A Year of Making Art, Day 233: Gallery Night in Ithaca

December 8, 2007  Day 233

After I went back to Rite-aid and exchanged the second set of reading glasses I'd bought for yet another two pair, I felt better (see previous post).  This time I bought a pair of men's glasses, which had larger lenses and work better for me.  I also found one of those chains you can wear around your neck to hold your reading glasses so that they are always available.  So now I am wearing one pair around my neck and have a different pair (lesser magnification) by the computer for viewing the monitor.

Neither of these glasses solves the problem when I am drawing, however, so I draw without glasses.  This morning I felt in the mood for a gentle, calligraphic kind of lyrical design in greens:

  Drawing #238  9" x 12"

Last night was gallery night in Ithaca, and we walked around the commons, stopping in to see art, drink wine, snack, and talk to friends.  We almost didn't go out, but I'm glad we did.  It was my first night driving after cataract surgery, and I felt quite confident, although Adrian told me I was going too fast and it made him nervous.

The State of the Art Gallery had a wonderfully varied juried show with over fifty artists' work.  I was happy to have one large painting in the show.  The Print Shop had some very interesting work, including a handmade book artist, who talked about the process she used to make them.  Then, as we do every year, we stopped at the Art Bar Gallery, where you can purchase packages of Swiss chocolate bars that each contain a small reproduction of art.  I picked up a gift package of the bars for my sister Laura, who is arriving today from Kansas City with her husband Jim.

It is Laura's birthday, and we will also be celebrating Hanukah.  The house is ready, the gifts are wrapped, and in a couple of hours I'll pop a roasting chicken in the oven.

(Note:  There is a gap between the dates I'm writing and posting in order to give me time to get ahead.)