SoFo Gallery
art & writing from South 40 Pier
Spring 2022
Sunset at Rodeo Beach
by Dennis Bayer
Feeding Net
by Michael Konrad
by Louise Simpson
by Peter Van Dine
by Ken Spurr
Winter 2021
Channel Sunrise
by Dennis Bayer
Gatto
by Susan Neri
Baby Tunicate
by Michael Konrad
Paper Moon
by Peter Van Dine
Soaring
by Ken Spurr
Fall 2021
Schoonmaker Dock Tunicates
by Michael Konrad
Bird Spikes? What Are Bird Spikes?
by Dennis Bayer
Windswept
by Peter Van Dine
Mom and Pup
by Ken Spurr
Preview of Last Voyage of the Redlegs
by Joe Tate
This month I am sharing a couple chapters from my unpublished book, “Last Voyage Of The Redlegs."
Click on the link and you’ll find two chapters that are downloadable PDFs. They are “Lost World Of Innocence ,” and “Exile.” It takes little time to download and there’s a blank page at the beginning of Lost World.
I would love to hear your feedback.
http://lastvoyageoftheredlegs.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/last-voyage-of-the-redlegs/
After the Symphony
a SoFo Exquisite Corpse collective ekphrastic poem
What is the sound of one hand clapping
It moved it seemed
it left but left no prints
Something happened here
She heard them,
they didn’t think she had but they were wrong
What is the sound of one laborer clapping
Restless glove syndrome
Ooops. Lost. Contact me.
What is the sound of one glove missing?
July 2021
Beyaz Dreams
by Susan Neri
Family road trip, circa late 60s
Troubled Times
by Joe Tate
I originally wrote this song to lament the Houseboat Wars.
I rewrote it about 2008 to reflect the mass repossessions
that were happening then. In either event, it reflects the
fear some of us have of being kicked around by giant
corporations.
Bodega Wave
by Ken Spurr
A Floating Home or Floating Home
by Peter Van Dine
Cleaning the Eelgrass
by Michael Konrad
Untitled
by Neil Thomson
From "The Houseboat Series"
Two Brown Pelicans Coming In For A Landing
by Dennis Bayer
June 2021
South 40 Tightrope
by Dennis Bayer
I shot this in the late seventies or very early 80s.
It was near the shore on the old South 40 Pier.
The tightrope walker is Noel Faulkner who owned the houseboat that Jim Hammond is living in now.
I believe he moved to New York from here.
He is living in London now.
9 suns - Kristina Academia.mov
Stowaway
by Peter Van Dine
835F8F69-4CB3-4737-BD4D-C526A00D8726 - j brubaker.MP4
Prenses Kiko
by Susan Neri
Egret I Like
by Ken Spurr
End Of An Error
by Joe Tate
This is a new video I have created with The Hippie Voices and the ‘Nother Brothers.
Arranged by Peppe Merolla, it may be my final message to mankind.
May 2021
Air Mail
by Peter Van Dine
Night Heron
by Dennis Bayer
Anemone
by Ken Spurr
Poetic License
by Neil Weinstein
by Stephen Ehret
On display in the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art from May 29th till August 1st
as part of SUPERCOLLIDER's exhibit "Atmospheres Deep".
Mary Moffett
by Joe Tate
This is video from an an old Redlegs party at the Charles Van Damme, aka, The Ark.
Mary Moffett is a fictitious name for a person I knew at the Gates long ago.
Night on the Hill
by Eric Holter
Published by Come and Go Literary, Winter 2018
April 2021
Two Pelicans at Sunset
by Dennis Bayer
Darkness at Noon 2020.09.08
by Peter Van Dine
The Writing Laid Down Like Steps of Stone
Published by Riddled with Arrows
http://www.riddledwitharrows.com/rwa-4-1-message-in-a-bottle/explore-the-caves/#steps_of_stone
The Road Not Taken
by Eric Holter
by Joan Sheehan
I built this dollhouse during the pandemic out of boredom but it was something I've always wanted to do since seeing The Queen's Dollhouse at Windsor many years ago. I realized dollhouses need not just be for children. It is a great hobby and with the internet, one has access to an unlimited number of artisans. My house is truly international! The house itself is British, but also included are pieces from China, Russia, Poland, Spain, Germany and the US. The architecture is Georgian and has 10 rooms on four floors.
Caspian Tern
by Ken Spurr
The Ballad Of The Richmond
by Joe Tate
This song recounts how I took an old tugboat, rigged her for sail and voyaged
to distant lands, islands and returned safely home to my beloved Sausalito.
March 2021
South 40 Seal
by Ken Spurr
Tide Pool
by Flo Hoylman
Waldo Point History
Photo by Gigi Sims (née Carroll), caption by Maureen Orth, early 1970s
Pilings & Pots
by Peter Van Dine
Free Verse Departure
Poets bring nothing to the party.
They don't even ask.
They show up on time or late.
They get lost.
They say they're coming but don't.
They arrive in time for food,
stand in a corner and drink.
Never take off their coat.
Then strip to a t-shirt
and talk about Bird, things
you've never heard as Parker
plays on your Alexa.
Sometimes poetry breaks out.
Someone picks up a guitar.
There's action on the roof.
Shy cats come out of hiding.
An enormous radish is carved into art.
Memory floats up from an afternoon
in Oaxaca, 1984 ~
The houseboat rises, warms.
Everyone leaves all at once in
a free verse departure.
Sink full of dishes.
Someone leaves a hat.
The night itself becomes a poem.
And guess what?
That's what the poets brought.
Nova Nights
by Guy Biederman
Cover art by Arthur Johnstone
Hear the hearts beat?
by Michael Konrad
SoFo Rainbows
by Dennis Bayer
February 2021
Anna's Hummingbird
by Dennis Bayer
White Heron
by Susan Neri
Girl From Gate 5 - Joe Tate.mp4
Bird's Eye
by Ken Spurr
Salty Chic #2
by Miek Boltjes
In-camera double exposure; Dec 18th 2020. Part of the series "Salty Chic", my ode to Sausalito's waterfront: the magic of the symbiosis of salty and chic.
Looking Up
by Peter Van Dine
Short Walk on a Long Pier
by Guy Biederman
Floating in the shadows of the ferry where a famous master once zenned, lived a sippy monk on a tippy barge called The China Sea. Each morning he walked the planks with a satisfied shrug, then untied koans of kelpy line until noon. At lunch he played chess with the seagulls on a skiff, and when high tide arrived, he paddled to the No Name for beer and read Li Po until 2. No books were written about him. No one came to his door. But his elegant wisdom glittered like sea glass on the ocean floor. Lifting a conch shell to his ear, he heard the whisper of the universe. Placing the shell to his lips, he answered its call.
January 2021
Egret Strut
by Dennis Bayer
Skyline at Sunrise
by Ken Spurr
tape measure.pdfArt by Susan Neri
IMG_3930.movWheelie Guru
by Eric Holter
