great opening

small vases
collage and acrylic on paper
7.5x4

thank you to all of you who came last night to the opening at the Clement Art Gallery.
i enjoyed seeing all of you.

5 pieces have found new homes and that is such a good feeling too.

the show goes on till May 26.

preparing for show 7

private world
collage + acrylic on board
12x12

18 pieces delivered at Clement. all that's left to do now is getting there on time on Friday.

a welcome weekly exercise

Sara
black pen
8.5x11

Sara, one of the favorite models. what joy! too bad the class stops when school is on vacation.

preparing for show 6

Papagena
collage and acrylic on mat board
9x6.5

next step: announcements on e-mail list and facebook. done. also got the postcard from Jon. (my piece on the right).

preparing for show 5

mother and child
collage and acrylic on board
12x12

now all the pieces for the show are ready to go: signed, varnished, and all pieces on paper framed. the list went to Jon Gernon at the gallery and he is planning to post all images on the website at some point.
here is the site of the Clement Art Gallery: http://clementart.com/

preparing for show 4

mona
collage+acrylic on paper
7.5x7.5

a good step done: all pieces for the show are photographed or scanned and put on records. pretty low-tech records (on paper files!) but records nonetheless.

preparing for show 3

green vase
collage+acrylic on paper
7.5x3.75

step #3 in preparation of show: varnish pieces. not only do the colors really come alive but the UV protection will keep inks from fading in light. (after all, i am using torn paper from sometimes cheap sources.)

this step makes me a bit nervous. once done, i have to consider the pieces off-limit. no going back and correcting and re-working, which always seemed possible with oil.

preparing for show 2

Diva
collage + acrylic on paper
7.5x4

the second step in preparing for show is simple enough: making sure all pieces are signed. sometimes the whole name, sometimes only my monogram.

preparing for show

alive
collage and acrylic on canvas
18x12

first step is done: i have 18 pieces ready for the show. all figures. this is the largest one.