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M4 Snbrurnftriit-'fattrtwl. Saturday, July 29, 1961SausalitofQueenOfTheThere's Much More To Unpredictable Enid Foster Than Her Sharp Wit And Sense Of HumorSpoofIU MUTE ( 01,1 M W‘i'm a product of Sausa lito,” said Enid Foster, poet, artist and sculptor who lives in a top floor flat at 14 Erin cess 1-ine.“I was practically born here,” she says. “My mother went ovi r to my grandfather's house in San Francisco to give birth to me . . . and came right back to Sausalito.”Enid likes to be called Knid Everybody calls me wEnid .round here the butcher, the baker and everybody. I’m reallv Enid. I'm veryC-'proud of it THE WAV you find Enid is the way she is She wears a hickory shirt, blue jeans and blue sneakers. Outdoors she adds a babushka. “I hate the way I have to dress. she tells. “I love beautiful clothes, but these last a long time and never go out of fashion.You find Enid with Gus, her black dachshund. Gus greeted us. then hopped backinto his babv basket under a*table and covered himself w 11 h flannel blankets. “He gets cold,” Enid said. He had arthritis last winter.Standing around the roomare props from Enid's lastshow. including a sign,“There'll Always Be a Mid-•*die Class. Costumes are onthe table from “The Memory•*of Fast Fives, a bowl of cherries and, on the wall behind her bed. a few quotes in pencil.“When 1 am reading a book and come across something 1 want to remember, I quickly write it on the wall,” the artist said One of the quotes said: “it is a transient world. We never know enlightenment ’There was a picnic basket on a table, paintings on the wall, a red flag, a wreath of leaves, an Oriental fan. a na-RjIN HER TOP FLOOR FLAT at 14 Princess Lane, Sausalito, artist Enid Foster works on a canvas. She's also a satirist,poet and sculptor, and one of Sausalito's most colorful and best liked citizens. (Independent-Journal photo)ked light bulb, a rubber ball on the floor.EMI) S\YS she likes to associate herself with Marin Countv. She was raised in Sausalito and spent her adolescence in Koss Valiev. Shewstudied in New York and London.She s very proud of her ancestors. “Thov were fromNew England; they wore Prussian and Hungarian. Hungarians. she said, “are wild, racv and reckless. Mv Prus-I 4r.’M.'• ‘ •' • ‘*9RK9i‘ t JPav *,».*-* gm... .;Vsrv?-l'M;•W’t * • ■' ■ ' . lt;■ -• • V • ’-.‘A.V- T9**#• •»* % -i M ‘ ;■*-.* •.‘x*. ■ /*STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Dick Steinheimer of the lnde~ pendent Journal made this silhouetted profile shot of artist Enid Foster against the stained glass window of her studio fla*sian grandmother ruled the family like a dictator.*’She has been interested in the arts ever since she can remember. “1 was raised in an atmosphere of paints, artists and musicians. My father be-longed to the Bohemian Club and artists used to come to our house in Sausalito. Before 1 was born. Robert Louis Stevenson and Joaquin Miller came to our home.During her life the visitors included the poet Donald Graham. singer Harry Gillig and Dennis O’Sullivan. Father Sessnon, Catholic priest and lon vivant, and William Berg, retired business man and witWe asked Knid if she and fellow artists could make a living from their work. “I’m prepared to answer,” she replied, “but it won’t be the answer you expec t. The way it isnow, people don’t realize the importance of art.“THEY DON’T support the artist sufficiently and he hasto wash dishes and do all jobs to keep working. Artists don't have time to develop their talent fullv, and so American people are getting the art they deserve.“Some artists get ahead on personal charm or by finding someone to back them. But these are exceptions to the rule. I think it's awful that there should be such a thing as a commercial artist.“You have to be trained so that you can come up with exactly what is expected. Only rarely is there any good work done It is all mechanical andugly.“People get their eyes full of 11 this commercial art work and it is like reconciling one’s self to putting up with downgrade food and livingquarters that are not as good as thev should be.“It is a sort of insidious way, of American people in particular . . . losing their particular dignity and putting up with so much ugliness.“1 have a complete faith in people. I think, as they have a chance to choose and consider. thev will almost invari-ably choose the good rather than the bad.”IT WAS A warm dav andEnid brought out two cans ofbeer and served it in steins with potato chips. She indicated she had been for a walk with Gus.“I can't go up the hill any more because the ears rush by,” she said. “They puff gas in your face and scare the wits out of you So 1 walk up and down Bridgeway all the time.“Here we have a recognized danger — smog. Were too greedy to make any sacrifices. We are killing ourselves with our greed. 1 thinkContinued on Page M-5M4ititAV. J✓Vtv/THE AVENGING ANGEL, a prop for Enid Foster's satire ''The Serpent's Craft, was constructed by the artist. In addition, she wrote the script, did the music and the costumes, and directed the satire. (Photo by Michael Bryl
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San Rafael Daily Independent Journal
San Rafael, California, US
Sat, Jul 29, 1961
Page 20
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