It was a little hard to adjust to life back on the mainland after spending a weekend on Block Island for the BioBlitz show at
Island Gallery, especially when we had Kira Stillwell from the
Rhode Island Natural History Society (foreground), Kim Gaffett of the
Ocean View Foundation and Cindy Kelly of the
Island Gallery providing accommodations for ourselves and our artwork that were well beyond our expectations.
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The show looked great, and as you can see, was well received, especially by Kira's daughter Brin. I've gotten compliments on my paintings at openings, but this was the first time someone felt moved to kiss one. (The lucky painting was not inspired by the BioBlitz, but a day trip to Mohegan Bluffs 17 years ago.)
The other painting I brought was of the trip I took with Captain Feather and his crew in the pouring rain off the north end of the island on the second day of BioBlitz.
The weekend got me psyched and now that we've practiced with the first exhibit, we're hatching plans for a longer and more publicized version for the next one. Stay tuned!
Photos from the weekend can be seen
here and
here.
More on
bioblitz from my blog, and the
website.