Some time during the summer of 2022, I was asked whether I would like to have a solo art show at the Duncaster retirement community during the coming November.
Of course I would!
I was asked to come up with 25 pieces of work. No problem. I have more work than I know what to do with!
I decided to call the show Twigs and Tides.
I, and a team of capable folks from Duncaster, hung the show on Saturday, October 29. Fortunately, Duncaster uses the Walker display system, which makes the hanging a lot easier.
Here I am, affixing a name tag to the wall next to one of my pieces.
It didn’t take long to hang the show, especially with all the help from the folks at Duncaster, who included Kathy Prewitt, my Duncaster contact, the show coordinator. Thank you, Kathy! I was thrilled to find that Kathy, like me, graduated from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven.
The next day was a Sunday, with a reception planned for 4:00 to 5:30. I was to do a little speech at 5:00.
Of course there was the primal dilemma of what to wear:
My daughters, who live in California, Connecticut, and New York State, helped me decide.
When I took my place at the podium, I described the process of my development into the fiber artist I have become.
I won’t cut and paste my whole talk here, but I will show you one of the visuals:
This is a photo of my grandmother, Lillian Cadrain, sitting on the beach and…crocheting. What else do you do at the beach? I showed it by way of demonstrating that I come from a line of women who make things with fiber, incliuding my mother, who sewed a lot of my clothes, and lots of household items as well.
My talk was warmly and well-received, with a lot of laughs.
Afterward, there was a lovely reception.
And by now, two weeks later, I can tell you that so far, seven pieces of my work have found new homes. Here they are:
This is Sundown Dazzle
This is Violet Twilight II
Early Moonrise, Late Fall
Solstice Snow[ath
Sunset and Sand
Celery II
Lobster Landing
I’m so grateful to Duncaster for inviting me to exhibit my work, and also grateful to the buyers! Thank you so much!
BTW, the Duncaster show will be exhibited until the end of November, 2022. PM me if you would like to go see it.
Thanks!