Even though ArtWalk 2013 has ended for this year, people are still talking about it — and still buying art.

John Smythe relates an interesting followup. It happened while he was at the ARTember Art Show and Sale on September 13 & 14 in Airdrie. He writes:

“They (the collectors) had seen my ArtWalk display at the museum in Sundre this summer and decided to contact me to make arrangements to purchase one of my wood turnings.

“They used my business card with the Wellspring address on it and when they went to the Wellspring web site they were excited to find out from my news posting that I was right there in their home town of Airdrie that very minute!

“They were extremely pleased not to have to drive to Olds and in fact, bought two items!”

Now that’s a win-win situation for everyone. Congratulations, John.

Wellspring member John Smythe is having a great summer. His work has been featured in several newspaper articles and he won awards for his woodturning at the Calgary Stampede. He’s also participating in Wellspring’s 7th Annual ArtWalk.

The Sundre Museum has a display of his work as part of ArtWalk. I stopped by the Museum yesterday and found half a dozen people there. They’d read the article about John in this week’s Mountain View Gazette and wanted to see the work firsthand. Judging by their comments, the trip was worth it!