Sunset over the Island Heights Yacht Club.Sunsets at the Jersey Shore are among the best in the world.

As you may have noticed, I'm the type of person who plans ahead.  I hate getting caught short, so I schedule things way in advance, so I can prepare. I also do this so I have something to look forward to.  Inevitably something happens at the last minute, but most of the time I have thought of almost everything.

A few weeks ago I may have outdone myself.   While removing my show "Here at the Shore," from the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College in Toms River, I got into a conversation with the event scheduler for the gallery.  I thanked her for allowing me to exhibit and during the conversation mentioned that I had discussed with a colleague having a joint show mixing different mediums. The scheduler thought it was a great fit for the Grunin Center, as she knew the other artist and liked her work.  Before I knew it I was in the scheduler's office and committed to another show--in May of 2017!!

To me that seems like forever far away, but I know how quickly things can creep up!

Karen Pomeroy, the other artist, and I have talked many times about doing a show that would combine her dazzling watercolors with my colorful photographs. Karen and I share a love of the water and all things Jersey Shore. In fact, she really loves my sunsets and often uses an image of mine as the basis for a one of her watercolors. The results are stunning, though we have yet to display the two separate works together.  Now we will get the chance and you will get to see the results.

So, take a minute and mark May 1, 2017 as the day for my next show at the Grunin Center.  I can't tell you much about it quite yet, except that there will be lots of colors--especially blues and oranges.   Karen and I still have a ton of details to work out.  But now at least you, too, now have something to look forward to in 2017.......!