Installation shots from my solo show at Signs of Life Gallery

Friday night was the opening for my solo show at Signs of Life Gallery, here in downtown Lawrence. It was a great summer night to be out and about touring the galleries for Final Fridays. Lots of nice folks came through and I enjoyed talking with them about my work. It's always amazing to me when people take time to look, are interested, and ask thoughtful questions. Above are a few glimpses of the show. Thanks to you Lawrence friends who attended on Friday and if you didn't get the chance, my show will be up through the summer. :)

Summer sounds

The other night after arranging my work at the gallery I went for a bike ride with my film camera. I had seen a few patches of wildflowers blooming and wanted to catch them in early evening sun. At the end of my ride, when turning back onto our street, I rode with my face looking up to the sky, watching the trees stream together, listening, enjoying the breeze, freedom. Have you done that? You can feel summer.

Lately I've been drinking tazo's Awake, Green Tips, and Passion varieties which I drink on a regular basis, hot or iced. But I'd also like to venture out. So, a question for you tea connoisseurs, what kinds of tea do you get?

Sounds for today: the wrens chattering while tending to their babies, wind blowing through the big elm, and classic R.E.M. in the studio.

Hanging a new show

I arranged my paintings, drawings, and pinhole pieces yesterday in the gallery. It is always an interesting exercise for me to move my work around, trying various configurations, relating stories and formal elements from one piece to the next, thinking about how the viewer might move about the room. While there, the a/c temporarily went out, so we worked with the lights off. That space gets such great natural light. I'm going to have over forty pieces in this show, which opens this Friday 6-? at Signs of Life Gallery so Lawrence friends, come on out! Remember, it's Downtown Final Friday, so lots of galleries and show spaces will be open!

Do you ever think about what remains, the residue of something, what was once there, a memory, a shadow, a trace? The color markings on my pastel box lid made me think of that.

Our bachelor buttons are blooming now. We have a little patch of them, next to a row of cosmos, sedum, and a sprinkling of herb plants. I made a few bouquets to place around the studio.

It's a new week

It's a new week, with a new show to hang (opening on Friday), with good friends moving to new places, new flowers blooming, new things to think about, a new porch we're building, a new letterpress business and brand I'm starting(!), and what else? What's new with you?

More soon,

H

Today

` I've been printing these cows and stars, and am turning them into notebooks.

` Am glad for the leftovers we'll have for dinner, lentil & quinoa burgers, potato salad with our kohlrabi, radishes, peas & parsley, and salad.

` Have been listening to Stevie Wonder radio on Pandora to keep up the pep.

` Am about to make a strawberry-lemon slushie, which I may share tomorrow on tend. (added 6/9- recipe here!)

Have a good evening!