A Year of Making Art: Day 46

June 4, 2007  Day 46

Phew, its over, and it went great!  There was a good crowd at the gallery, and my extemporaneous art talk was the best I'd ever given.  The crowd was friendly and asked good questions.  When I finished, Eric told me he had made a video while I was talking, so if I can get the technology to work, I'll show it here.  (It's on YouTube.com now.)

My brother Bob and his son Roy showed up also, and it was great to catch up with them when the crowd thinned out.  I only had to drink one small cup of wine for my nerves.

Sales, unfortunately, did not happen for any of us.  Hilda Epner explained that Hopper House had always acted more like a museum than a gallery, and until recently did not even put prices on the paintings they exhibited.  As a member of the exhibition committee, Hilda was trying to change this.  And the show will be up for three weeks, so you never know.  I'm not holding my breath.

Last night we had dinner at Wasabi Chi, a fabulous Japanese restaurant on Main Street in Nyack.  The rains finally came after threatening to for days, and now things have cooled down a bit.

This morning I drew with the fine points of my pens, ending up with a little whimsical piece:

  Drawing #46, 8" x 6"

After a walk and breakfast, we will head home around noon.

(Note:  There is a gap between the dates I'm writing and posting because I had to give myself time to get ahead in case we travel and I'm not able to post.)