Gallery Walk

Last night my lovely wife Sheri and I went downtown for a gallery walk.  We haven't been to one of these for a couple of years.  The weather was almost okay for June.  Overcast and chilly is better than rain and downright cold which it has been here most of the month.  We stopped going to these walks because most of the art wasn't very good.  The exception last night was going to the Whatcom Museum.  They had 2 exhibits that were both very good.  John Franklin Koenig was a northwest artist that I had not heard of.  He had a long history of producing abstract art in many forms.  I was impressed with his paintings that represented many decades of work.  The styles were similar but always fresh and evolving.  This was a large show and I was able to get a real feel for this artist.  Another exhibit going on down the street at the Arco annex was the World of the Shipwright.  This show had many locally built boats from the last 100 years.  Being next to the water, we have had numerous boat builders set up shop and provide the country with great boats.  Part of the exhibit was focused on Uniflite.  These boat builders were quite successful over the years with both pleasure boats and government contracted boats.  I worked at Uniflite for a short time in the 80's.  It was fun to see how some of these boats have held up.

After the gallery walk, we went to the Honeymoon.  This is a mead bar in Bellingham.  They are a winery that makes mead, cider and wine.  We go here on Wednesday nights for trivia.  On Friday's they have live music.  It was fun to go and see this small local place packed with locals.  All in all, it was a fun Friday night.