Los Gatos Weekly-Times The Prowler Before writing about the usual things to see and do around Cat Town, the Prowler wants to take a moment to wish all of this column's readers a happy, safe and peaceful holiday season--whether that holiday is (or was, as the case may be) Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa or Winter Solstice. The same wishes go for New Year's Eve as well! This cat hopes 1999 is a good year for everyone, and hopefully a year in which everyone resolves his or her computer' Y2K problems before the new millennium! Speaking of the holidays, many busy shoppers at Borders Books, Music & Cafe in Old Town have discovered an unusual series of photographs on the walls of the giant bookstore's Cafe Espresso. Nicole Martine Coleman, who works as a graphic designer for Tharp Did It! in Los Gatos, is exhibiting more than a dozen photographs taken while traveling in one of her favorite locales: Mexico. Las Ventanas De Oaxaca, Mexico, up through Jan. 2, is a colorful photographic tour of the old village. Most of the photos are of the doors and windows of residences and a few businesses. Others include piles of fresh produce at Oaxaca's mercados (markets), and abandoned cars. Nicole writes in her artist statement that she is intrigued by the juxtaposition of unusual colors and textures created by the use of successive layers of paint on the outside walls of buildings. When the paint weathers and peels, it creates an interesting look. The Prowler's keen cat-eye also noticed how Nicole captures not only colors but the play of sun, shade and shadow in many of her images. In addition to taking photos, Nicole is also a painter. [ Back to Contents Page | Los Gatos Weekly-Times Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Los Gatos Weekly-Times, December 23, 1998. ©1998 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.