It's Showtime, folks!

Opening day of The Creole Gallery's "Vagina Show" is finally here!

I'm very excited and looking forward to meeting the other artists and seeing their work for the first time  and meeting the patrons of the arts.  This is my very first show at the Creole Gallery and, thus far, the experience has been very positive. The opening reception is from noon til five, so I'll have a good opportunity to really get to know everyone involved.

And there should be wine!  However, just in case, I will have a bottle stashed away...

It's going to be a very busy day. I have things going on before and after the show, as well, but, if you're in the area, I hope to see you!

Sending the kids to camp!

The "kids" on the couch waiting to go to "camp"!

Varnishing has been done.  Hanging wire has been installed.  Bios and statements and price lists have been sent. All that was left was to drop off the work.

It's always an odd feeling when the pieces you've slaved over and fussed over finally go off to the gallery.  Like "sending the kids to camp", you've done everything you can do but now it's out of your hands. They're on the bus and you won't see them again until "visiting day".  Weird.

Actually, it was fun dropping them off.  Ben and I took the pieces into The Creole Gallery and met Roxanne, who is co-organizing the show with Ena Busby, and Tanya Becks, another artist who will be doing a performance piece.  They both seem like great people. Very friendly and very easy to talk to. New friends! Always great! Everyone is excited for the show and looking forward to the opening on Sunday. Now all I have to do is wait.

Naw, forget that, I'm gonna paint!

Getting x-cited!

I have 6 more days to finish up the 3 pieces I plan on submitting to my first juried show! I'm getting excited.

Thus far, the work has been going well. I have been working on the pieces all at the same time. Block in one piece, set it aside as I do the background for another piece, set it aside, work on details for the 3rd piece, set it aside, etc. Almost assembly line, which works cause they all have the same basic theme.

2 pieces are done in an abstract expressionist/fauvist style while the 3rd one is  a little more photo realistic. Can't wait to finish them!

It's nice to be x-cited about art again!