Morongo Basin Open Studio Art Tour

 

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The open studio tours have been going on since 2001 and our first time there was in 2005. We have been back about 5 or 6 times now and plan to go again in 2018. These photos are from 2017. It has grown quite a bit in its 18 year existence and changed quite a bit. In the earlier days it had more artists that were really out there. There are still some quirky artists but they are becoming more and more mainstream artists. We always enjoy the more quirky ones. They are doing what they love to do and living a minimal existence in order to do that.

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The photo in the lower right is in Snake Jagger's house. If you study his art work you will find something in each one that is out of place like a doorway, or a window on a rock. Check out the picture of Karen sitting on a bench with a doorway and an alien behind her. I mean where are you going to find stuff like this other then in the upper desert.

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