I have the nicest shelves I've mentioned a few times. Gene made them from rain gutters. They are so handy. Plastic, so no painting required. Durable as they are for outside. I can put paintings, framed or unframed. Clip things on them. Put bottles, toys (ha) or anything that fits in them.
They are fastened to the studs in the wall so weight is not a problem. He put them in my two galleries downtown, the other house and here. The ones here in my studio are about 6 feet long. I think the wall in my first gallery downtown was about 20 feet so I didn't have to put nails in the wall and keep moving them around. Gene came up with the idea! Yay, so very appreciated.
I sketched at my desk for Scavenger Hunt 111 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-111-apr-17-apr-25.6787/
Interestingly, on the Hunt, Ai in Thailand http://aiarts.blogspot.com/ and Joan in New York http://watercolorsbyjoan2.blogspot.com/ both had a seahorse in their sketches. Ai's was on a boat/ship called Seahorse and Joan's was on a motel called Silver Sands where the first S was the seahorse. Unusual, yes?? I was sketching my shelves and noticed a woodcut of a seahorse made by our friend, Don Mudd. He gave me several of horses, turtles, people and the seahorse which I hadn't thought of in ages even though it is right above my head. I stuck it in my sketch just above the chile pepper.
The red thing is supposed to be a chile pepper I think? Woodcuts clipped on the right.
The adobe house pastel is by Regina Burchett, pastel buddy, https://www.reginaburchett.com/ We traded in Santa Fe on a trip to an IAPS Convention and I've never framed it. I use it for inspiration.
4 comments:
I love that the seahorse connected the three of us...how unusual. The gutters look like they really work well to display art. Good thinking, Gene!
Hope you’re having a great day.
Fun to see your gutters and how you use them!!
Joan, thank you. Interesting on the seahorses for sure. Gene did great on the shelves, every time! Inexpensive and easy to put up. No maintenance.
R's Rue, thank you. Good day here.
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