{"id":35682,"date":"2020-09-30T18:20:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T02:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=35682"},"modified":"2023-12-21T13:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T21:19:37","slug":"point-reyes-station-art-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=35682","title":{"rendered":"Imaginative art beside the street"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For a small town, Point Reyes Station<\/strong> (pop. 848 at last count) has long had a lively art scene with galleries, artists selling their work on the streets and even creating art there. Here are three examples of the town’s highly diversified art community.<\/p>\n

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Christine DeCamp\u00a0<\/strong>selling her art in front of the Point Reyes Station post office last Saturday. She has also sold from a studio. Until the pandemic slowed businesses down, many of us also knew her as a server at the Station House Caf\u00e9. Here are three more of her paintings:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Our Lady of the Mountain<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mountain Goddess…\/ sheltering all creatures\/ within her domain. Her\/\u00a0<\/span>interior is the mysterious\/prima materia<\/em> or the\/beginnings of ‘all is\/ possible’. The\u00a0<\/span>magical\/ deer are symbolic of\/ rebirth and rejuvenation.<\/span><\/p>\n

copyright 2012 Christine DeCamp<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wild Spirit Wisdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Clyde<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clyde the rider Crow with\/ Blue eyes that SEE. He is\/ being carried by Navajo spirit\/ horse who embodies SEEING\/ and brings forth living springs\/ with each step. Can you hear\/ the drums? A magical journey<\/span><\/p>\n

copyright 2011 \u00a0Christine DeCamp<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maddy’s Jammin’<\/strong> with its balloon-adorned sign has for years been a familiar sight along Highway 1 a half block downhill from West Marin School. Before this year, Maddy Sobel also sold her jams in front of the post office on weekends and, like Christine, also sold her art there.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Animal Kingdom, Mammals.\u00a0<\/strong>Maddy, standing in front of one of her large paintings, which is hanging in her living room, shows off a jar of her blackberry jam. These days, she has to sell her art mostly from home.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hang in There <\/strong>exemplifies Maddy’s often-whimsical style.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Timmy the Tiny Turtle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Another artist with a creative imagination is Billy Hobbs<\/strong>. Almost all his art these days reflects Greek mythology, Hindu scripture or Native American history. This drawing is titled ‘Lakota Burial.’<\/i><\/p>\n

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Billy’s Saber-toothed Tortuga<\/strong> is eye-catching even before revealing its subtleties.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Billy is still working on his drawing ‘Condor.’\u00a0<\/strong>The artist is homeless and sleeps in my second car, which I park downtown on Mesa Road for him. To comply with the law, I have to move the car every three days. My car meanwhile has also become the studio where Billy does his drawing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Billy, 62, has been homeless for seven years following the breakup of a 25-year marriage. Several organizations are supposedly trying to find permanent shelter for him but have been looking for more than a year. I first got to know him pre-pandemic when he’d frequently do his drawing while sitting on a bench outside the post office. In those days, I typically had my morning mocha at one of Toby’s Coffee Bar’s nearby picnic tables.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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