Where did May go?

For months I had been working on the "Wild Together" show, the work was hung, the show began, and in a blink of an eye, it's almost over. By next week the paintings will be moved from the feature room and into regular circulation with the rest of the gallery, and a new show will begin.

Normally an artist's life is basically solitaire, you paint on your own, and create and live in your own mind for some time, I personally (maybe weirdly) talk to the subjects in my paintings to see what they're thinking (I figure as long as I'm aware that they won't "really" be answering me back, I'm okay!). A exhibit gives me a chance to meet people, I had an interesting conversation with someone from South Africa, I thought "how cool is that?" I'm just gallery sitting, and I get to meet people from unexpected places! Then there are people that I have seen for maybe 10 years or more, which is really great because they have seen what I have been doing year to year, I get to hear their comments and the fact that they continually come and show their support really means a lot to me.

The last day of "Wild Together" is June 6th, and I will be at the gallery take it all in one last time, meet a few more people, and enjoy the day... then get back to painting.

Artists' Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville NJ. Open Fri/Sat/Sun. 11 am to 6 pm