Usually I would be amazed [and dismayed]   how fast July seems to be winding down but since I finally signed the lease and paid the necessary 1st, last and deposit on the new gallery space last week, I am even eager for September to come when I will move!   So August is my last month in the Railyard!  The gallery has benefited from being here and I have learned a lot and met wonderful art lovers and collectors while here.  In the last two years sales have diminished substantially and other than the "high end" galleries the Railyard did not become a good alternative space for art galleries.    I personally feel that the cell tower atop the hotel 1 1/2 blocks from A SEA Gallery has not benefitted business.  

I'm so relieved that the move location and basic schedule is  finally settled!     Business really slowed down and of the guests looking at the gallery fewer are active collectors.     While I do not need to leave my studio yet, now I can start to organize that part of my move as I have a space for the studio also.    It will be so good to have more studio time again.    August will be my last month in the Railyard;   I had not intended to do the gallery here alone but rather adapted to the circumstances. I thought a Co-operative would survive the economic 'downturn' well enough, but sales and interest were not sufficient.  The 'collective'   idea is still valid because I am not representing artists primarily  for their sales, but the quality and focus of their work.  Sales are necessary to support the artists and pay gallery expenses, but they are only one part of the whole, which is giving deserving artist the chance to have their work seen and appreciated.     So with this move I will balance interaction with the artists' work, the public and continuing my own art.