Sub-topic for Self-Portraits with People I have interacted with for years while doing errands.]]>
In addition to the general Self-Portraits I have also been focusing in on a couple of sub-categories within Self-Portraits. Including Self-Portraits with people I interact with frequently while doing errands. Megan is the manager pf the cheese and coffee sections at Adams Fairacre Farms in Poughkeepsie. She has been at Adams for 9 years.]]>
Yesterday Darren picked up a Long Grass mower that we were renting for him to use. He and Jean mowed all of the areas that we let grow up during the summer as fields and meadows.]]>
In January of 2022 I lost my IPhone. As far as I can figure I put it on top of the car and drove off. The majority of the hundreds of photographs and videos I had on the phone are lost. A few, luckily I had put on the site earlier.<br />
Some, like this one I was able to retake.<br />
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We had arranged to meet in Hudson, NY so that we could pick up a sculpture of mine from the Pamelas Salisbury Gallery. (see post from September 3, 2022, Opening at The Pamela Salisbury Gallery). I had two early work in the show. Bathroom Wall and Room with. View of Hoboken both, from about 1976. We were only picking up Room With a View, because Bathroom Wall had been sold. After we wrapped and put the sculpture and the base (with the help of a young woman, Alice, who was working at the gallery), Ben headed back to our house in his car and I went on to the Greatest American Glasses store at the other end of Hudson. They have relatively inexpensive eyeglasses. I bought four pair because I go through glasses on a regular basis. I stopped back at Pamela's on my way back through Hudson to pick up something I forgot to take with me. I bought lunch and ate it on the way home. Later Ben put my sculpture in my heated studio, and we put the base in the Dutch Barn Studio. Ben also helped Cathy (Murphy) with something in her studio, did his regular chores and worked on the storage cage he is building in the Dutch Barn Studio. I need to store4 some things in cabinets and cages because of all the critters that make their homes in that studio.]]>
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This entry is part of the subcategory of Self-Portraits - Local Businesses - people I interact with regularly while doing errands.]]>
The mustache he had was left over from Holloween.]]>
Catherine (Murphy) and Tim Liefer and myself were having coffee, we asked Rob if he would like some. He brought his own coffee in and sat with us for a bit before heading up back to work.]]>
Tim built two stretchers for new paintings for Catherine. We We had coffee, Rob Hare joined us (see next Entry). Tim and I brought the stretchers up back to Catherine's studio. When we came down we asked Tim if he had a bill with him. In addition to the stretchers Tim had done many jobs for us over many months and hadn't gotten around to billing us. So we paid the bill and are even for now..]]>
In the am I went to Memorial Sloane Kettering in Westchester for a blood test. Then to the Volvo Dealership to have a key repaired.n. Then tyo the Krafted Cup to meet with Juojia Chen (a Vassar student) to meet about her interning with me on the China 1987 project.]]>
I was there for a blood test. See next entry]]>
He did a number of things including assisting Catherine (Murphy) in stretching a canvas.]]>
They washed the windows and screens and french doors in the house and cleaned the gutters and swept the roofs on the house and the barn. They also washed a small amount fo siding near the patio.n. Then they washed the windows in the Poustinia (small cottage in the back of the garden)]]>
I wrote up a job description to send places in order to find someone to assist me with the China 1987 film I am working on. I wrote to various people, including Brent Green. Brent is an artist in residence in Film and Electronic Arts at Bard College. I had never met Brent, but found his information on the Bard College website. He very nicely sent me some names of people he thought might be interested. Dwayne is a recently graduated from an undergraduate program at Bard. We met on this Zoom call and he will do something on the project as an audition for a part time job. I received a three year grant from Vassar College to help pay for some of this. I have been paying Jeff Halstead from the same grant.]]>
Ralph's new documentary film is about getting older (sometimes much older) and mortality. Catherine(Murphy) and I had a small part in it.]]>
Local Business - sub-category of Self-Portraits. Self-Portraits with people I interact with on a regular basis. Some of whom I have know for years. Debbie has been at Adams for 45 years. I have been shopping there for 42 years, so we have interacted for many years. She has worked in all of the departments except the Garden Center. For a number of years she has been in the candy department. Since I buy candy regularly I go to her department frequently.]]>
I put out a job description fo assistants for a person to work with me on my China 1984 film. One of the places I put the job description was Vassar College. Luca got in touch with me through the Susan Smith in the Career Development office. This photograph was taken over Zoom during the interview process. Luca graduated from Vassar College in 2021.]]>
A had asked Tim to build me shelves in my studio. He is also trying to finish building a new house for him and Sue. In between Cathy (Murphy)m needed stretchers for two new paintings. This being more pressing, he built those ealrier. Today he came over to build the shelves in my studio. The space they went into was supposed to hold a Murphy bed when I thought I would actually have overnight guests in my studio. A terrible idea, which fortunately I never followed through on. He had lunch with me and Cathy and Ben Keddy. We brought in food from La Cabinita in Poughkeepsie.]]>
Rob started work on the roof last time he was here and continued to work on it.]]>
It was a close call. I almost forgot to take a photograph.]]>
On Monday morning he went to work in NYC. He stayed over night on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and worked in the city those days. This is an installing job, which he works at every month or so. On Friday he worked here. He did a few things including working in Cathy's (Murphy) studio, doing a few errands, and helping me revamp the cats litter box. We had to leave here before he was to leave to get our flu shots. He called to tell us he had locked the key to the house in the house. Luckily he found a way to get in so we could get in as well when we came home.]]>
John Yau, Billie Chernicoff, and Jered Daniel Fagen read from their poetry. The exhibition was work by Frank Holliday.]]>
If you look at the photograph in the restaurant, in the distance between Louise and. Louis you'll see John Yuo, who is having dinner with the other poets and people from the gallery.]]>
L-R, Louise Kalin, Louis Asekoff, Catherine Murphy]]>
L-R, Catherine Murphy, Nancy Rosenberg, Gail Mazur. We had breakfast with Gail and later on Nancy Rosenblum came to visit Gail.]]>
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We had arranged to meet Suzanne Joelson and Gary Stephan at Elena Sisto's (there were other shows opening in the gallery at the same time) opening at the Pamela Salisbury Gallery in Hudson NY. Then to go out to dinner. Suzanne called us to say that Dennis and Shelly were to take the same train up to Hudson for Elena's show. She suggested they join us for dinner, which we thought a very good idea. So we all had dinner together at Ca'Mea. we had a very good time. the food was only so so. For example, My restaurant made Gnocchi themselves were really good, but the sauce was insipid. Catherine's pasta in clam sauce was reasonably good but the clams were exceedingly tough.<br />
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This year Katie and Joe asked everyone to their house for Thanksgiving dinner. Photograph 1 - L to R, Christopher Black, Erin, Joshua Black, Katie Black, Joe Black (at the end of the table), standing in the background, Nicholas, Betty Keddy, Catherine Murphy, Benjamin Keddy. 2 - L - R, Betty Keddy, Catherine Murphy (blocked by Betty), Benjamin Keddy, Christopher Black, Erin, Joshua Black, Katie Black, Joe Black (in Front). 3 - L - R, The Children's Table, Nicolas Keddy, Uriah, Macy, Tayteana Keddy. 4 - L-R, Macy, Tayteana Keddy, Nicolas Keddy, Uriah.]]>
This si the second time I have photographed her because the first photograph was in my last phone when i lost it. This is part of a subgroup of Self-Portraits called Local Business. Photographs with people I interact with regularly while doing errands.]]>
Ben arrive at 10:00 AM. He did his regular chores first. next he put down Malorganite and leaves over the newly planted tulip bulbs. He spent the rest of the day organizing in my heated studio.]]>
We had breakfast with Gail (see next entry) and Nancy Rosenblum came over. We stopped at Wilson farms to shop in Lexington, MA, which we do whenever we are near by.]]>
Rob has been working on the roof and overhang. He has a question about some details (which we all go over regularly). He'll call me on the phone when he is ready and Cathy and I will confer with him.]]>
After his regular chores and a couple of small things, he did some errands for us. After lunch he worked organizing my heated studio.]]>
It turned out he had to put on a new cable outside. There were a few other jobs he needed to attend too. He left and got back here on time to finish the work. It was surprising to us that the company sent someone out on a Sunday]]>