This past weekend, I hung some of my favorite paintings at Lo-Fi Wines in Los Alamos in the heart of Santa Barbara wine country.
Last year during that dead week between Christmas and New Year's, we traveled there on the way to meet my in-laws in L.A. Los Alamos is a really cute small town and clusters around a single street. Our motel was on one side of the street and a couple of tasting rooms were on the other. The first place we visited had some pretty good wine. The place was filled with antiques and the owner seemed very keen on lecturing us about the joys of the mandolin. We bought a Chardonnay but didn’t stick around.
The next place we went to was Lo-Fi. The place was decorated with mid-century furniture and boomerang linoleum. Tribe Called Quest was playing on a turntable. I felt at home. During the tasting, I asked about the paintings on the wall which were a series of splashy abstracts. Craig, the co-owners, said that he was looking to change up the art as he poured me a Malbec with a spicy finish. We exchanged emails.
The paintings I selected for Lo-Fi were all fire-themed, including my House Fire series, my Oil Fire series, and my large oil field painting that I wrote about earlier, Metaphor. I also hung a couple of prints from my online store including Cul de Sac and Golden State Dr.
Anyway, stop by. Drink some wine. Take a gander at my work.