Last summer, 2024, I took the opportunity while I was in the UK for Michelle Lloyd’s launch of her book “Your Art Matters” to stop in and visit the Ironbridge Fine Arts Gallery/Framery/Studio. I want to live there. It is an amazing little town full of history and beauty. I entered their International Printmaking Competition this year and was pleased to have three of my works accepted. My latest “Embrace After Eaton”, “St. Virgil”, and “Charles White”.

The opening looked amazing and the posts on Instagram about it were just beaming with delight.

It is my hope next summer to lead a class there and maybe take a class from Jenny Gunning herself. She has also agreed to be interviewed by me about her new printmaking book.

Well, it’s about time I start updating you all on the amazing and wonderful things I get to see, make, and be a part of.

Coming soon, The Gonzales-Aden Gazette, featuring updates on available new work, opportunites I have been or will be a part of, and, my personal favorite, a section where I reflect on life, art, faith, health, traffic, whatever. I call it “G-A G Reflects”.

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Take care, give care, be care-full.