Santa Fe claims to be the third largest art market in the U.S., but it is rare to see anyone besides tourists in workshops painting in public. Across America, people rarely see anyone make anything with manufacturing outsourced abroad. So, a few times a week, I do a public art practice where I knit LDK Handknits while walking to different wireless cafes or parks and then paint in public. People come and tell me their stories, children smile as they see a garment grow or a painting created in front of them. The look of joy in their eyes is my reward. Who knows, maybe one of them will be the next Frida Kahlo, George Morisson or Robert Rauschenberg one day.
