Closing Gallery 100

Closing Gallery 100 is definitely a challenge. We are still shipping artwork to clients, still shipping artwork back to artists, and still shipping artwork to customers who paid via our gallery 100 lay-away plan. Paying bills, paying artists and paying shipping costs are still part of our program. It's a good thing we sold some major artwork before our grand closing last month.

Showcase House

Gallery 100 was invited at the last minute by Deborah Savage Interiors to install artwork in one of the Saratoga Builders Showcase Houses this year. We scrambled around and found a group of beautiful paintings by some of our wonderful gallery artists. William Brian Hibbard's Horse paintings and his Bird paintings were among our favorites. Incidentally, the owner of the house just had to have his two Bird paintings -- which looked just fabulous over her fireplace. It's one of those instances where the paintings made the interior of a house come alive.

Goodby Retail

We've been working at Gallery 100 like mad for the last week -- closing accounts, artists picking up unsold artwork, shipping artwork to buyers, shipping unsold artwork back to artists -- it's a long tiring list. Yesterday, we moved the last piece of Gallery 100 out of our space at 462 Broadway. It was both a relief and sad at the same time. A relief because of the terrible state of our economy -- artwork is not exactly a necessity for some. (for me it is but that's beside the point) It was sad to close our retail space because I loved Gallery 100 and our artists who put up with me for 8 years of exhibitions, parties, openings, sales, projects, etc. I will miss the excitment of the gallery and miss our artists. Most of all I will miss working with Nancy -- our gallery manager.