Last weekend I was driving up Highway 116 to Sebastopol on my way to Foo Camp 2007, when I came across an odd fisherman riding a fish sculpture at the entrance to the town. Naturally I parked the car and shot some photos. It turns out that this a new installation by Patrick Amiot, an urban folk artist who lives in Sebastopol with his wife and fellow artist Brigitte Laurent. You can see more of their work on their website.
Patrick Amiot is the same artist who created the wonderful glowing-eye “Tarsier” sculpture that sits out in from of the O’Reilly Media headquarters in Sebastopol. The Tarsier is O’Reilly’s familiar mascot.
Patrick’s wonderful sculptures can be found all over Sebastopol, especially on Florence Avenue. Last year my friend Rich Gibson shot a video of some of the art on Florence Avenue, including a bunch of sculptures by Patrick Amiot and Brigette Laurent.
Michael Shapiro wrote an article on Patrick Amiot for issue #1 of Craft Magazine.
UPDATE: Here are some photos I shot of Patrick Amiot sculptures on Florence Avenue in Sebastopol.
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love the fisherman! those are great.
That guy lives near my mother in law. His stuff is super-awesome!
If you’re in Sebastopol, a bunch of the local businesses sell calendars of his sculptures. The proceeds benefit the local school district.
It really is worth driving down Florence if you’re up there.
Neat stuff.
Patrick
I just saw your artwork on a designer program on the Home and Garden Network this morning. You do a fantastic job with your art work. I have a garden railroad in my back yard and I was wondering if you could possibly do a locomotive about 2 feet long and about 1 foot high. If you could reply to me I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much.
Jerry
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