Summertime Scheduling

Aaron Koehn, 2001,
Berlin Underground, oil on canvas
48 x 36 in.

It always happens. Things slow a little as Summer deepens and I start to catch up on little details and then I start to think about the gallery schedule for the next year. I'm always scheduling ahead, but things change and while I have a general idea of all the artists, I don't always have a good idea of how their exhibitions will fit as a season. But then, one day, almost all at once, I do. So I stretch, look toward the horizon and start making phone calls.

Many gallery artists have major exhibitions at the gallery about 2 to 2.5 years apart, so I am always, in a way, thinking that far ahead.

Don Harvey will have a show April 27 to May 26; Dexter Davis, September 7 to October 6; and Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, November 16 to December 29. And that is where it starts

By the middle of July I will have it figured through July 2013. Mostly.

Aaron Koehn opening in June

Aaron Koehn
Garage Bay, 2010
oil on canvas, 23 x 25 in

On June 3 the gallery will be opening the first one-person show of this especially talented young painter. It is an exciting event for me. Most often, I find myself working with artists somewhat later in their careers - sometime after they have achieved a measure of recognition and after they have reached a measure of commitment to a style or direction. But Koehn - still in his mid 20s - is at an age where studio visits a few months apart always reveal new directions and discoveries.

The exhibition that will open in June is quite different from the exhibition that I thought I was scheduling a year ago. It's a nice surprise.