Day 2: varnishing/naming/framing (Patreon)

Spent half the day running errands. Getting supplies and stuff to get my space ready for this opening at the Hive Gallery on saturday. It’s one of their bigger events so I want to show new work and have my space looking spiffy.

Met an old guy at Home Depot who didn’t work there and talked to him about building shelves for what some would call “way too long.” I went to wal mart and there was a persistent alarm going off somewhere in the store and I asked the lady “you have to listen to that all day?” And she didn’t respond.

I Ate Taco Bell.

I got my cat a new scratching post because deep down I want her to be grateful that I’m in her life. I followed her around saying “do you like it?”

while designing the labels and “artist statement” type thing to go with my new work, I got too obsessive over small details that ultimately will not matter one way or the other. And As I was finally printing them out I noticed some typos that I will not fix. I wondered “what was I doing while obsessing over these details?”

The varnish dried. I started putting the pieces in their frames while watching the Dodgers play the Philadelphia Phillies. I texted my brother that I call them the “Phallus.” He didn’t respond.

Each frame is different. Each painting is different. Different size, different materials, different requirements to be secure and ready to hang on a Wall.

I’ll do a video of how I do frames and wiring one day. But for now, I have my little box of my framing stuff and I’m just going one by one while listening to Leave the Gun take the Canoli. Getting each little one ready for it’s little public debut.