Val Gal

It all started when I wanted to change my small square image for the Winter Exhibition.  the task was supposed to take five minutes.  I would make a fresh collage.  Everything was prepared.  And just scoot the thing in.  All done. Unfortunately it did not turn out that way. First of all there was a Holiday Season decoration still installed on the picture.  So that had to come off.  And if I was going to take it off I had to film it.  This work was in the Rose Studio and the ornament was not just any ornament, it was chandelier inspired with real chandelier crystal integrated into it.  So I had to take a picture of it. And if I had to take a picture of it then I had to install the proper set up to that the light and shadows worked.  And if I took the trouble to do that then maybe I should film All the other ornaments from the Holidays.  And before I did that, I had to finish some with some new crystals that I had gotten. And w...

The Magic Space Holiday Exhibit is over and Val Gal starts the Winter Exhibit. Val Gal is not just a simple gallery.  It is a gallery in a women's residence that emphasizes rest and inspiration. So all of the images are created to create a sense of calm and good feeling. Last year the popular series of "Creative Muses" appeared on site. These magical muses start to appear in regular neighborhood scenes.  They are created from the positive energy a busy neighborhood gives out when work is being done.  When I introduced the Creative Muses I was banking on the tendency of the women in this residence to escape into the world of film, news, movies and fantasies.  I imagined that they would love to meet some of the creatures that populate the popular film for example. (Like a runway model for example). This week the winter exhibition heralds in a new kind of spirit of industry.  These are "ghostly" apparitions that like  the muses before them, visit the sma...

Studio Work Saturday: Morning Saturday I usually go thrifting but the store was closed that day.  I had gone to the pharmacy on Boxing Day and the place was in a chocolate frenzy.  The chocolate had been slashed to half price and people were running around with tons of chocolate.  There were lots of people and they were spending like crazy.  So much chocolate did some customers have, I thought they would die soon from chocolate overdose. I had gone to the pharmacy for a completely other reason. I just watched the people go for the candy and left. But the experience haunted me.  I had met Jane Fonda pretty recently and she had had one of her most lavish dreams granted.  Just like me, she was told to eat chocolates when she had no energy.  And like me, because chocolates make you fat, she bought the cheapest chocolates she could find. I don't meet her often. But when I met her again she said when it comes to chocolates quality does matter too. Sh...

After all the hurrying I did for Christmas Day I thought that I would just do some tidying up online a little before I started my Studio Work this Saturday.  I thought,  it would just take one second.  I would go to the proper file, and put the Pen and Ink Drawings onto my Wealthy Art sight. Unfortunately it took almost all day to find the files.  I remember doggedly going onto the computer late at night still nervous about some missing files.  So this prompted me into a frenzy of organizing my files, both paper and online that is still going on now (Tuesday). I had the day all planned. First I would take down the little dog under the mistletoe which is very Christmassy and replace him with the "Ballerina and Time" (a collage done by myself). Then I just would, neat as a baby, go take my snowy scene from the dossiers downstairs, quickly change the muse into one that was better and put it on the wall.  To date neither are done but I have both images near m...