A Still tide

Just a feeling of waiting at the moment; the show at Ritchie's gallery has pulled back to the third week of November and essentially all the framing is now done and dusted. The studio is a little realm of organisation - finished putting the last-but-one picture in its place last night with the last minute frustration of realising that both picture and backboard were minutely too big and bowed in the frame, so sawing and knifing were required for the final fit. One picture left on the easel which has been frustratingly slow due to the lack of time this week. I am working seven days as I have offered to do both weekend days at the gallery and have been roped in for the other five at my cashdayjob; my time in the evenings it the only bit I have, and that is not quite as free as usual with Stu still off on holiday/recuperation. While is is lovely to have his here and actually quite refreshing not to work all evening in the studio it does mean a slowing down of the workrate that has become the norm over the last six months or so. Having said that, I am really at a time when it is probably best to take the rest as a blessing and just go with it.

Thinking a lot about which direction to head once the angel show is 'in the bag'; there are so many ideas rattling around in there and I have no idea which one will take preference when it comes down to it; I want to get on with learning some woodblock techniques, but as I mused last night, it is also enjoyable being something of a novelty using potato print as my premier method and there are still plenty of things to be done with it and explored I am sure.

Had word that the Number Four gallery need my submission by November 6th, so that can be organised and picture finally chosen; this is a bonus show for me as I hadn't expected anything else to pop up so late in the season. Looking forward to that a lot.

For now; just one to finish that is on the easel and then I am on to little box canvases again to use for the angel show; essentially to create something original but lower cost to hopefully fill a gap at that end of the price spectrum. No word from my vanished printer so may have to use another option for cards and prints as it would be good to have some of them on offer also.

Time to stop worrying and let everything take its course I think. Easier said than done when I am involved but also always the best course for me; let the tide run where it will.