Opening Reception: Southern Tableau

This is the opening rreception at the State Botanical Gardens. You can see Charles warnock on the left there with several others who came out for the reception. all in all there were probably about 30 people who came in over the 2 hour period.

A lot of  local collectors from the Aurum show I had in the Fall of 08 were there, but it was  a distinct pleasure  to meet  Gordon and Jinx Patel. They purchased two of my largest paintings from Aurum last year. Of course thanks must go out to all my friends who were able to make it out to show their support.

Over the course of the month that the show was up, I managed to sell 4 pieces to a collector from Virginia and  a couple here in Athens. As I understand it, this is fairly unusual for this  space. I've had subsequent conversations with William Tonks, head of facilities at the Botanical Gardens, about ways that they might improve on what they do, so that lots of sales become the norm as opposed to the exception.