Seattle Photo Diary 1999

January

The Gallery

On January 25th the Williams Gallery West opened it's first showroom in Oakhurst, CA.  

It's the only Gallery I know with a tree growing out of it!

I viewed the space, rented it, and got the key the same day! Day one was cleaning day.  Floor and walls were scrubbed, and we brought in the basics, 

( toilet paper and paper towels ).

Day two we moved in some simple furniture, and hung some art on the walls.  Although it wasn't much, we were official, and I found myself a bonified small business owner!

 

Day three we began to catalog inventory, starting with a grouping of vintage pin-ups, book plates, and advertising art I had been collecting over the last few years.

On day four we had our first customer, computer artist and technical genius James Harman.  James has been a great help ever since, especially installing and maintaining the gallery's computer systems.