Splendor can be fleeting. A sunset’s coral and azure streaks, overtaken by darkness. A vivid pink leaf, blown absent by the autumn winds. And a colourful alfresco artwork that will shortly drop victim to rain, sprinklers — or even just the toes of pedestrians. Applying chalk on pavement to make transient functions of artwork is Clifton Gold’s side hustle. By working day, the Milpitas-primarily based artist works in printing creation for San Jose Condition College. On weekends, he travels to sidewalk artwork festivals, from neighborhood-dependent Bay Spot events to invitation-only festivals, together with Santa Barbara’s prestigious I Madonnari Italian Road Painting Competition. So we asked him for an insider’s see…