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| Street painting is an artform that's growing in popularity here in California. It's most closely associated with Italy, where there is a longstanding tradition of reproducing the works of Renaissance masters in soft pastels on the street. Street painters in Italy are called i madonnari after their favorite subject, paintings of the Madonna and Child (and variations on that theme). Here in California, the oldest street painting festival is in Santa Barbara and is called the I Madonnari Festival. It occurs every Memorial Day weekend. Other popular festivals are in San Rafael, San Luis Obispo, and San Diego. We started street painting with some friends at the Santa Barbara I Madonnari festival in 2000. We've gone every year since then. In 2003, the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts added street painting to their arts and crafts festival. We participated that year and every year since. In the fall of 2005, we participated in the San Luis Obispo I Madonnari festival for the first time, and in 2006 we added the Danville Fine Arts Faire and the San Carlos Art and Wine Faire to our list of street painting venues. In 2007 we added two more: San Rafael's Youth In Arts and Redwood City's Our Town - Downtown Community Celebration. 2008 Schedule: Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival, May 24-26, 2008 San Rafael Youth In Arts, June 14-15, 2008 Danville Fine Arts Faire, June 2008 (date TBD) Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, August 30-31, 2008 San Luis Obispo I Madonnari Festival, Sept. 2008 (date TBD) Redwood City Our Town - Downtown Community Celebration Sept. 2008 (date TBD) San Carlos Art and Wine Faire, October 11-12, 2008 Here are some photos of street paintings we've done in the past. Enjoy! |
| San Carlos Art and Wine Faire, October 2007 Cleopatra's Fleet, original art by Warwick Goble |
| San Luis Obispo I Madonnari, September 2007 Rebecca Painting, original art by Joseph Bohler |
| Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, August 2007 Summer Days, original photograph by Wayne Renshaw |
| Danville Fine Arts Faire, June 2007 The Picnic Party, original art by Jack Vettriano |
| San Rafael Youth In Arts Festival, June 2007 The Arts, original art by Arthur Mathews |
| Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival, May 2007 Still Life With Hedgehog, original photo illustration by Cheryl Renshaw |
| San Carlos Art and Wine Faire, October 2006 "Are you ill, dear North Wind?" original art by Jessie Willcox Smith (background by Cheryl and Wayne Renshaw) |
| San Luis Obispo I Madonnari, September 2006 Miranda--Repose, original art by Robin Berry (retitled No Egrets in this rendition) |
| Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, August 2006 Reading Dragon, original art by Cheryl and Wayne Renshaw |
| Danville Fine Arts Faire, June 2006 Flaming June, original art by Lord Frederic Leighton |
| Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival, May 2006 Between The Wings (detail), original art by Sulamith Wülfing |
| San Luis Obispo I Madonnari Festival, September 2005 New Orleans Jazz Funeral from photo (unknown photographer) |
| Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, August 2005 Chalky Hands, photo by Wayne Renshaw |
| Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival, May 2005 April Love, original art by Arthur Hughes |
| Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, August 2004 Somebody's Watching original collage by Wayne and Cheryl Renshaw |
| Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival, May 2004 Girl In A Green Dress, original art by Tamara de Lempicka |
| Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, August 2003 Bubblegum Clowns, original art by Royce McClure |
| Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival, May 2003 Afghan Girl, original photo by Steve McCurry |
| Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival, May 2002 View of Oyster Bay, original stained glass window by Louis Comfort Tiffany |
| Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival, May 2001 Future Garuda, original art by Howard Rheingold |
| Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival, May 2000 Green Man, original art by Howard Rheingold |