Bovbjerg lighthouse, on the very edge of the North SeaThis past week I’ve been buried in preparations for my new art show at the "Bovbjerg Fyr" (Bovbjerg Lighthouse). I took my work down from the gallery on Sunday, and on Friday I hung it again, in this new location. I suppose I expected it to happen quickly and smoothly and with very little work, considering that everything was ready to hang! Hmmm... Nope, I found out (-as usual-) that everything takes much longer than planned. I was not ready until the last minute. A few of the paintings are repeats from the gallery show, but mainly, with new pieces.
As mentioned earlier in my blog, I got a little container of paintings home from Guam a few weeks ago. Not in time for my first show, but I had them for this one. Which worked out quite well: this way the show is not the same, it consists mainly of newer work. But even so: the new surroundings give the work a completely different feel. I am always amazed at how much a painting can change character, depending on where and how it hangs.
The Private View was on Sunday, quite a few people showed up, chatting, drinking wine and looking at art. A beautiful afternoon, only a stone’s throw from the North Sea. The Lighthouse is quite alone on the edge of the sea. Tall, proud and blood red, almost the color of a fire engine.
We went to hang the work on Friday, and I had a chance to meet some of the four other artists that I share the space with. The work between us is very different, and complement each other beautifully. The rooms are old, odd and charming: big and small, carpeted or with wood floor. Some walls are high, the ceilings crooked. A wise old house with a lot of personality, and a perfect frame for art and cultural events...
