The Installing at the Confederation Center Art Gallery in Charlottetown

Shipping day! I'm always relieved when the work gets there safely. 

Lots of work to do to get the paintings sized for the new walls.

The room was huge, really big walls. 

The gallery very generously brought my assistant Sarah down to resize all the paintings in the show. Couldn't have done it without her. She knows the work and how it goes together so well, she made it as easy as it could be. 

We received great support from everyone at the gallery, especially from Ben Dickerson, the preparator for the gallery. Careful, smart and steady; Ben was great to work with, a real pleasure. 

That's Ben and I on the siccsor lift. Because the gallery has a mezzanine opening the lift was actually down on the floor below. It was 15 feet up to the bottom of the wall. When we working at the top of the wall we were 35 feet above the floor. On the first trip up it seemed so high and the thing was swaying and making creaking noises which was a little unnerving but we soon got used to it. 

Sarah and I working on the East wall. 

Sarah quickly got used to the lift and did the final checkover on her own. 

The opening went very well. We had a huge crowd (not many in this shot but this was at the start). 

We were lucky to have some extra help. Sophie Routhier LeBlanc and Yulia Dea Nesty are volunteers with the gallery. They were a godsend, lending a hand when we needed it most. Many thanks to them. 

Here we are. The curators of the show Peter Dykhuis and Corinna Ghaznavi, myself, and Sarah. Many thanks to all.