87. That is how many paintings we are up to so far. We are done with most of the ones in the house, aside from the ones framed under glass. Those ones are a bit troublesome for me at the moment, due to the reflection of the glass. I have some ideas on how to deal with it, I just need to do it. But we still have a few in our own house to photograph as well. Then there is all the sketches. That will be a different setup. Next week we start in on the sculptures of her husband, Leonard. He is the mastermind of the Sparty sculpture up at MSU.
I also brought home a box of her stuff to try and sort through and figure out how to organize. She saved every newspaper clipping that ever mentioned her, and there were a lot over her lifetime. Then there is a little box of wondrous delight. It holds handmade artist Christmas cards that Irene and Leonard made to send out to friends and family at the holidays. Some are photos, some are prints, some hand colored, some not, some even have the original sketches. It’s a little treasure trove of vintage art.

Here’s some photos of my organizing and the Christmas card box.

And here are just a couple more of Irene’s paintings. You can see them all on the Flickr site. This is Marionettes in Rehearsal and The Prophet.

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