I have been working with David Aguirre for the past monthn or so, preparing the new Dinnerware space. http://dinnerwareartspace.blogspot.com/ The new location is at 425 W. 6th St. We started out by installing insulation and drywall on the ceiling. In the area that was to become the gallery, the walls were made of yellow cinder block. So I framed them with 2"x3" inch wood, hung sheets of drywall and plastered them. Pia helped paint the walls. During the remodel of the building I came on several nights to work on my painting, entitled, "The Million-Year Apprenticeship". The large painting shown in the above photo.
I had planned to sell the raffle tickets, that I had made and set out, for a contest where someone could win one of my 8 oil on paper paintings. However, because the heat of the afternoon, I didn't feel like doing anything to encourage that, until a woman asked me about them and decided to buy ten tickets and then people got really excited about it and bought a bunch of tickets. They really loved the whole raffle ticket thing. And I started feeling better about it, and the whole show in general.
The raffle ticket situation, was that whoever win would be able to choose any one of these 8 oil on paper pieces. I sold the tickets for $1 each. The raffle ticket thing was so exciting that at the end of the night I decided to draw two tickets for two winners. The two that ended up being chosen were "Network" [top row, 2nd from left] and "Connection" [bottom row, 3rd from left]. During the show, I also sold "Chat Stream" [top, 3rd from left] and an oil painting on wood called "Under the Bed" http://neilcollinsartist.blogspot.com/2010/10/under-bed.html
Overall, the show went really good, I'm really excited about the work and it was a wonderful way to initiate the new Dinnerware location.
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