Art Shows

This is a busy weekend.

This afternoon I have an opening to go to for my students at the Cape Cod Conservatory. What I a fun class I had earlier this spring and they produced great paintings despite themselves.

As soon as I got them away from the beach dune concept they really started growing as painters. I learned a lot as a teacher and grew as well. After taking a long hiatus from teaching, it was refreshing to begin again.

We started each class with a short talk about the work ahead and a demonstration by me to get everyone going and ended each class with a group critique, lining all the paintings up together.

Part of what I cover in my classes is how to frame a painting properly, what to look for. And how to sign a painting, and just getting the work ready to show. So this opening is all part of their learning process.

Then tomorrow I will show for the first time several paintings that are just finished at the First Annual Food and Wine Festival in Hyannis. I think this will be fun to get direct feedback on the new pieces heading to Trees Place next week and to meet and greet with potential customers. Plus I just can’t stand great food and fine wine. It’s really going to be a stretch for me.

This morning I am framing up a painting of Menemsha that has been finished in the studio for a few years now. It’s just one of those paintings that I have never shown before. Last week my framer had an extra frame that just fit this piece and it made it complete. So finally I am showing the Menemsha, Martha’s Vineyard painting that was started on location years ago.

It just needed the right frame.