Greetings from the lounge at the Provincetown Commons where I am hanging out for a few hours every day while the show is up. The opening is tonight, although I hung the work on Wednesday, and I am very happy with the results. Everything fit without being crowded, as you can see in these shots of some of the show. Harpy#2, which I kept in reserve, has gone to the set of the Wake Up In Provincetown YouTube hourly weekly show so it could be featured in this morning’s video. There’s a screen shot at the bottom of this post.

Besides the YouTube show, I also have nice blurbs with images in the Provincetown Magazine as well as the weekly arts section of the Provincetown Independent. This weekend is the first Friday evening Gallery Stroll in town, so there should be some good traffic tonight, especially since there is a huge collage show opening in another space at The Commons and it’s also getting a lot of attention.

The Commons, by the way, is not just gallery spaces. It is a multifunctional art community organization with studios and co-working areas for creative entrepreneurs plus a number of private meeting rooms of various sizes. It was built in 1935 to replace the 1892 schoolhouse that burned down, and remained a school for decades. Eventually, it was acquired by The Commons we know and love, which after extensive interior renovations, opened in 2017. They focus their solo shows on artists without gallery representation, which I was one of until a few weeks ago, and they let me slide because I am, gratefully, one of their success stories.

In the meantime, the art advisor I mentioned last week bought the two larger pieces of the collection of small works she had on hold for her project. She may come back for the rest of them for a different project, but the gallery is happy to take them since the summer season tourists like little paintings that will fit easily in their suitcases when they fly home. Speaking of which, have you seen the new limited edition US passport design? Luckily I can request the old format when I renew mine this fall. OK, enough about that, on with the day.