schooning, In Big Sky Country- land of neutrality. A place of possibilty. It’s a planned trip: provisions have been stowed, resources have been stockpiled and are being towed behind in a conestoga wagon. There’s no room for the guy; he’s displaced himself onto his horse.

Is his bagage a resource or a burden? Maybe he should cut and run, but I think he should stay the course.

-Adam

Prairie Schooning, In Big Sky Country; Adam Farrington; Paint on Masonite; 30″ x 30″; $900

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