The Leucadia Art Walk

We happened to stumble upon the Leucadia Art Walk while driving to brunch in Encinita's.  To me, Leucadia has this laid back, artsy, hippy, tree hugger vibe to it with lots of acai stores, yoga places, stores selling tye-dyed shirts, seashells and dream catchers.  Home breweries and taco stands.  Surf board shops and dog stores.  It's very laid back.  No ones in a hurry, everyone's enjoying local bands, sipping beer, hanging out on a patio.  I could easily get used to this.

Steven and I can't pass up an Arts Festival.  I used to do the arts festival circuit when I was a glassblower, setting up a booth 10-15 times a summer selling my glass.  It was some of the best times of my life.  The places you get to go and the people you end up meeting.  Not only was I spending my life doing the one thing I love, but I got to talk about it all day, telling my story to anyone who would listen, and especially, to buy.

Because of our love of the arts, we've put together quite the collection over the years and today we added to it.  Planned on looking and came home with three pieces of art.  California and it's beaches are having an effect on what we buy already.  You can't go anywhere without things being themed to the beach in some way.  Couple of our pieces reflect that.

First one we bought was from Buzz Blodgett at Blodgett Glass.  His work reflects the breaking waves of San Diego beaches.  Beautiful yet really subtle piece with wonderful bubbles coming up from the bottom.

We then found the artis Jose Emroca Flores at Emroca who's work is so whimsical, yet dark.  We found his Pink Elephant to fit perfectly into our collection.  We have a couple pieces of fantasy vintage circus prints, with one that has a flying elephant that we bought last year.  I see a theme happening.

Last piece was the first one we saw when we started the Art Walk, but was too large and heavy to deal with if we purchased it right away.  Plus, it was a bit more money and wanted to think on it first.  It's stained/printed wood of ocean/sunset scapes.  Just beautiful colors and really simple.  His name is Shawn Thomas and works and surfs out of Huntington Beach.  

It's not like we need more artwork or even have room for that matter right now, but we somehow seem to find the way to make room.  These pieces I think will fit in nicely.

Especially when we get to purchase our first home and make it ours.