Hanging Affinity at Wells

This past October, Lana and I hung our first showing of Affinity at Wells College in Aurora NY. (Aurora is a very scenic town right on the mid-point of Cayuga Lake)

We met up with professor William Ganis, who on top of being an excellent mind in art, also runs the String Room Gallery, where our work is currently on display. He showed us around the space and gave us some tips on hanging our paintings, after that he lent us a key and trusted us to have free-reign.

Once things got rolling, it was relatively easy to decide where to put the paintings; however, getting them all on the wall was a bit challenging at times. For instance our calculations weren't always 100 percent perfect and required fixing, also screws weren't biting into old brick very well. All things considered it went pretty well, no paintings fell down and broke!

Here is a visual progression of the hanging process.

Trip to the Everson and H&M

To anyone who cares about our blog :)

Lana and I went on a trip to Syracuse's Everson Museum to see the current exhibition titled "Turner to Cezanne"! It was very excellent, and gave a visual journey through the start of Impressionism to post-impressionism. We were able to see great pieces by Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Turner, Meissonier, Charles Bargue, Manet and many more.


We also stopped at H&M which I had never been to, it was pretty great. Really nice designs and pretty darn affordable :)

Made In NY 2009

These photos are from the Made In NY 2009 show, which was held at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, in Auburn NY. Lana and I had our Strawberry Bon-Bon painting accepted, it was one of around 70 works on display by various NY state artists. It was the first showing of any work painted for Affinity; we were fortunate to have our painting featured in the city's newspaper.

Pittsburgh: The Frick Museum

We just got back from Pittsburgh and we saw a show at the Frick. No photography was allowed, but they gave out a free flyer. There were some brilliant drawings by Millet and we got a peek at some of their permanent collection. Brett and I enjoyed the Master of Half-length's triptych (Don't remember the name of it). We also got to ride a segway, also awesome. Not in the museum, though...