What could be better than seeing art in Seattle?

Seeing it with Kelly Lyles of course! Off to a slow start we hopped in Kelly’s art car (Ex cessories) and headed for a dozen downtown galleries (with less than 2 hours to take them all in… ) undaunted, Kelly led me from one to another, on a 1st name basis with nearly everyone and familiar with all of the artists, we wended our way through gallery after gallery (and even grabbed a mole salami with cheese sandwich on the fly at Seattle hot-spot “Salumi”) Didn’t have time to jot down the names of all the “favorites” down but really loved seeing Scott Fife’s sculpture “Bear season” and larger than life “self portrait”(cardboard) as well as the colorful scenic paintings of James Lavadour (whose kind wife Roberta I’d met in Pendleton.) We ended our downtown tour with a gourmet shop (easily 200+ cheeses) olives, spices, pickles, chutneys etc. etc. etc. and headed back to Kelly’s art house/ studio for…

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