Italian Street Painting Festival in San Rafael

Last Saturday afternoon I had a great time checking out the street painters in downtown San Rafael just off Fourth Street, only two blocks from the art center where I have my studio.

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This year’s festival theme was “Bella Terra” and was the 17th annual Italian Street Painting Festival. It is a fund raising event for Youth in Arts, an organization which, among other things, funds extra art teachers and art experiences in the schools here in Marin County.

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I had my trusty Panasonic LX3 with me, it was late in the afternoon and the shadows were long. So at times I had fun playing with the long shadows in my images. Here are some of the photos, including one of a street painting being done by Erin Castelan for the main sponsor of the event, Youth In Arts.