Feeling the heat

Since it is only supposed to get up to 90 degrees today in the Duke City, I'm thinking I'll take some of these encaustic pieces over the The Wooden Cow Gallery.  I have a couple of stops to make on the way and one may take some time.  To avoid a puddle of melted wax and blank plywood panels in my car by the time I'm done, I think I'll try putting them in a cooler full of ice.  Not getting them wet, mind you, but just setting them in there on top of some ice in baggies.  Separated by a towel or something.  Well, famous last words have always been "hey, let's try this", so I'm posting fond portraits of these, my babies, who I will remember well if something goes awry.

Time Flies Really Fast

when you have too much to do.  I thought I would write something, ANYthing, before an entire year went by since my last post.  I really can't get over how fast this past year has gone, and even better, how successful the gallery has been.

The Wooden Cow was voted best gallery in Albuquerque by the readers of The Alibi.  Woohoo!  Well, okay, we tied with 516 Gallery, but we will gladly share the honor with them.  Heck, they're funded, and we're a group of starving artists.  We had only been open about 6 months when we received the honor.  And it really is an honor for us, the owner/artists, and all of our very talented New Mexican artists.  

We continue to have great opening receptions, at least once a month, enjoying art, food, and wine with such celebrated guests as Albuquerque's own three-time mayor Marty Chavez and various people involved in the performing arts (you know who you are).  We have begun a series of special guest artists, kicked off by polymer clay guru Kathleen Dustin.  Coming up, a trunk show by Los Angelean glass wizard Liz Marx.

Can you tell I love The Wooden Cow?  Come and see us, you'll love it too.