Oh, the joys of getting ready for a show.
There is always a last minute rush to finish each piece, not necessarily to finish painting a piece (although that happens too), but to finish those little details that suddenly become important. Things that, before, in your studio, don't really matter, but to be displayed in public they suddenly do. In my studio it doesn't matter that I have not installed a hanger on a piece and it is only hanging by its crossbar on a single nail, that I haven't signed or dated it, or that the edge might need a touch-up.
So today is the day to finish all those little details before taking my work to be hung for the show this Saturday. As a part of the process it also seems inevitable to need to make a trip to pick up some small item or two that you thought you had, but don't have enough of. (They need to sell picture wire in bigger rolls, I'm constantly running out of it)
And yet, despite all the last minute-ness of getting pieces ready (it's not just me, by the way, I think it is a trait shared by every artist) my pieces are ready to be hung and seen. It feels good to have them done and I'm excited to be showing them on Saturday.
missed the details of the show? find them here http://www.nwcrc.ca/recreate-art/
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