Art in Progress

Rebecca and I have been in rather high gear applying to shows and spending money on postage and entry fees. Waiting to hear back from New American Paintings about whether we'll be in the next issue for our region, and we just applied for the Betty Bowen Award. We also have some shows coming up: Rebecca and I are going to be in an exhibition called pARTners at the Kirkland Arts Center in October. Both of us have a few works up now at Aron Packer Gallery in Chicago. Rebecca has her solo show at Pacini Lubel Gallery in October, and in November, I'll be in a 10-year retrospective exhibition of past members at SOIL Gallery. Busy! Oh, yes, and we're applying to the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Competition. Submitting a "Monster" portrait - I wish I could be a fly on the wall when they see it.