Final Show Preparations &-What I Learned!

Well, I have finally recovered from the opening reception of my exhibit, "The White Space: From Chaos to Order" at the Pacific Grove Art Center. I mentioned before that there's 38 paintings in the exhibit. The sizes ranges from 5" x 5" to 48" x 60". Here's a few shots of the final stages before I took the smaller paintings to the gallery to be hung.

I saved the tiny paintings for last to put the hanging materials on. I was so tired of buying hangers from Home Depot that I finally ordered a case (Box of 1000) of strap rings hangers and screws from Art Supply Warehouse (ASW). Pretty economical.


But unfortunately, I had to apply those hangers and wires on about 14 paintings at a time. My poor hands experienced a few blisters. Next time, I 'll try not to save this step for last. (Or maybe, I'll hire an assistant!)

I was just focused on getting all the paintings done so there would be enough to fill the exhibit space. Plus, I wanted to make sure all the paintings had an isolation coat applied to them as a protective coating before varnishing.

All this takes time. Time to apply and time to dry.

So what did I learn?

One of the main things I learned was that there's not enough time in a day to do everything. But I did everything I could do in the time I had.