Good morning! Let's catch up.

It's the Monday before my first solo exhibition, and I have some thrilling news to add to the excitement:

Due to a sudden availability of The Blanchminster Room (the other gallery space at The Castle, Bude), I've been asked to expand my exhibition into there for the first two weeks!

That means, my exhibition has nearly doubled in size.

OH MY GOODNESS!

I've mapped out 21 framed paintings for The Willoughby Gallery room (the larger of the two spaces), and 15 framed paintings for The Blanchminster Gallery room. That's 36 works on the walls, plus I'll have ready to frame, mounted originals in racks, and a postcard display with 20 designs available for only £1 each. This exhibition went from big to massive! The main exhibition is for three weeks (24 April - 14 May), and the additional room is from 24 April - 7 May.

I'm in the middle of waiting for the laser printer to churn out some A5 flyers and A4 posters for me to distribute around the local villages and towns. The to-do list is getting down to the last tasks. The art works have been done for a month, the framing wrapped up this past weekend, so now it's a matter of updating my inventory database, finalising my exhibition pricing structure, creating additional labels for walls, and finishing promotional activities.

I've been working my ass off since November for this show, and I'm so glad I'm in the home stretch before hanging later this week.

There will be photos, video, and probably some Periscope footage of the exhibition. For family and friends in far-flung parts of the world, I'll arrange FaceTime and Skype tours. Links to all this online stuff will appear later this week.

Sounds like the printer is done. Back to it!