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April 27 - May 3, 2006 S.G.V. EXAMINER A5
Sculptor David Lemon To Be Honored As Special Exhibiting Artist
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SAN DIMAS — The cabin in
the meadow - with a "musky
smell" emanating from old logs
and a sod floor -- linger in David
Lemon's memory.
He had come in the mid-1950s
to this place in Utah's Uinta
Mountains with his parents and
grandparents to visit the girlhood
home of his grandmother Hilde.
"She took me to a small window
and pointed to the line of
the forest on the edge of the
meadow," Lemon recalls. "She
started to tell me about how the
Ute Indian hunting parties used
to walk past the cabin - how
they would come to the door and
ask for food. They always gave
them food."
It is this memory, Lemon
says, -- along with the Western
movies of the period - that
sparked his interest in the Old
West and ultimately his passion
for Western art. Today, his
sculpture appears in galleries and
private collections throughout
the United States, Canada, Europe
and the Far East. Viewers
can marvel at his mastery at the
30th annual San Dimas Festival
of Arts Western Art Exhibition
and Sale April 28-30 when he will
be honored as the festival's Special
Exhibiting Artist. He will discuss
his work at a seminar set
Saturday, April 29 at 10:30 a.m.
in San Dimas City Council
Chambers.
There is a reason, he says,
why he chose sculpture as his
medium. "In high school ceramics
class, when I couldn't throw
a pot to save my neck, my
teacher suggested I try sculpting
the clay. I won three scholarships
for the five pieces I
sculpted that year."
Lemon didn't take the scholarships.
The year was 1965,
war was raging in Vietnam and
he joined the Navy instead.
It wasn't until 1977 -- when
he created a clay likeness of Buffalo
Bill, entered in the Utah State
Fair, the piece took first place.
"I was set on the road that I'm
going down today because of
that. I gained the confidence I
needed to go out into the competitive
world of art.
Lemon, a member of the
American Indian and Cowboy
Artists, recalled how the group
played a significant role in the
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San Dimas Festival's beginnings
as well as his growth as an artist.
He remembers a year when
he took actor Iron Eyes Cody on
a tour of the gallery.
"When I came to a bronze of
mine, he began to sing an Indian
song. My eyes teared up, people
stopped in their tracks - all just
stood there listening to his incredible
voice...".
As a child, Lemon remembers
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April 29th and 30th
San Dimas Civic Center Plaza
245 E. Bonita Ave. - San Dimas
Saturday - April 29th
• Gallery, Trading Post
& Artisans Outpost: 9-5 pm
• Art Seminar
with David Lemon: 10:30 am
• Cowboy Poet: 12 noon
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& Auction: 12:30 pm
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• Cowboy Poet: 12 noon
• All Artist Auction
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• Show Closes: 4 pm
Exhibition by 30 Nationally Known Artists
DAVID LEMON - Special Exhibiting Artist
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watching Iron Eyes Cody on the
Mickey Mouse Club show, talking
about Indian customs and
singing their songs. "He is one
of the major reasons I became
the Western artist I am today."
As the Festival celebrates its
30th anniversary, Lemon has
other memories of his experiences
here. Specifically, he remembers
the appearance of ac-
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