Comments on Whiting Tennis Wins the Prize

nothing is worth "the drive" anymore.

maybe hot sex. but art?

its worth The Train Ride.

Wrong, Solomon. I thought that too until I checked it out. Two round-trip Amtrak tickets from Seattle to Portland will run you substantially more than $100. Compare that to a $40 tank of gas and the reality that driving is an hour faster each way, and it's a no-brainer.

Always appreciated Tennis' art since first seeing some paintings in the late nineties at a Pioneer Square gallery. Nice to see good work rewarded.

I met Tennis at the CNWAA reception. He's a very tall guy! So humble and deserving too. His 2008 piece, the large backyard one is personally my favorite in the show. Although Watt's large dual-installation is terrific too! Drive it!

Yes, he IS very tall, very humble, talented and deserving.

AND he used to have a band called "Big Tube Squeezer"! And they were awesome!!! (Dear God, am I the only person who remembers Big Tube Squeezer? gulp...)

For those of you who were at the reception, Whiting told me he actually meant to say a few words but wasn't motioned to do so. He didn't mean to just duck back into the crowd. (Apparently he was asked about this by a reporter.)