Prints & Museum stuff
I did not get near a canvas today but it was a big biz day and no less a rush than coming up with an unexpected painting solution. We drove into Taos this morning to pick up the Giclées. Ohmigod, they are fabulous. They are perfect. They could not be better in any way. Plus the whole thing cost a couple hundred less than I had plotted out. I Sooooooo love these guys. So we stopped at Artisan’s (art store) on the way home to get foam board for backing. The guys put each print into its own cello envelope so I will present them likewise, with the addition of archival foam board backing. As I was paying for the supplies the owner of the place (at least he seems like he owns it, or he runs it in any case) said “Oh, you’re the guys up in the new gallery in Truchas!” Someone’s paying attention, nice!
Then Husband dropped me off (was anxious to open the store) and he proceeded down to the tool fair where, this time, he did find his sandblaster. I’m excited about this too….he’s got way cool “artifacts” planned for sale in the gallery.
When he came home he handed me the coveted piece of mail…..Yes, indeed, the artist’s agreement from the Museum came today (along with a list of all the other participating artists). Bwa, ha, ha, it’s signed and sealed. That exhibition will go up on my website bio tomorrow as well as the announcement of the release of the prints. OK, so I mentioned the prints already but tomorrow I will make final decisions as to how many we’ll print (they will all be limited editions rather than open editions), sign and number those I have in the studio, set up some sort of record-keeping to keep track of them all—I can tell this is going to become complicated--and publish the prices.
Oh—one of the guys at the digital studio suggested I do a REALLY large print of the one that’s everybody’s favorite---You should see this thing. It’s 30” x 40” --very nearly the size of the actual painting and it’s just awesome! I’ll be able to sell it at around 1/6th the price of the original painting which is really cool for a large segment of the folks who enjoy my work.
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