We spent much of today visiting the studios of various working Wisconsin artists. Artists in southwest Wisconsin have an annual Fall Art Tour to stir up business among people who are already driving around looking at the foliage, in a spending mood and thinking early about Christmas. These are real artists, and some of the stuff they have is amazing. Prices are reasonable -- given that it is all original art.
One place we stopped was at Adobe Rose in Lone Oak. They produce the cow paintings that Tom likes so much, and I had promised to get him one for Christmas. I picked one out and got it (big investment -- $10!), and he decided he also wanted another one, so he bought that for himself for now. The one I bought got put away in the closet to wait for gift giving.
We also stopped at Evergreen Glass outside of Baraboo, where Tom made the real purchase of the day, a stained glass panel, which he plans to hang inside the patio door next to where he reads in the library. It is about two feet by three and should make a gorgeous addition to that corner of the room. The name of it is Autumn Equinox. The artist is a man about my age who was stationed in Germany when in the service, and he got interested in doing stained glass as an art project. After he retired, he and his wife started doing glass art full time. He does the stained glass, and she does fused glass pieces -- vases, plates and such things.
I have a picture of the stained glass to show you, but that will have to wait. Blogger is having one of its frequent "we don't know why it's not working but we're trying to fix it so please be patient thank you" and so on episodes. I will try again later.
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