Gallery season - getting it right!

We're in the Fall Art Season, Galas and art openings beyond reason......not much time for painting. It is an opportunity to see how new work will be received. Well....most will never tell you what they really think so body language rules:=)

I'm looking for the jump factor. This time it requires the designer to emerge a bit for  presentation purposes. We only have 3 or 4 days to pull off repainting walls, graphics and narrative if it's appropriate. It started with moving yards of painted canvas to my Crossroads gallery....chaotic comes to mind because the old is leaving and the new is scattered about.  

DEPARTURES & ARRIVALS

I'm already getting some idea who the stars will be; but those are early returns.

 DAY 2 - SELECTION & PLACEMENT

I wanted to find out how the two sides of the ping-pong table looked together. Would they be compatible as in good partners or fight each other and stay in separate camps. I already knew with some editing they worked well together as thumbnails. However, scale is important to some of these paintings and not something that comes across on a computer image without references... like the gallery photos here. The first setup did not have the other side, perhaps because of traditional framing, but I didn't have a problem there so much. In the end I was more interested in showing the process..... the back and forth of how it worked or came about. 

DAY 3 - ALMOST READY

Once on the walls, it showed an overall cohesive look and the impact of size on the viewer is enormous.

All that's left is some fluffing, labeling and a new slideshow for my wall monitor.

DAY 4 - DONE!

Gallery is all set and ready to go for this evenings festivities - a bit of nibbles, a few flowers and visitors is all that's needed to complete the picture.

Later.....