Hello!

My art show, Medicine of the Forest, opens in just a few hours, and I am quite stoked about bringing this collection of work into view in the place and time that lined up so naturally.

It was a fun process to collaborate with the gallery staff on choices about how to arrange the somewhat quirky work within the somewhat quirky space. I am far from the only creative mastermind in the building.

I chose to feature a piece in the show that I am not currently willing to part with (though one day that might change; you never know).

It’s a little 8″x8″ acrylic painting which has been hanging in a very specific location in my own personal space since I made it about six months ago.

There’s a lot that could be said about this piece, though I always like to leave plenty to the viewer’s imagination. I’ll just name a few statements that you can work with as you please:

• A lot of people sure think they can get away with whatever they want, expecting never to experience consequences
• Sometimes all it takes to send a would be perpetrator scurrying away mumbling “unfair!” is to look directly at them when they try to violate a boundary
• “No” is an excellent word and saying it when you need to does not make you evil

This piece is marked “not for sale” at the show, however, I did get a whole bunch of 3″ x 3″ stickers made through the local sticker shop in town. They were kind enough to do a rush job for me so that I’d have them in time for the show opening tonight. They turned out awesome!

Unless these stickers are insanely popular and all get snatched up tonight, they will likely be available at Make.Shift Art Space during their open hours throughout the month.

I’m keeping the painting, but the idea behind the painting is an idea FOR THE PEOPLE.

Get one, stick it somewhere, claim your space.

Looking forward to a fun evening.

Peace,

Adrien