Julian Beever, the greatest sidewalk artist in the world...

... finished his piece for the Charleston (WV) FestivALL today. I was lucky to be able to be there. He's a great guy to talk to and he just works like a madman.

Julian hails from the midlands of Great Britain. Many sources on the Internet say that he lives in Belgium, but Julian informs me that he is now residing in the UK.





When he was finally finished and the light was waning, I was the only professional photographer still hanging around so I was privileged to push the button on his camera (on tripod) to take photos of him in the raft. The public was allowed to jump in the raft and take photos. What a great day at FestivALL! See Julian's web site here. Tom Hindman has more photos.
p.s. No produce blogging tonight... maybe tomorrow.

UPDATE: Welcome Instapundit readers! You can click the photos for larger versions. You can go here to view my main page.
UPDATE2: More Charleston FestivALL photos here.
UPDATE3: CORRECTION... I wrote that Julian resides in Belgium, but he emailed to say that he is now residing in the UK.

FestivALL

I'm participating in this crazy collaborative poster project that Alex Morgado is spearheading for this year's FestivALL. I won't try to describe it, this is just a teaser. There's supposed to be a press conference about it tomorrow (Monday).
UPDATE: see all the letters here

FestivALL! - Street Fair

FestivALL just keeps getting better and better. A few downpours didn't dampen the fun downtown today!

Charleston's FestivALL

I hung around downtown today for a bit shooting street activities of our FestivALL arts festival. The festival is a lot more than this, with great concerts and all sorts of exhibits, but this is about all I have time for this year, in addition to the Julian Beever drawing.






Oh man, the kids love Drew the Dramatic Fool. I have to admit the guy is funny. He has taken a very small amount of talent and whipped it into an actual act.






Above is Bob Coffield, and below is Rebecca Burch... both notable Charleston area bloggers.

Seen at Festivall

Festivall... this weekend in Charleston, WV I don't know who that is behind the blue mask, but that other one is well-known Charleston artist, Charlie Hamilton.

I popped into Taylor Books because I had heard that they were showing a few of my pastel paintings. They have some of my pieces in storage that they bring out occasionally. Those are my three pieces on the right. Feel free to go to the Taylor Books Annex Gallery and purchase them!

FestivALL Street Fair 2009