Hard Work - Behind the Scenes

Art Show Prep

White Mats!

Recently I completed some sweet little paintings, I call them my Bathing Beauty Series. They would look great in a Master Bedroom or bathroom. They are little 8x6" Acrylic Inks/Watercolor blocks on watercolor paper.

Art affixed to mat with mount strips.

Since I have a show at a gallery in September, I wanted to put these little Bathing Beauties in an art bin for sale. I had no idea how much work it would be to get them ready for the show...

Plastic Seal Bag -to put art in.

First I had to purchase all the materials to put them together:

• 8x10 mats
• 8x10 foam board
• Plastic Seal to hold artwork (Krystal seal)
• Archival Mounting Strips - to tape artwork to mat
• Rectangle labels, Price stickers
• Business Cards

What a Process:
I had to sign my work.
Then I had to put the mat on the work and then use Mounting Strips to tape the work to the mat.
Then I put the foam board and the mounted work into the plastic seal.
Next I had to put the Business Card in the back and figure out labels.
I found some labels at Target and on each label I put the Art Name and Size. And, I put a Price sticker.

Now repeat the above process for each work!

Whew! But I do love how each work looks now - so professional!
The final polished product - wowza!
(teal box added to blog image to cover nude figure)

Please stop by Lawrence Street Gallery this September to see the Bathing Beauty Series in person!