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2nd Friday ArtAbout reception: Lorie Topinka
A Taste of Whimsy: Chickens of the 5th Street Community Garden and Friends
Lorie Topinka
watercolors and books
June 30 to July 25
2nd Friday ArtAbout Reception: July 10, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Logos Books, 513 Second Street, Davis, CA, 95616
Lorie Topinka embraces whimsy – something playfully quaint, fanciful, imaginative, and delightful – in much of her art and occasionally in her writing. This exhibit showcases that aesthetic in her recent book, “Chickens of the 5th Street Community Garden and the Rat Wars”; a whimsical work of creative nonfiction that she describes as a children’s book for adults. Her pieces, inspired by Mexican folk art, feature watercolors of her chickens, their friends, and their adventures in the garden.
About The Book
Gardening is planning plus hard work and luck…and then more hard work. In this fable three chickens transform an abandoned plot into a garden after Lorie injures her knee. They banter and bicker their way through the planning, planting, and weeding of this small community garden plot. Then disaster strikes when the summer of 2024 becomes the time of the rat wars. Will the rats eat everything? Will the garden survive this onslaught? Are there lessons to be learned from the struggles with the rats?
Artist’s Statement
As a watercolor artist, I am drawn to bold colors and iconic images. Whenever I am painting I get lost in the looking and seeing. There is no time, distance, or separation between me and the object or scene. This creative process is joyful and I try to embrace that joy in my pieces.
Meet Lorie Topinka at her 2nd Friday ArtAbout reception on July 10 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Public receptions for local artists will also be held at various venues on that same evening in conjunction with the Davis Downtown 2nd Friday ArtAbout. You can see more details and download a map of venues at facebook.com/davisartabout or https://theartery.net/2nd-friday-artabout.