I’m getting ready for Faces Forward by matting as many paintings as I can. I’ve been making tiny drawings to hang from tacks (and christmas trees) and planning logistics, and now, matting. My livtng room is a jumble of rectangle packaging and parts, and I never thought I’d be so excited about something so repetitive. I think the Cinderella-like transformation of the artwork is what I like so much about it. It goes from a semi-tidy slip of paper with art on it, to professional presentable work of art.

The glass came that way in the mail. There was a 50% glass survival rate. It might be time to find a local source for that stuff.
Anyway, I am super excited to do my first hometown show. I expect to see a lot of people who I have known for many years, and a few who I have never met, and some in between, and show all of them my non-sketchbook artwork for the first time.