In the studio today, I took the canvas off the easel so I could finish painting the edges. Years ago, I decided to use deep gallery wrapped canvases. This saves me many hundreds of dollars in framing costs for every painting I create, plus it enables collectors to decide what treatment they want the painting to have that will look right in their own home. After I finished the edges, I signed the painting. It usually takes me a few attempts to get the signature to look the way I want. I don’t want the signature to stand out but melt somewhat into the colors of the painting in a more subtle way. Once that was done, I filled out my daily journal entry with the history of the work and assigned it an index reference number. That number, along with the title is used to track where it will be and has been shown over time and where it will finally find a home.

These daily studio notes lead toward my 2026 solo exhibitions in New York City and  Poughkeepsie, NY.