Today, with the help of my husband and webmaster, I hung my first solo show of paintings at the Lexington Starbucks. I am not sure if I will ever get over the nervous anxiety that I feel when my paintings are hung in public. Somehow I feel so exposed so vulnerable. Yet, being who I am, want to just sit there sipping tea and listening to see if anyone comments on them. Or maybe I don't.



What's strange is that I like these paintings for what they are. They are works, unlike some of my other successful projects that are mostly decorative and that I enjoy and would want on my own walls. I still, I am nervous about what others might say or feel when they look at them. Will they see all the subtle issues that come out when I paint, like the way the big teapot towers over and dominates the other tea pot in "Cuddling". Will they realize that the bottles that I titled "Marriage" was about my anger at the whole gay-marriage debate and how ridiculous those who oppose it are being?



On a more practical level I hope some of the paintings sell. I think they would make lovely presents for the holiday and look great in a kitchen. We shall see.