Last week was the Bellevue Arts Fair, and we went on Saturday. As usual, the main fair was laid out in the parking garage, and along the street outside. It was a very pleasant day, and we saw some beautiful works. And some cute ones!

This booth was from a sculptor. She works in large format, and she had a friend to show off her work. What do you think of this guy?

How about a nice moose for your living-room?

This metal sculptor showed some very unusual works. Here are two photos of the same one. I thought it was just a little bit creepy.

It resembles a picture, but when you get close you can see the individual pieces of colored metal making up the scene. There are thousands of individual pieces, and it must have taken a long time to complete. Do you wonder who might live there?

One of my favorite vendors, who is there every year, displays large, colorful wind-turning sculptures for outdoors. Multiple elements turn in the breeze, and they are fun to watch. The onlooker can’t just glance to see if you like them, you have to stand and watch for a while.

They are so pretty and colorful!

My readers will know that I am into art glass. One of my favorite booths had this whimsical teapot for sale. Too bad you can’t make tea in it! But I would think it would be guaranteed to elicit a smile!

Here are some more art-glass pieces I liked.

Speaking of glass…

After we had made the rounds of the booths, we walked East toward downtown Bellevue. The city has numerous modern glass-fronted office and hotel towers, and the sun was just right that day to make just awesome reflections of nearby buildings, and the blue cloud-filled sky. I had such fun taking these photos!

There is a roof-top garden on one of those terraces. It has a different effect than the right angles of all the levels. The stripes you see facing you are the reflections from nearby buildings.

I just loved the cloud reflections in the glass on this building.

There’s just so much to see in this building! Reflections of clouds and nearby buildings. I found it fascinating.

I almost like the buildings better than the art!

And I almost forgot, since the fair was outdoors, I got a chance to capture some of the natural surroundings there. I liked this tree along the roadway-it almost resembled sculpture itself.

There were lots of woodworkers there, and this tree looks like it could have been made by one of them.

This is the side of the building right behind that tree.

I liked the patterns made by the green ivy, and the bare branches.

These were growing right next to the garage.

And, finally, the unfortunate inclusion of some typical leftist politics at one of the booth. In my experience, art should be all about uplifting the soul through beauty. This vendor goes for the shock value. Needless to say, I won’t be buying any of their wares.

Neato? I don’t think so.