My first solo show opened in the Jacob Spori Gallery at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg on February 4, 2016.
Barbara and I left Pleasant Grove on Wednesday after work and arrived in Rexburg shortly after 7:00 in the evening. We arrived just as the snow was beginning to come down. The next morning we went to the Spori Gallery where we met Kyoung Dabell the curator of the Spori Gallery who took us to the university radio station. I was interviewed by Brandon Isle the Radio News Coordinator which was recorded and to be aired later that day. We went back to the gallery and surveyed the exhibit making slight adjustments to a few of the pieces hanging while I waited for Caleb Despain a reporter with the Standard Journal to arrive. After the interview with Caleb we went to the Manwaring Center for lunch then off to check in to the hotel.
A very cold and snowy Thursday morning.
A view of Some of the Cayucos Lattice works. The work on the left is for viewers to doodle on using colored pencils.
The west wall of the Spori Gallery.
These two mosaics are on loan for the exhibit from two good friends.
Cayucos Lattice No. 7
After a rest at the hotel during which time I took the opportunity to refine my slide presentation we went to the Manwaring Center for a very nice dinner with some of the wonderful people from the university and art department. After dinner we went over to the Ricks building where I spoke before what seemed like a packed house at the art seminar. I got a chance to talk with a few students after the seminar before heading up to the gallery for the opening. I also got to get reacquainted with Carla Jimison and Scott Franson who I haven't seen for some time.
A well attended opening reception.
The opening ran from 7:30 to 9:00. It was great fun meeting people and answering questions and talking about experiences. I got so wrapped up with everyone that it was time to close up before I knew it. We got out of there by 9:20 I think it was.
This was one of the most popular events at the opening. Anyone who may draw whatever comes to mind on this piece using color pencils that are provided.
This is the state of the piece by the end of the opening the first day of the exhibit. It will be interesting to see what happens by the end of the exhibit in a month.
A Cayucos Lattice work flanked by two Small Studies drawings.
There are nineteen Small Studies drawing in the exhibit. These drawings are being shown for the first time in public.
This show includes old as well as new works and representational as well as abstract. I also got some new ideas to start working on. I feel honored to have been asked to show my work at this venue. And I am grateful to Kyoung Dabell and the students who work with her who had a hand in putting the exhibit together and all the events connected with it. Thank you all.