Val Gal

I did some dictation straight into the Iphone.  I don't have the audio transcript but please feel free to enjoy the text below. This is Kathy (K.F.) Fabian speaking to you from the residence. The Blue Corridor Gallery has been freshly painted and has been out of commission for 15 days now approximately. By request of the administration, I am starting to place the Blue Corridor exhibit. The exhibition pieces have been put in storage in several places in the residence. Bright and early this morning I started to place the pieces that were on the floor in the spots I would like the nail to be hung. I am having breakfast now and when the meal is finished I look forward to placing the rest of the works and they have been hidden in my locker. I have to go fishing for them now. The plan is to put a nail in the wall in each potential place for a work of art. I figure to get my art out early so that I could have my choice. I will be having a selection of places with good lighting varie...

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Tomorrow is the first day of spring. Unlike the other seasons of the Valuable Gallery we will not be starting a new seasonal exhibit.  Instead we are going to concentrate on refining one permanent collection.   The Corridor Gallery is to inspire calm and direction since the exhibition pieces are in a corridor which is on the way to somewhere. It is a gallery that encourages one to feel confidence as it leads the person back to their own space. I have been finishing some drawings from my Madonna on the Outside Collection. This inspires me to add a few black and white tableaus to the Blue Corridor Gallery.  You can own some of the pieces that been created by myself (including some from the Valuable Gallery).  Go to www.treasuregallery.blogspot.ca and see the selection. by Kathy Vivian Fabian kfabian.kathynotes@gmail.com

A new guiding idea Last Saturday I got up with a new guiding idea: Do things slower, better and more simply. I had been running like a chicken with its head cut off to film Valuable Gallery Exhibits in my spare time.  This had to change.  So I decided to spend less time making the exhibit perfect, perfect and more time in a holistic approach to the project.  In other words, the online part of the exhibit would be just as important as the actual private exhibit in the Corridor Hallway. Separating Set-up Time and Online Time Practically I had to  cut the setup time in half and work with the filming and cataloguing time in the other half of the period. Remember that the Valuable Gallery exhibitions follow the change of seasons: that is summer, fall, winter and spring.  So for half of the spring time for example, I would refine the exhibit onsite.  that is I would work with the images that were better and I would perhaps change the images that had s...

Continuing the Gallery with a Steep Cut in Income I started the new year with a steep cut in my living income.  The question is how to continue working on the gallery without spending as much money as I have in the past.  As I pass the artwork in the Corridor Lobby I see quite a lot of work to do without even having to frame the picture. Just after breakfast today, I cleaned up the identity tags.  there were some from last exhibit and some had not been installed yet.  That done I changed the position of two exhibits that had been not properly placed. I have received a few beautiful tapestries that I want to hang up.  But they are still in storage.  I also have two frames that are not finished.  I have been waiting until my budget permits.  Also, I have been working on inventory with an app I found called ArtMoi.com.  One of my drawings would fit nicely into one of the frames.  So I will work on that today. How to continue working...

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...

Hello dear Readers, Coping with Holiday Frenzy What do you to pamper yourself when the Holiday frenzy starts ? I went for a long walk to pick up some containers for my external hard drives.  You see I am into organizing and I want to have all my files easily accessible by the time the Holiday season is over.  As luck would have it by the time I was half way back to the metro I felt really tired.  Luckily there was a good restaurant, Nickels right at the corner.  I did the unthinkable.  Instead of getting some nuts and a drink from the grocery store I regaled myself on a French onion soup before I hit the metro.  It tasted so good I didn't even think it was expensive.  At the holiday season I always get tired in transit so I put away a little extra cash for food. It makes it a lot nicer. Saturday Studio Work: Speaking of the Holidays I am doing a lot of celebrating.  This week the Rose Studio is open to Art Fabi...

It didn't look like I would be able to do it on time.  But I got all the work hung for the Holiday Season Exhibit and the Holiday Season Ornaments all done as well.  To celebrate I thought I would lead my online friends like you on a tour of the Val Gal as it looks today. The film starts a little bit too dark but don't worry.  As you go down the corridor with me you will be able to see more clearly how Val Gal is decorated for this magical time. Whew! That's done.  And now I can get on with the rest of the preparations.  There is still a lot of work to be done with the Gift Atelier and the Art Fabian Company Bazaar for Patrons and Friends. Its nice to  be able to work in a place that fits the fun and the work that I have at this season. So I invite you to sit down and take a visit to the Val Gal with the video below:

Hello Dear Friends, The Holiday Season Approaches.  And there is much to do in Val Gal  Valuable Gallery). And despite having a little bit of trouble getting this video online (and the lightbulb glowing on the right ear) stuff is getting done. We have a Gift Atelier Bazaar for company friends and patrons.  We have a new Magic Space Exhibit specially for the Holidays.  And there has been an exciting discovery of some lost Kathy Fabian Artwork recently.  Lots of new drawings and paintings are coming in to Val Gal and have to be properly stored. Val Gal is really anxious to give as many presents as possible to company patrons and friends so if you want to have a gift from the Atelier Bazaar, please send the reason why you should have one and your email address to kfabian.kathynotes@gmail.com or post it at www.facebook.com/theartfabiancompany. And by the way, why don't you tell us what your favorite drink for the holidays is.  (One of mine i...