A Hard Week

The sale of art in the gallery can leave an empty spot. New art arrives. Old art leaves. Walls become stale to a frequent visitor. These are just some of the reasons to rehang and reorganize the inventory approximately every three months. 

In the past I have paid someone to help, but this time I decided to do it myself. Trying to save a buck! It is really a complicated thing. It involves connecting the various art pieces in some way - angles, color, subject, frame or no frame, size, and then there is the light, natural and from above. What will the artists think?

Getting on the step stool to hammer in a nail way above my head and lifting a heavy painting and hanging it level aren’t easy for me to do. So I did a lot of singing and praying this week as I worked, and inch by inch, it is complete except for the final clean up. 

I did get a sense of accomplishment. And it looks pretty. 

Workshop. Woohoo!

Yesterday I took a day off from my gallery duties so I could attend a workshop with one of my favorite painters. This is the demo painting he did. He knows his stuff! Abstract watercolors. And he is one of the artists in the gallery. Lucky me. 

I painted something

 A week from today I am going to take a class from a very good watercolorist who has his art in my gallery. So I will be ready for the day, I brought some paints to the gallery to warm up and practice, since it has been so long. After playing, I painted three little things, then cut to 5x5ish to fit in some batch frames that have been taking up space in my garage. I gave away two of them, and the third went in the trash. This one went to my bookkeeper when she visited today. I appreciate her so much, and today I appreciate her even more for taking it off my hands. The other one went to the neighbor who was painting with me. It felt good. 

Pigeons going for the leftovers

 

Summer

A beautiful, pink blooming crepe myrtle against a blue sky. 

Cave swallows

A month or so ago lots of birds were excitedly flying back and forth in the covered entrance to the apartments by the gallery. I found they were building a nest and starting a new family. All the birds took part! I took some pix, identified them as cave swallows, and enjoyed learning about them. Now the babies are growing and will soon be out on their own. These pix are the best I could get.

A pretty display of leaves and white flowers.