Geez, these chalk images are both beautiful and humbling.

...And temporary. Kinda like the New Year's Rose parade floats. Truly a work of beauty made for the people, and gone in a short while.

That's part of why they're so humbling. All this work, this gorgeous result... meant to only last a while.

I feel the same way about food art.

Yeah! Remember that sugar sculptor who was popular in Little Tokyo in the late 1990s? I think he retired after the A-Kon after sculpting little figures of Godzilla and the other popular Kiju. I've seen pictures of German Confectioners building intricate, scale models in Marzipan. I mean... One just couldn't leave something like that on a shelf. It'd get dusty and probably spoil. So I imagine a model building enthusiast like me might shed a little tear while chomping on the bits that were once a 1/6 scale Porsche 911 Rally style.

All of these chalk works are very well done to bad they can't be saved and framed.

Interesting you should mention that. Every artist who entered the festival had to also submit a 12 X 12* stretch canvas image which would go to auction, and the best would go to the Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art. Of course the Event also had a crew of photographers and videographers carefully making record of each image.

Of course, I will also cherish the memories too.

They are stunning

Please tell me you called this a Peachalk.

AH MAIS NON! (Whacks head against desk.)

I always like the idea of evanescent artworks such as these. There is a certain joy in making things that are made to be experienced in the now...

It'd be great to see you throw down for this. You could do something great...!

I'm planning on entering Next year if I can. I already have an image planned, plus the 12 X 12" "Cartoon" in my mind.

That's great! It would definitely be cool to see something of yours in this type of format, and I'll bet the public would get a kick out of it, too.

Looks good!

I really liked the textures and delicate color blends in this image.