I went down into storage and brought up more work that had been ordered in the last two weeks and moved them into my storage racks. I rearranged some of the acquisitions; we received many last week and the shelves are full. When I get a chance, I will have to start hanging some on [...]
[July 3, 2008] There was a small reception tonight. When I arrived for it, there were two new donations: a sculpture by Bryan Thomas, and a photograph by Greg Halpern. A friend wanted to paint, so I put him to work. He worked on the copy of Annunziata’s copy of Benjamin Franklin. It was his [...]
[July 2, 2008] I decided to stay with painting, because I’ve found it takes time to get into its rhythm. I worked on the Lucas painting, but became frustrated with it–I had one of the moments when I wonder why I am doing this. The other time I sometimes think this is when I look [...]
I was once again pulled away from my copy work for another project, so I had missed over a week of work. When I arrived today, three new donations were waiting for me. I tallied my copy orders, and I have 21. I hope I can catch up over this week. Andrew and I went [...]
Today, we finished a lot of work in the gallery, thanks to Andrew, Brian, and Tara. Brian built a storage rack for me– I wanted to reference the storage area in the basement where the collection is kept. We moved a few pieces up into the gallery–those I am currently copying. Katie Hall, a porter [...]
Today, I began work on producing copies. I finished a copy of Magritte’s “Eye.” I also penciled out Kaethe Kollwitz’s “Self Portrait,” and one of Goya’s “Disasters of War,” both of which are etchings, but I will be reproducing as ink drawings. I tested a digital print of Kollwitz’s image, using Epson Velvet Fine Art [...]