Artist Brittany Knight of Dumb Bunny Art was beaming as she explained how her title was based on an affectionate childhood moniker.
"It's kind of a family nickname, and I kind of do a lot of dumb stuff, so I would say it's pretty fitting overall," laughed Knight, a former 91原创 City resident who now lives in Maple Ridge.
"Gotta roll with it, you know. Gotta roll with the punches."
Knight was one of several artists exhibiting on Sunday, the second day of the two-day open Outdoor Art Fair organized by the 91原创 Arts Council (LAC).
LAC event coordinator Jessie Crabbe said day one was a family-friendly, kid-oriented event that featured art workshops, face painting and live music, while day two was the larger fine arts fair.
"It's our third year running," Crabbe told the Langey Advance Times.
"We're going to have around 25 or 26 art vendors [on day two] that are going to take up this whole space."
One of the exhibitors on day two, Walnut grove artists Alana Evans, of Alana Evans Art, was displaying brightly-coloured dream scapes inspired by her early years.
"Most of my work is oil paintings and the theme is B.C. -based landscape based on my memories of childhood," Evans explained.
A 91原创 Arts Council board member, Evans said the annual show has been growing in popularity,
"There's lots of art fairs across Canada and we're trying to promote arts within the Fraser Valley."
Aldergrove sculptor Dennis Nicolato was explaining how he recently decided to donate his bust of the late actor, activist, musician, poet and author Chief Dan George, which the artist was showing with some other examples of his work.
"I did it in college, back in the 90's," Nicolato explained.
"I contacted them [the chief's Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band in North Vancouver] to see if they wanted it as a donation. I figured they might really like it to display."
Outdoor Fine Arts Fair and Festival was held one week before the 29th arts festival in 91原创 City, which will bring together more than 200 visual and performing artists on Saturday, Aug. 16.
Running from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the free festival on Fraser Hwy., between 204 and 206 Streets, organized by the Downtown 91原创 Business Association (DLBS), brings together visual artists of many different genres and techniques as well as live music and food.
