Wooah.. DeJaVu!… Last Fall kicked off with an art-show opening for my friend and mentor Cournoyer… Just like last Friday.

While the work was pretty much the same – the venue was more “upscale” this time.

This gallery was in “Clayton”, (county seat for St. Louis and where the elite play)…. Good for Jon from an art-sales standpoint… Bad if you’re allergic to pretense.

I liked the other artists’ work a lot more than last year though. One guy’s work was really graphic and in my opinion could hold a candle to Jon’s work… Actually – the one piece, (inset photo), we all three liked was only $900… Which is a lot of money.. but not a lot for a piece of original art. Ugh.. Can’t really swing that right now though.. (responsibly at least).

The gallery was small and the crowd was definitely more “snooty” than last year’s relaxed young crowd… The lack of elbow room and pretense in the air made for a stuffy, uncomfortable environment… We made a couple of loops and then retired to the sidewalk to chat with the folks we did know.

We only got to speak to Jon a couple of times…. I could tell he wasn’t crazy about the dog-and-pony show vibe either… We reassured him that he was doing just fine and to keep smiling and sent him back into the swarm. I hope he sold some work.

We took off and grabbed dinner at reportedly the best hole-in-the-wall Chineese restaruant in town. (it was pretty good- but the Mu-Shu was better we had durring Elise’s birthday).

Meanwhile – it’s Monday – I’m draggin’ ass and not blogging.