So… “Art In The Barn” had a special category of artist this year: The Emerging Artist!
Okay, so there was only one artist in that category… and he was in the booth next
to mine – we’ll just call in Booth E-3.5. There he was cranking out the work…
competing for the same dollar I was. Oh the quandry… to but some more pottery?…
or but a piece of original art by this new, young, fresh Emerging Artist?

My long-time friend and able-bodied Art Fair Assistant, Nancy, brought her
five year old son Jimmy with on Saturday to help out at the fair. In his fluorescent green
soccer uniform, he was a beacon for all to see. While there, he started coloring and
was “discovered” by one of the other artists down the way! Right on the spot, the artist
“commissioned” Jimmy for an original crayon drawing! So he drew the picture
and made his first sale. The artist proudly posted Jimmy’s artwork in his booth for the
remainder of the art fair.

Meanwhile, not to let a good thing go, Jimmy decided that if he drew more,
he would sell more. And he did. Quite the entrepreneur, Jimmy posted his artwork,
made signage to promote his body of work, hawked his product like the best of
carnival barkers… and earned himself a whopping $3.75 !!! Quite a bonus for a young
artist such as Jimmy. I think he has quite the future… great… more competition!!!