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Hanging Art written @ 9:58 PM on July 27, 2004 Today was an interesting day because I went up to the model homes where I'm going to have my gallery to begin hanging my work. Treillage Homes are very interesting, indeed. I read a sign the other day that said they were Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired designs, with the color palettes of Renoir, Degas, Monet, and Warhol. The outside of the houses are large and sport design elements you would only find on frames of paintings in museums. And they build the houses around the natural landscape, so it looks like the neighborhood has been there for 20 years as opposed to five. Entire decks will be built around a cluster of trees, or the rooftops modified so that it doesn't disturb the upper boughs. Pattie, Len, and I are showing in two of the model homes that have a pseudo-abstract design of brick and stone and frivolous elements that look awesome when put together. The interiors have high ceilings and very contemporary living and dining room spaces. It's definitely not a place to raise a family. The space is more showy than it is intimate, with polished oak floors and track lighting-- ideal for a gallery setting. The upstairs are surprisingly small, with just a single master bedroom and a study occupying the entire floor. It's the good life, to be sure, but only if it's just you and your spouse. We were delayed in setting out our work this afternoon because when you put three artists in the same environment, anything BUT the aforementioned mission gets completed. We spent ten minutes chatting about the design elements on the houses, five minutes on the great view from the top of the hill, fifteen watching a nest of daddy long-leg spiders gather in the rafters, and another twenty doing mindless exploration. Pattie is an abstract sculptor who works with metal to create these beautiful, simple wall hangings. I'm not a fan of the abstract and can only appreciate sculpture, but I really like her work. She went wild over my strawberry still life, and we're talking about trading art if our pieces don't sell. Len at first glance seems like a straight forward guy, but I began to see he is a rather complicated duck. I hadn't known him for five minutes when he said to me, "You know... you're very photogenic. I need to get you in my studio. You look like you've come out of a Raphael or a Botticelli." Whoa. Easy there, tiger. Len does digital art and photography. He's married and when his wife calls him on his cell, he answers, "Yes, my queen?" He has a couple kids and claims to do this as a "hobby," but the distinction between hobby and devotion is gray where he's concerned. He has a hell of a lot of work. We spent most of the day dividing the work between the two houses we're showing in, and tomorrow we'll finish up hanging and tagging. Dad also got my first set of business cards today. I'm busy wrapping up my website, so I'll be able to post the link to that soon. Let me know if anyone needs directions for Thursday night. So now that most of the craziness is all over, I can concentrate on other things once more. Like creating art. I finished my job at NKU on Monday, "pu-raise Gawd fer vittory." Free at last, free at last, and you know the rest. Oh yeah, almost forgot. All of you have to see this Bush-Kerry cartoon.
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