The studio and Gallery Tour
I had such a nice experience with Gallery Tour this year. I enjoyed the evening with friends and supporters but I also enjoyed the preparations! Cleaning the studio, rearranging, and watching the studio cats explore as I shoved furniture around was actually fun. Our work spaces are so important — it is one place in my world that is completely devoted to my thought process and inclinations. I feel so lucky. And I’ve been thinking about my very first studio space — it was in the corner of a guest bedroom. I had a tiny cassette player with a short stack of cassettes, a small drawing table, and a palette. And the occasional “Mom, can I get a cookie?” echoing up from the kitchen. When I sold a painting I put the money in a tin can by the table and bought more paint and brushes the next time I went to the art store.
Studios are such a simple thing. Or should be. And maybe making art should be that simple too.
