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 the walls, gallery-style (one on top of another). Last week, when I wasn’t in the gallery, Tara Evans and Christine Ranck each dropped off a painting.
I returned to George Dugan. It is going better, I feel like I have a better sense of his gestures–still not perfect, but I am getting closer. I’m not working from a traced image as much on this one. Although there is a speed to this painting, I think it was still made in one or two sessions: there are darker marks underneath more worked-over areas. I am also sensing a difference in materials. The turpentine substitute I am using, which is some kind of green (environment-friendly) turpenoid, is not a viscous as turpentine, and I am unable to produce some of the watery drips in the painting. Oh well.
A couple visited the gallery. Their daughter is transferring to Cortland, and they are here for orientation from Yellow Springs, OH. Of course, the only thing I know about Yellow Springs is Antioch College, and so we talk about that for a while. I was sad when it closed, only because I am interested in those institutions that explored alternative education. They told me more about Yellow Springs; it sounds like a place that has a rich cultural life–bookstores, a cinema, filmmakers, artists.
Chea, who had visited maybe a two weeks ago, returned with a painting she made in exchange for an Ansel Adams. Two young boys were with her, they each made a painting too. She said when they saw what she was doing they also wanted to make something. They helped me put the paintings on the acquisition wall. I gave Chea her Adams copy, and offered her some other prints to choose from–she selected a David Lucas print.
I was at a stopping point on the Dugan. I measured the new work I had to copy, and scanned some of them. I wasn’t quite ready to start something new, and so I worked on the David Lucas painting a little–small brushes, starting to work in the detail, all the leaves, etc. Andrew brought in a new donation: a photograph of Liverpool (UK).
Hey there, I’ve stopped up at the gallery a number of times and have found it closed. Please let me know when you will be back in the gallery. I would like to bring a friend by to view the shows and make a trade. Thanks,
Kit