Tomoko and I had a great time on Saturday. I drove up to Peekskill in the early afternoon. Peekskill is a great little town along the Hudson on a hill. Anyway, the town had a local artist weekend, where all the Studio’s were open to the public. We got coffee and walked around. There were a lot of crappy studios selling what they considered art. For example, there was a woman who sold bowels and scarf’s made out of what looked like Dryer Lint. There was a gentleman who bought an old church and turned it into an Art studio and his home- he had great light in that building, he art was nice also.
The one Studio that caught my eye was next. The pictures were very dark. Many of them were of a black haired woman who had her eyes blackened in and also her lips. Her hair was styled in a Japanese Sumo look- very avant-garde. I snapped a few pictures and took the guys business card. Later that night I was looking at it and on the back it said
“Richard Butler, better known for his music. He studied as a painter before forming the Psychedelic Furs”. I freaked out! This was one of my favorite bands in the 80’s and I never got to meet him while we were in his studio. I thought it was a bit strange to have a Piano in there amongst the great pictures…..i am going back sometime.
Later on we went to the Theater and saw “Big Bad Love”. Great flick and Debra Winger and her husband were there for Q&A after the show-
We had a great time-