Three months have flown by in the blink of an eye since my last post.

It’s been a busy busy summer, painting large canvases for my museum show next year, presenting a few lectures, and preparing for my upcoming encaustic exhibition. For the show which opens next week, there was a grant application to prepare, 45 small pieces to float-frame, and the usual preparation of invitations, posters, mailing lists etc.

In the middle of the flurry of non-stop motion, I even managed to squeeze in 16 days exploring Panama in Central America and 6 days visiting my parents in New Brunswick on Canada’s east coast.

My solo show “Intimate Wax” of 45 small encaustics on wood, opens in Windsor, Ontario, Canada this Sunday, Oct 4 at the Artspeak Gallery until Oct 17, 2009.

ARTSPEAK GALLERY

1942 Wyandotte Street East, Windsor 519-252-6855

PUBLIC RECEPTION:  Oct 9     7 - 10 pm

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE:  Oct 10    12 - 4 pm

I was thrilled to be invited to show these small encaustic pieces for 3 reasons.

1. They were all finished during the past 2 years and have not been publicly exhibited yet. Listening to people’s comments and questions during a show always teaches me something about my own work and inspires me to move forward.

2.  Although I’ve been very busy with exhibitions in Toronto and Dallas over the past several years, this is the first exhibition I’ve had locally since 2004. It will be wonderful to connect with friends and collectors who have shown me so much support at a local level during my career.

3.  The invitation to exhibit came from the  Arts Council of Windsor Region.  Through their support and  the formal recommendation by the Art Gallery of Windsor I was awarded a very generous Exhibition Assistance Grant by the Ontario Arts Council to pay for framing, invitations, posters and other marketing. I feel very grateful to have these expenses covered and most honored to have been selected.