Cole and Ilia Paint With Artist Tommy Hollenstein!!
We are completely humbled and totally priviledged to tell you that Cole and Ilia got to paint with amazing artist Tommy Hollenstein today! Go check out his stuff right now: http://www.tommyhollenstein.com/
This was a Canine Companions event (natch) held smack in the middle of Downtown Disney, so we drew (among other things) a nice crowd. There were puppies-in-training and Elder Statesmen service dogs and everything in between. There was great live music by a musician named Michael to help get the creativity flowing and Disney VoluntEars who buzzed around making sure everything was perfect. What a fun day!
After Cole created his masterpiece (with the addition of Ilia’s pawprint in the lower left corner) we went to the nearby Rainforest Cafe for lunch. Faux thunder and lightening shook the walls, Bobo the gorilla screeched irritably directly above our table and the human din was fantastic. All the while, Ilia did…..
Nothing.
Now, that’s some insane training. I couldn’t even sit still in that raging cacophony.
We went back after lunch to pick up our now-dry work and say our good-byes. Although it was after 3:00 (the event started at noon), Tommy was still working with kids and I could see at least a dozen pictures lined up drying on the stage. He was still patiently teaching, still giving each kid an awesome experience.
Too cool. Thanks for the love, Tommy.
Go here to see: http://picasaweb.google.com/MassieFamily97/Hollenstein052210#
I’m really glad you posted all those pictures, because I was just wondering if there were gonna be any.
In fact, I just asked Tommy (who I’ve never met) about that when I saw this from him on Twitter a coupla hours ago:
@tommywheelart: Head home from live painting event at Downtown Disney. Thanks to all the volunteers that Helped make it possible! http://yfrog.com/jvrplj
So, I think you just scooped everybody - very cool!