Natick, Massachusetts, twenty miles west of Boston, is a town which could have been designed by Norman Rockwell. There is a bandstand gazebo on the village green, historic red-brick buildings around it, and old-fashioned shops and cafe's. An old industrial town is being transformed into an arts town, and the Center for Arts in Natick is doing great work in many locations, including the "Bakery on the Common" coffee-house art gallery. This is where my art show, which I have worked on all summer and fall, is now on display.

It has been chilly and moist all week, and on October 29, the day of the opening, the weather was unusual even for New England. Cold grey clouds in the morning dropped snow all afternoon, leaving an inch or so of white on the golden autumn leaves, and the bandstand on the green.

But inside the Bakery on the Common it was warm, inviting, and caffeinated.

My mother and two of my best Massachusetts-area friends joined me to help put up the show, and as the afternoon progressed, despite the snow, more relatives and friends showed up to wish me well and look at the art. Pictures that I have shown on this Weblog are now up on the walls. Here is the display on the back wall near the window.

And here is my "Deco Fantasy," on a panel on the other side of the gallery, next to a window and a newspaper rack. Note the snowflakes falling outside the window.

I am much relieved that this is finally happening. If someone buys a picture, I'll be thrilled. Now you are all invited to come to the Bakery, sip a coffee, and look at my art. I have to go back to my own home in a couple of days, so I can't introduce my art in person, but if you're near Natick, Massachusetts, come on by. It will be up till the end of December.

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