Art: Literally In Yamagami's Garden

Jeff Bramschreiber, stroked the graphite pencil here and there on the canvas while a handful of onlookers observed the artist in action Tuesday. The statue in the photo he worked from began to take shape in larger form on his canvas.

“I’m using water soluable graphite now. Next I’ll bring in the oil pastels on top,” Bramschreiber says. “The oil pastels will kind of set it off.”

Two women from San Jose who stood in the back watching came to specifically to see an artist in residence. Both women dabble in art themselves.

“It was very interesting the way he blended the colors,” says Janet Paige.

Bramschreiber was one of four artists who for the past week have been working at Yamagami’s creating art based on items found at the nursery. Items such as the statue Bramschreiber was painting and flowers he painted earlier Tuesday afternoon.

The work Bramschreiber and the other artists create will be auctioned off Thursday, Aug. 11 during a silent auction and reception, , for Triton Museum of Art.

But for previously made plans Paige and her friend Linda Trumbly would have preferred to attend the auction to enjoy all the works of art on display, they said.

Tickets to the event are $25, and include a shopping discount to be used at Yamigami's at a later date. Plus there will be refreshments, wine and music.