“Still Here” is over. This is my first time to exhibit in Arts Visalia, and I don’t have anything to compare the show to, particularly in light of the virus approach to handling things. Four pieces sold, and the director thought that was great, because some shows have no sales. (That would be highly disheartening.) Many cards and a few books sold too. The last day had steady visitation, a great time to visit with friends and meet some new people with an interest in art. In spite of the low-key approach, not knowing if the video interview and the virtual show was viewed much (thank you, those of you who told me you watched!) and the wondering about actual visitation levels, I think the show was a good experience and worth doing.
These are the pieces that have new homes (when they are shipped or retrieved).
Yokohl Creek was by far the most favored piece, both by those who saw the show in person and online. One smart person wasted no time claiming it; I will package it up to ship on Monday.
Someone I don’t know bought Yokohl Sky, which is always a boost of confidence.
Dear friends bought the cabin drawing while we were hanging the show! They had to be sneaky about it because I would have happily just given it to them. (A wise friend once taught me this: “If your friends won’t do business with you, who will?”)
Of my 13 pencil drawings of flowing water, “Rough and Tumble” has been the favorite (It is the background of the homepage on my website), most often spoken about or wished for. A friend bought this one too, which really warmed my heart.
Today I went to Arts Visalia to gallery sit. It was closed!
On the first Saturday of the show, I gallery sat. Yep, that’s what it is called, like babysitting. The night before, the other artist’s work was featured on a local teevee news program. That brought a few people in specifically to see the show “Seen and Unseen” by Ricardo Favela. I visited with those folks, had relatively little to say but asked questions and listened to them, and then followed them into my show in Gallery 2, “Still Here”. Then I had much to say but managed to let them talk too.
Farmer Bob is Bob McKellar, a most enterprising and remarkable orange grower and business man from Ivanhoe, Tulare County, California. He started Seven Sycamores, a wedding venue, and most recently has begun 
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