Giant paint brushes, graceful peaked tents, and a wide lawn were halmarks of the Sausalito Art Festival.

Round tables at which to sit and sip a drink, unbrellas for shade, and wide aisles created the perfect atmosphere for viewing art.

The artist sat by each booth and waited for folks to arrive to chat about his or her art.

Wide paths led from the art to the restrooms, to the food, to the music.

Folks could walk right up to the artist and chat about art, or most anything else.

Art was hung outside each tent, as well as inside, maximizing use of the tent real estate.

Abstract art upon one booth, hung right next to realistic art of the next booth.

An owl painted on burnished metal made the owl appear to float over the background. The effect is not visible in a photograph, because it uses scintillation visible only to two eyes.

Constantly running elevators raised marbles one at a time to the top of a metal Rube-Goldberg ramp which carried the marble back down. The artist, Jeffrey Zachmann , said it took four to six weeks to construct and debug each art piece.