lots of bright sun and snow here in Iowa. i feel like a mole coming out of the Portland clouds. all expected packages have arrived in good shape. we took the paintings out of their exterior tubes and let them warm for the afternoon.in the evening, Grinnell College student John Bell reassembled the stretcher bars on the floor of the main studio. along with friend and Grinnell artist Dan Ferro we re-stretched the 5' piece and the 10' piece, smoothly and without problem. what a relief.
