so much good stuff

I got word last week that the 5 paintings I submitted to the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery were accepted! I can't get my head around that. A gallery (wow) connected to a museum (a museum!) liked my work enough to say- sure, we'll represent you. WTF? I turn in my paintings tomorrow, and I can't wait to find out how many applied (I saw a STACK when I turned mine in) and how many were accepted. And when the website is going to be updated- with my name and images! Oooh- I need to update my resume:-) There's an event in June for the new artists (there's only one application period a year- lucky I looked into it when I did)- a reception. I hope it's not the weekend we're in Sacramento, or the 2 weekends we'll be in Sun River :-( Fingers Crossed!

The other exciting thing is that I recently had inspiration for a different kind of cityscape. I stumbled upon a game where you build towers & place them in your little city, and I liked the backdrop of the high-in-the-sky towers. I figured that I could add some true skyscrapers in the background of my ghetto hoods. I bought two books on major skyscrapers of gthe world, and checked out another two- one of them is all about the architecture of Portland. I've marked my favorite buildings and will scan/sketch/trace them, and add the Big Pink, The Bank of China, New York lofts, Mexico City insurance buildings, etc. There will be the world- and Portland- in the next series of cities. I haven't figured out how to combine the fore and aft- there will need to be some experiments to find the best execution. Research & sketching is fun :-)

I also got some pictures from the Strongsville Community Theater- I think they did a great job in blowing up a 6x6 inch painting to a 8x8 foot set. They're sending me a DVD of the show, and some of the programs where they gave me a page. I'll scan that when it comes :-)

Now I have to get together some pieces to put up in the bike shop- 4 of the 5 I submitted to the RSG were on the walls at the Recyclery! I want to fill the holes I've left.