Comments on: Meet Jim Mott, itinerant artist

By: Alyson B. Stanfield

Alyson B. Stanfield — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:54:09 +0000

Rebecca: Cool. Thanks for sharing your perspective. I so wish they (the TV show) would have talked about your art, too. Jim: Thanks for stopping in and giving us the real skinny. I hope we’ll hear more from you!

By: jim mott

jim mott — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:09:08 +0000

Hi Alyson, Nice to “meet” you. Thanks for taking an interest in the Itinerant Artist Project. I have to make one correction: I only went through 12 states on my Fall 07 Tour. Since starting the project in 2000, I have done some sort of exchange for art in 30 states. The 29th was indeed on the last tour, in Minnesota (#30 was on a subsequent short trip to Florida). In Minnesota I traded a painting for breakfast at a diner, mainly to get Minnesota on the list and also to practice for the theatrics of trading a painting for lunch at a restaurant in Wisconsin for the NBC cameraman. NBC let me know in advance that they wanted that. Normally the project is more about setting up a thoughtful context for gift exchange with my hosts, not about stunts (although the bartering can be fun). Meanwhile, speaking of statistics, I’ve been on the road a total of about 7 months (averaging about one month per year). It is a very challenging, very enriching change of pace!

By: Mary Richmond

Mary Richmond — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:22:38 +0000

I have to admit this was always sort of a dream of mine when I was younger and didn’t have a family, financial commitments and so on. In fact I had originally hoped to avoid all these things and live in a turret in Paris if I remember correctly. That was before doughter #1 came along and central heat seemed like a good idea. For awhile I lived in NYC in the late 70′s and sold my little watercolor cards in Central Park every day with my dog who of course wore a red bandana…..but reading this makes me sigh. I think it’s just great. Thanks for sharing the story.

By: Rebecca Crowell

Rebecca Crowell — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:26:18 +0000

ooops, let me try the link again for my blog: http://rebeccacrowellart.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html

By: Rebecca Crowell

Rebecca Crowell — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:18:32 +0000

Thanks for this Alyson–I’m sure Jim will appreciate it also. If anyone would like to read more about his stay with me, please visit my blog for October 28-29: (http://rebeccacrowellart.blogspot.com/2007_10_0 1_archive.html )