With a tap of the wand and hundreds of taps of the hammer, the Club Tuesday art show was dressed for the ball (tonight's opening).  I suspected a fairy Godmother, and had been told to stay out of the studio. 

Isn’t this the way we always dreamed it would be?  Fairy tales put it in our craw.  I’ve slacked off,  kept my fingers crossed, and waited for this. I don’t mean yesterday while the FG was here; my entire career I have waited for that tap on my shoulder.

This time there was a Fairy Godmother, but behind the wand stands a real woman who has developed her skills for years (Tisha Wood of Casalta Design), and behind the labels and announcement stands another real woman (Mike Reynolds), who has also worked on her skills for years.   Hum … talent + “have-at-it" effort = Fairy Godmother.

It is such a magical transformation that I am going to keep the show up through noon, Tues. Jan. 19.  Call first if you want to come by and see it (303-541-9506), but you only get wine and cheese tonight from 6-9.

Enough about the space - the artwork amazes me.  I feel honored to be a part of such creative flowering. The artists have worked hard while they had fun and support in Club Tuesday.  They were busy tapping themselves, each other, and their canvases with magic wands.

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Questions:  Do you wait for the Fairy Godmother?  What do you think of the CT show?

Tavern on the Green Auction in New York City- “Hey, that’s MY mural, yes THAT one, the one of Central Park with over a hundred horses!”

Any parent who has ever jumped up, waved their arms and wanted to shout from the bleachers, “That’s my kid!” will know how I am feeling.  The child, especially if an adolescent, will probably be embarrassed.   That’s the relationship that I have with my beloved Tavern on the Green mural. It will be sold off to the highest bidder and go to a new home – my own offspring – without any parental input. I want to go and shout out from the sidelines - but the hitch is, it isn’t mine.

How do you handle your relationships with your artwork once you no longer possess it? Do you hover over old photos now and then? To you ever want to meddle with its current life?