Collecting art: the joy of anticipation

Before I go semi-incommunicado for Christmas, I wanted to share an early present I received recently: a thank-you note from someone with “a budding little art collection.”

This person’s anticipation of receiving their artwork soon kinda puts me in a holiday mood. I was one of those kids who savored the delicious agony of waiting for Christmas Day to arrive. Now, the feeling I get waiting to ship out the artwork feels almost as good as hearing it arrived safely. Only one more sleep — I mean, “installment” — until this collage heads to its permanent home!

Happy holidays… and please let me know if you’d like to start 2019 with a new piece of art (or the first installment of a payment plan).

Liberty Bank Building: Hammering a dream together

I figured out what “civic innovation” means, in plain English: it’s “what happens when people commit to getting big stuff done, even though it’s gonna take years.”

The apartments and their artwork are nearly done now, but it wasn’t built in a day — or by one company, for that matter. You can find out who did the heavy lifting, at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI).

Hope to see you there!

Almost ready for prime time

The varnish is on the collage portraits, and curing steadily!

The Liberty Bank Building founder portraits are all done except the framing (which I’ve chosen but will have someone else do for me). After living with this project for nearly two years, it’s a little strange to put away the paper bits for good.

The Liberty Bank apartments are almost ready as well, and the builders expect to install my work in the residents’ lounge early next month. So we should be celebrating the grand opening soon; I’ll let you know when!