I picked Dayana Jordan a local artist, she is a transgender male to female. Normally finding out she (he) was former military and transitioning would have pushed me the other way. She is married with children and a former Infantry Marine. I picked her because she actually has unique artwork. Something I would buy. Morgan did buy a piece off her. I would like to but I must see in the next day or two. Dayana has a very flowered history. She has been a successful chef, tour manager of 2 bands and been in 42 of 50 states. She has also lived in 10 states. She makes pieces that blend music and art. They are kind of abstract in a way. Perhaps that is why I like them, they don’t follow a norm, or a pattern. It’s hard to discuss how she makes them, she says it can take up to 48 hours per piece. They are also baked in an oven to set what she’s done. They are very colorful and each piece features a musical instrument on a colored background. Each different color takes on certain meaning like a saxophone on blue means “music over the ocean”. You can find her in Jackson Square set up on the fence right in front of the St. Louis Cathedral. I also really like the whole blue dog thing. George Rodrique certainly did capture me with such a simple idea. I just like the easy bright colors. He has other art work but I’ll stick with the mutt. Blue is my favorite but the yellow and red are right there. How does one pose of the same animal over and over capture people so completely? I would say that this would only be the second time I have been in an actual art gallery, I know, everywhere I’ve been and that’s it? I’ve seen so much art in Europe, there it is more open and in places you wouldn’t expect. Well I did it, I bought my first official piece of art! It’s from Dayana Jordan, it was on our last day too! She had been gone the last three days. She said she almost didn’t come out today. I got a bit of a larger piece than I had wanted (for travel reasons). I asked her if she had purple, at first, she said no, then she remembered that she had one. It was love at first sight! It was a golden trumpet on a beautiful purplish swirled background. The border is black with his trademarked love, music, and art heart symbol around the entire border. Well, I got a hug from her along with some good conversation. I cannot wait to show it off and hang it on my wall. I mean seriously I could spend thousands of dollars on the street art surrounding Jackson Square. It is some of the best work I have ever been around. Each person and their unique style, I could easily come back and pick pieces for each of the rooms in my house.