Wow - that was fun! Last night was my first official art gallery opening night - at the Phantom Gallery currently located at 4161 North Damen in Chicago. That in itself made it a very special night for me.

Great turn out - the gallery was packed with friends of the artists and well-wishers. I got a chance to talk to some very interesting artists and patrons and got lots of compliments on my work (yay!). There were also three performance artists who provided entertainment plus a fabulous guitar player who provided beautiful music throughout the night. A man named Chris did a barefoot interpretive dance to go with his fiddle playing and Alan Hicks created temporal sculptural art on the fly with much fanfare using only an old video tape. Very cool! However the highlight of the night for me was Louise Cloutier of Voiceborne who improvised songs to a number of pieces in the show. I was able to get video of her singing to my painting, "Unfold". What a treat!

Thank you so much to those of you who made it to the show last night - I really appreciate you making an effort to come out on such short notice! You helped to make my night extra special!

To those who couldn't come, the show runs through April 10. Let me know if you'd like to go and we can set up a time to meet! 🙂