just in from the little studio under the orange tree... trying to pull together a horizontal piece to take down to the gallery tommorow. that would make four new pieces. we'll see... getting a painting ready for the world outside the studio is always a precarious undertaking for me-- the final adjustments, the final sanding, etc. anyway...

drove out to alta loma and spent the evening with alex couwenberg and his wife andi campagnone. after dinner we finished off the night at andi's gallery/wine bar. dba 256. a beautiful space in pomona. andi had a group show up of 6 or 7 women. and as far as the art exhibited went, a little testosterone would have gone a long way. having said that, the work of virginia katz was looking good. i first came across her work in nyc and she is an artist of a certain consistancy and inventiveness. i particularly enjoyed a suite of painted drawings. andi asked me to write the exhibition essay for the next show, a survey of the american landscape. several artists i'm not familiar with are going to be involved along with my good friend, james austin murray. but the main point of the evening was winning about $15 rolling dice on the bar and the girl who lives in the upstairs loft telling me that the only hair on her body was the hair on her head. good to know...

somehow andi made me drink a lot of belgian beer and then the waitress who served us dinner earlier in the evening came in, sat next to me and smiled.