The Next Few Weeks After

Last time I mentioned working on paintings by Paul Goble. Our museum houses his entire body of work and the plan was to survey a random sample. As it turns out it was decided that because we have the entire life's work of a living painter and author and because of it's strong ties to the state, that every one of his pieces should be individually surveyed. That is going to be my job, I will be examining each one and evaluating it's condition and prioritizing those that need treatment. There's only about 600 of them, so should be a snap. I was the only one there last week so I got a lot done. His work is amazing, it's so precise and so well executed it is shocking when any tiny flaw shows up. If I wasn't looking at them under special lighting conditions through magnification, I would never have seen them. It won't be the only thing I work on this summer, but it does feel like my mission. I will post pictures soon. This week is a very cool event at the museum, tune in later this week for details.