It was fun to take the Wildling Art Museum Studio Art Tour last Fall in the Santa Ynez Valley, so I thought doing the same in Santa Barbara would be an interesting diversion for a weekend with an artist friend from out town. Artist as spectators was fun for two day, but by night, we had to hit the studio and get some work done ourselves! Here’s the parts of the tour that we managed …

Meet the artists of this year’s Wildling Art Museum studio tours. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it to all 26 of the artists houses in the two days of the event, but hopefully the following pictures and descriptions will inspire you to seek out these artists and come on the tour next year! I started in Los Alamos at the house of Mackenzie Duncan. Mac with one of her “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” …