"Afterburner:" May the Fourth (Be With You?)

The opening of my show "Afterburner" is this coming Thursday evening at Tapp's Arts Center. The opening is timed to coincide with First Thursday, a monthly confluence of stuff that happens on Main Street in Columbia. I've never had an art show, and I've never been to First Thursday, so I really have no idea what to expect.  I think there will be wine involved, for which I will be grateful.

The Tapp's crew and I moved the big sculptures from my back yard early last week in two pickup truck loads. I took the smaller stuff myself later on. It's strange to have an empty yard and and empty house.

The Tyrannosaurus arrives at Tapp's. I braced it for the trip using lumber from a deteriorating playset.

It's not a load of junk -- it's art!

Getting the roosters ready to move.

The Tyrannosaurs wouldn't fit through the door of the storage area. Pay no attention to the dinosaur under the sheet.

I'll be spending part of my morning at Tapp's putting things back together and helping to get things in place. 

I think moving all of these things away from home for a bit has been good for me. I'm putting price tags on about half of the pieces, with the other half not for sale. It will be hard for me to let go of any of them, but I know that there is always something new coming. During an interview with Jasper Magazine yesterday, I was asked which piece was my favorite. I realized that it's the one I'm currently working on. As long as that stays true I'll be fine.