Holiday on Fourth Street, Too

Every December, East Bay Urban Sketchers visit Fourth Street in Berkeley to sketch the holiday decorations. And every year, I invariably sketch the window display at Molly B. Boutique. 

Nina Taylor has been creating Molly B.'s wonderfully eclectic window displays for thirty plus years, and she never fails to attract passersby for a closer look. She uses her personal stash of props and rental items, along with objects loaned by friends and other artists. In this window Nina employs African and Oceanic masks, shields and other objects from Dave DeRoche's collection. 
~Susan Ford

Shop-window sketching, Fourth Street, Berkeley

A mannequin head in a hat box at Molly B. Boutique, from the always creatively quirky window designer, Nina Taylor. Uh huh, the glasses were perched askew.

Shoes are a favorite subject matter of mine. That's a "Sunnylife" transistor radio that resembles a Geiger counter from a 50's sci-fi movie.