2.6.2020. Leonardo Drew + Wayne Thiebaud. UC Davis. Davis. California.

So funny things tend to happen when I am around, and sometimes magic happens. This was one of those days. I was invited by the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis, my alma mater, to go up for a visit and see the art department (my major) and attend a lecture by sculptor Leonardo Drew and have dinner with him and Wayne Thiebaud. Since my work load lightened up a bit, I was able to pop up for the day. Boy was I glad I was able to do this.

For those of you that did not know, I am a conceptual sculptor with an Art Studio degree from UC Davis while studying under all the greats there. That's a part of why I'm so weird. You can see some of my work here:
http://amyyvonneyu.blogspot.com

It was great fun to meet up with my sculpture professor Lucy Puls to get a tour of the current art studio building and to have a catch up with her. Then we headed over to the Jan and Marian Manetti Shrem Museum that got built after I graduated before the Leonardo Drew lecture there. Then we went to dinner and this is where the magic happens. I procured a pencil for Leonardo (a reference to something Wayne Thiebaud said at the lecture during the Q&A) to Dra with. Leonardo informs me that he only draws with ballpoint pens as he does not like the idea of being able to use the eraser as that feels like a cheat. Then I gave Leonardo Drew and Wayne Thiebaud my Sharpies and this is what happened.

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Last night after dinner I gave Wayne Thiebaud and @leonardodrewstudio Sharpies. This is what happened. You will want the sound on to hear Leonardo’s infectious laugh. Considering that I was trying to get them both arrested (true story), this was an amicable outcome. This signed piece is now a donation to the Shrem Museum. Could have been my retirement... Strange things tend to happen when I get off the couch. My Sharpies sure get around.

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This is the final signed piece, which is now my donation to the Shrem Museum instead of my retirement fund.