Back in June on my way to Foo Camp in Sebastopol, I came across one of the eclectic sculptures created by urban folk artist Patrick Amiot (see my previous write-up on Patrick Amiot). I had heard that many of his sculptures could be found on Florence Avenue, the street where he has his home studio with his wife and fellow artist Brigitte Laurent.
Recently Lori and I were visiting the Russian River area and while there we drove down to Sebastopol and went on a little photo safari along Florence Avenue to check out all of Patrick’s wonderful art. Almost every other one of his neighbor’s houses have a unique Patrick Amiot sculpture in their front lawn. It’s really quite an amazing sight, walking through this neighborhood with so much public art.
Here’s my gallery of Patrick Amiot sculpture art on Florence Avenue.
In July KQED did a profile of Patrick Amiot for their show Spark.
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This is great stuff! I love it when artists let their craziness devour their entire plot.
I grew up in the area, and had heard that he put these up all around his neighborhood to slow the passing cars and make it safer for the local kids to play. Not sure what truth there is to that, but an interesting idea for sure.
The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival is going to show a film about Patrick’s work called “Patrick’s Gallery.” The festival is Nov. 8-11, Veterans Day weekend in Sebastopol. Get your tickets early as the screening rooms are small. Keep an eye on the website for the soon to be posted schedule. http://www.sebastopolfilmfestival.org
Florence Ave. on Halloween is a crowd that rivals Castro St. and you can go right up to Patrick’s house which is an adventure in itself.
HA, I did a sketch of one of these several years ago:
http://home.earthlink.net/~erhard/sketch_large17.htm
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