Another beautiful weekend, another beautiful arts festival. Over the weekend, Santa Fe College held its 48th Annual Spring Arts Festival in the Northeast Gainesville Historic District; aka downtown Gainesville! Booths for the visiting artists were arranged up and down 1st Street, and a feeling of happiness was in the air. Or perhaps that was just the pounding heat and humidity...
Either way, the art on display and for sale was absolutely breathtaking! I stumbled across sculptors, fabric artists, painters, musicians and media artists alike. However, one artist's work in particular jumped out at me. Georgie LeHoop is an artist and painter from St. Clair, Pennsylvania, who takes a very innovative approach to creating new art. Georgie plays on the idea of synesthesia, a neurological phenomenon that essentially leads to an overlapping of sensory experiences. He effectively manages to blend music, an auditory experience, with painting, a visual experience.
Georgie's art is fascinating because to the naked eye, his work appears to be simple paintings of music notes and staves on various canvases, be it on paper or on actual musical cymbals. However, the true art in his work lies in its production. Georgie creates his art by drumming on canvases. He records the rhythms he plays while he is painting so his fans can also listen to his art. Georgie gave me a small handout with more information about his artwork that fittingly asked at the bottom, "Would you like to hear a painting?"
I tried my very best to do Georgie's artwork justice and below you can see my attempt at a 360 degree photo of his tent at the arts festival. This was my third and final attempt at the picture, and it is not perfect, but it does give you a little better of a perspective into the work Georgie had on display this weekend. It was hard to keep people from passing by while I was taking the photo or from coming inside the tent (and I don't blame them! His art is magnificent!), but here it is! Until next year, Santa Fe.
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