A sleepy little beach town. Few tourists come here so there aren’t the quantity of bars and curio shops we have seen in the other towns. It’s mostly Fishermen, biologists and locals who have many generations here.
We came upon a festival, with lantern decorations and people playing music in the streets.
I took a walk east from my rental and saw a spot wher people were watching the waves crash on the rocks. Some were fishing with gigantic poles, some were drinking beer. I drew the spot from the beach, then walked there and drew the view from there.
Can you see the little lifts? This is sugar loaf mountain in Rio. It was cloudy today.
What a beauftiful place. I’m here in winter (June) so the beach is almost empty. But as soon as I approached it, I heard surf music in my head. Everything is like a surf music album cover photo. It’s so gorgeous here!
This week we had yoga instructor and burlesque performer Dahlia Murder pose for us.
We also had comedy provided by the lovely Gabby Jesus.
And here are some pieces by other artists I snapped while walking around.
These musicians played a tribute to Keith jarret last night at the Jazz station.
I’m so lucky to live where great musicians play ska music! Here are a few drawings. The Toasters are from New York City. You may have heard their hit,”Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
The Israelites are from Portland, Oregon.
The Longshots are from Eugene and Portland.
Heavy City are from Portland! they have many of the same members as the sentiments, and their drummer organizes a ska big band!
Here are some pencils for The Bandulus, Heavy City and The Longshots.
At a street fair in Kesey Square in downtown Eugene (that charged nothing to vendors), I drew portraits and performerd comics and banjo. The event was not a fundraiser, just a free fair for everyone to enjoy Kesey square in downtown Eugene, a public space that will sadly soon become another overpriced apartment complex because people with money want more of it.
I drew these portraits and more. I hoped to do art lessons for children but there were no children.
I could draw people at your event!
Black Magdalene have a bass and guitar player, a drummer, and three belly dancers. They also have a sexy vocalist and decorate their mic stand with swag. Combining world music with electronics and live instrumentation they put on a special show.
They call themselves organic dark wave with middle eastern sounds. They have a bandcamp page where you can listen but of course, the fun is in seeing the band play and dance live!
Isaac and the Awkward Situations 
