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I love it when this kind of thing happens:

One friend of mine, photographer Mike Brown, calls me up to say that he saw some of photographer Maire Scharpegge's work at the new sushi place by our house here in Banker's Hill, San Diego.

Having been in touch with Maire fairly regularly since opening her show "Echoes" at The Frame Maker with glass artist Lea de Wit, I was a little surprised, and had to think about the connection, since I had nothing to do with these pieces being in this restaurant!

Since I was walking that way later, I decided to check it out for myself, thinking that I had only been there once since they opened, when I recalled that I had run into my associate Eric Gilliat (of Level One Art Installation) there with family. Eric had explained to me that he had known the proprietor for years at his previous establishment, and that his new place we were in Azuki Sushi was the best sushi in town.

Since Eric had been kind enough to assist us with the installation of Echoes back in January, where he met Maire for the first time, it became clear that Eric was the hookup between Maire and the restaurant. Now that's a creative community working together, especially because Maire's abstract photography, printed on stainless steel by local print masters Moebius Color, are PERFECT in the Azuki space:



Remember that we are so pleased with the original show at The Frame Maker that we extended it through April, when (I just found out) Maire and Lea will then take "Echoes" to a booth at ArtWalk the weekend of April 25-26 in Little Italy. If you live in San Diego, you've got another month come down and see this terrific show!

ECHOES extended @ The Frame Maker

A few posts ago, I wrote about how happy I was with the show ECHOES now at The Frame Maker here in San Diego. I connected and assisted two artists, glass artist Lea de Wit and photographer Maire Scharpegge, create a very successful show.

So successful we've extended ECHOES through April 21st, when we begin preparing for our next show. So if you haven't seen this show yet, here's a picture, and you can scroll down to the past few posts for more. Because of the materials involved (glass and stainless steel) and their unique reflective properties, you should see this show in person.



Both artists have been gracious enough to replace the works we've already sold, so that the show is as robust as at the beginning, even though today there is a piece out on approval. I also want to add that as a mentor in the business-of-art department, I am especially proud of these two for their efforts and follow-through!

(So go visit them online:
glass artist Lea de Wit
photographer Maire Scharpegge)

ECHOES @ The Frame Maker

Among my other recent activities, I have helped two terrific artists prepare a show of their work at The Frame Maker. I met Lea and Maire at separate times in 2008 and introduced them with the idea of doing a collaborative show where their work would sort of riff off each other like a pair of musicians.

A week after opening the show in a whirlwind after returning from holiday in Cabo San Lucas and living with the installation "Echoes", I have to say I'm very pleased with the work we did inhabiting The Frame Maker showroom with these pieces and their arrangements.

Here is the online version of our printed postcard for the show.



This show couldn't have happened without Pete @ Moebius Color and Eric @ Level One Art Installation not to mention Steve Atlas (owner of The Frame Maker) who helped finance and install a significant lighting upgrade to our showroom for "Echoes".

Good work, everyone!