Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The opening for our show was a lot of fun! As I've written elsewhere, the show itself was totally free of anxiety...the work was done; it was as good as it was going to get, and folks would either like it or not. But hoping people would attend, that there'd be enough wine and goodies, and even maybe (by the grace of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) some red dots would appear (as if the work were getting chicken pox! ;)...well, that's what one worries about. But all the concerns were quenched with a decent turnout, adequate treats, and...yes...some red dots for both Susan and me! (in fact, today, another of Susan's large paintings sold which is a really good thing to have happened given this miserable economy). And best of all, we were surprised and delighted to have some very special people show up...friends from both our real and virtual worlds (i.e. internet buddies), and family...my two sons, who traveled a great distance to be there. So...it's been worthwhile, and I'm pretty happy about it all.

Now, since these posts almost always involve an image or two, here's one that I've not scanned or printed before. It's from a week in 2004 that we spent visiting Susan's family in Florida (north Florida...not the south Florida snowbird roost that so many from our area have migrated to. Susan's a native of the area.) It's from a road that leads to and from the Kingsley Plantation (google it...it's quite a historical treasure). I was using my big ole honkin Toyo D monorail camera on a heavy tripod with the only lens I think I had at the time, a 210 Rodenstock Geronar. I'm posting it because it's a nice reminder of where we could have been this week. It's also fodder for toning in thiocarbamide and selenium which is my current exploration.

3 comments:

Gail said...

I am so happy your show went so well! I wish I could have been there,I was looking forward to it from the time I'd heard about it.You and Susan must be really thrilled,to have the "red dots" appear,congratulations! A very nice validation of your work :o)
The photo you blogged,at first glance I thought it was a woman. Absolutely lovely.
Family,friends,artistic expression,and the time to enjoy them.Sounds like a great weekend :o)

John Voss said...

Thank you, Gail. Funny about the "nude" if you will; I've been hiking the forests of the north and south for years and never managed to encounter naked women draped over rocks, roots, branches or anything. Where in the world do they hang out??

Gail said...

John queried:
>>Where in the world do they hang out??>>

Hehehe :o)