Exhibition!

Yay; it's into its third week now, and sold almost a third of its value on the opening weekend; I've still been painting but not at quite the same rate.  Had to finish three last weekend for the Studio 12 hang and am working on the third of the 'framed' self-portraits for the Alice Prize, which needs a catalogue shot by next weekend . . . but I'm still enjoying the glow from my first 'solo'.

So this is where it all began: three days of wrapping and transporting the pictures to the gallery.  It's called 'bump in' which sounded a bit ominous, given my clumsiness and the vulnerability of the boards (which tend to scratch much more easily than canvas), but all was well.

With a considerable amount of help from Kate, the curator at Araluen, the pictures started looking like they belonged together on the walls . . .


. . . and then it was simply a matter of the lst minute jobs, putting the catalogue numbers out, and, ah yes, signing a painting I'd forgotten to do.

Opening night was great.  If a bit of a blur.

People came.
Kate MC'd.

Dugald did a wonderful opening speech.

And then there was the general milling around . . .

And even some looking at the art.

But mainly milling.

And people bought pictures!