You Know You've Been At The Art Fair Too Long When....

by Cooper on 6/28/2010 7:40:28 AMComment on this

Greetings,

Welcome to the Cooper studio on an excellent Monday morning in Jefferson, Iowa.

Today we will talk about the summer art fair. Specifically, the Omaha Summer Art Festival. May I share that Omaha dealt us brutal weather for Friday and Saturday? Dios mio. Bring on the ice cream, lemonade, popsicles, freezies, anything cold. You see, we had heat index warnings for the first two days. The College World Series was happening in Omaha as well---they set a record low attendance that day---we weren't alone.

But that title up there, "you know you've been at the art fair too long when..." Despite the weather effects, we survived almost until closing time on Saturday evening. A gentleman was looking at paintings in my exhibit, came up to say he enjoyed them. Said, I'd like to welcome you to Omaha, I'm the mayor". My instant reaction was "oh, really". (and what bridge would you like to sell me?) Fortunately, the bridge portion of that thought didn't escape my mouth, but I'm afraid the "oh, really" part did. Where is instant rewind when you need it? So Mayor Suttle, I do apologize for that moment---may I use the excuse of "thought processes shut down due to weather"?

This is probably a good place to remind artist-readers who exhibit at summer art fairs about the importance of taking care of yourself, especially when the weather goes the wrong direction. I was fortunate that my husband joined me for the Omaha event. That meant I was able to get away to that wonderful artist's breakroom on a regular basis. Whew.

Okay, now for the rest of the story. Sunday morning wee hours hosted a lovely little shower for the Omaha area. The day dawned about 15 degrees cooler. People came to the art fair by the thousands. I sent many paintings to happy new homes. Thank you Omaha. Let's do it again next year.

Later, Cooper

---one of my favorite's that now lives in Omaha :)

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