Our seventh Second Thursday Artwalk was extra special. We featured work by Crystal Barbre and Kyle Abernethy, my teachers at ‘The Art Lair’. Both trained at Gage Academy before they opened The Art Lair in 2013 to teach “awesome weirdos” realist representational art techniques. It is one of the hidden treasures in the historic 2200 block of Belltown’s thriving Arts community. I learned a lot there. We also added two new pieces from Stasia Burrington, another Art Lair alumni, to our salon style show. Plus I had fun photographing The Countess who was getting a jumpstart on Halloween in her “Punk Rawk Cinderella” outfit. Dig! Nice to see more new faces, and open studio events are a good time to catch up with the other artists in The Building. I love our Westside community!!!