Currently exhibiting alongside Khara Koffel at MacMurray University in Illinois. It was a great opening reception with a nice turn out. Mid way through the opening, each artist gave a fifteen minute presentation on their current focus in the studio and what message they were attempting to impart through the body of work on display. Some time was then taken for viewers to ask questions directed towards the artists' work as well as their creative process. Everything ran like clockwork; like a well-oiled machine. Post opening, we reconvened at the Koffel residence to partake in some festivities. Let me take a moment to explain the phenomenon known simply as "Fire Sandwiches". Two slices of bread are placed in an old-fashioned cast pie-iron. Within these two pieces of bread, one can put an array of delicious concoctions; different meats, different dessert items such as marshmallows and chocolate... and bacon. Once the sandwich has been crafted, the pie-iron closes and is then placed in the hot embers of a roaring bonfire. Five minutes later, you have a little piece of heaven.
After I ate my share of fire sandwiches, I drove off to return to my stomping ground of St. Louis. Along the way, I became tired. Maybe it was due to the amount of food I had just consumed, maybe it was because it was past my typical bedtime, maybe it was because it was pitch-black driving on long country roads. I pulled over to take a quick power nap in a Walmart parking lot. Fifteen minutes was all I needed, that and a little five minute energy shot with enough caffeine in it to keep the average person awake for three days.
I don't remember walking through the front door of my house. I don't remember falling into bed, or what the Mrs. said as I drifted off to sleep land. I do remember that on top of everything: the opening, the discussions and conversations with great people, the fire sandwiches, the terror trip through Walmart, the caffeine induced hallucinogenic road trip, I had a great time and it was a stellar experience.
