Imagine Gian Lorenzo Bermini’s classic image of Apollo and Daphne ready to leap from the pavement at your feet. This is one of five works by Renaissance masters that will be re-created by Street Painting artists June 19 and 20.
In addition to Santa Clara artists Cheryl and Wayne Renshaw’s 10x15 foot, 3-D image, scenes from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel and Jan Vermeer’s Girl with the Red Hat will be rendered in chalk on Prospect Street.
This creative tribute to the masters has become a must-see when visiting the Danville Fine Arts Faire. Artists Hien Nguyen of Oakland, Shirley Lehner-Rhoades of Scotts Valley, Alice Crittenden of Santa Barbara and Cecelia Linayao of San Diego have only two days to interpret well-known images in 12’x12’ squares.
The Renshaws, of landscape design company WR Architects, construct several street paintings a year as a hobby and have the art down to a science.
“We enjoy the interaction,” says Cheryl, who chooses scenes that the public will recognize. “People can pose with the ‘sculpture.’ ”
The Weekend With the Masters is presented by Diablo Magazine. |
