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Memories linger as we watched the sun set after a beautiful day.

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I was on my way home from a morning painting at the beach with friends.  I was driving along in the snazzy silver Infinity G37 that my Dad gave me for a surprise birthday and Christmas gift so many years ago.  The radio was blaring and I was happy to have been outside painting and seeing the world on a beautiful day.   Life is good.

The phone rang (happily the car has blue tooth), so I answered and an unknown voice identified herself and told me that someone (she couldn't remember who) had given her my card.  She had looked at my website and thought my work would be perfect to hang in the gallery she curates.  I had never heard of the gallery, but the location was in Burbank which is a nice area.  Since I was driving, I told her I was interested and asked her to email me more information.

Then I didn't hear anything for several days.....   (*&^%*!!)   I wracked my brain, but couldn't remember the details so I looked up all the galleries in Burbank and nothing seemed familiar.   Sigh.   I figured I'd blown it.

Happily after a few more days, the woman called me back.  We connected.  We set up a meeting so I could see the gallery.   It is a gallery in the main lobby of a large theatre in Burbank called the Colony Theatre.  Obviously, the gallery is called the Colony Theatre Gallery.    -- It looked like a nice space, and the work that was in the current show was spectacular, but very different than mine, so I thought... Hey, why not??

We set a date for the start of a month-long exhibit.  I have many projects going and sort of set this aside for a while.   Then one day the woman called me again and wanted the work a WEEK EARLY!!    EGAD!!    Well last Friday, I delivered and helped her hang the paintings I brought, most of which were ocean-related ..(are we surprised??). 

"San Simeon Sunset" is one of 32 paintings which will be on display in a show called "Precious Gems".  I made a card for people to take with them and although I kept the Precious Gems title the curator wanted to use, I also kept my "One Lucky Artist" title that I gave myself based on my feeling about art and my own last name.  I kept it because I think it might help people remember me and my work. 

I think the show looks great and hope that the people who see it like my work.  

    (And yes, I also hope that I have some sales.)  -- Wish me luck.  

And if you are that "unknown person" who gave my card to the gallery, I'd love to thank you...  Let me know who you are!!

Precious Gems