pecan street festival

twice a year austin hosts the pecan street festival, where they close off the famous sixth street and artists and artisans display their goods. there's music, food, workshops and a diverse range of delightful things. we ventured through the wonderful stalls and came across some incredible artwork.

firstly, a german artist who uses mixed media -- he paints characters in acryllic over real photographs. and he must have about twenty portraits of people from russia to cairo to manhattan. i feel in love with this piece "trento, italy". the perspective is so effective. don't you just feel he's going to walk straight into you? i love his furrowed brow and big moustache :)

then, oh wow, i am obsessed with owls at the moment. and they are everywhere. on prints, pendants, artwork, earrings....everywhere. so this crazy-looking bird caught my eye, "uhu". he has such character. i love how frazzled he looks :)

here's the artist himself, who was so much fun to chat to:

we then had an interesting encounter at "alamosaics". this is amazing -- artwork made from small pieces of wood. the john lennon portrait is a masterpiece. as we walked into the tent, we saw a south african flag! turns out the artist has a cousin who married a guy from pretoria and they were the inspiration for the piece. it was such a cool surprise!