Last night at the Grand Opening Gala of the Schaap center for the arts in Grosse Pointe, I was extremely proud and humbled to unveil my portrait of Carol and Paul Schaap. Thanks to Theresa Curis Selvaggio for the lovely introduction and helping to make the portrait a reality.
Also special for me was watching my old friends from GPT finally arrive in their forever home. I looked up and saw my dad and Carol and Jac and Lois and Dean and Tom and so many others in the stars above this amazing spanking new theatre.
It was an historic moment for Grosse Pointe and Detroit. And, a special note of how so very excited I am that my Grosse Pointe Theatre family finally has their forever home at the Schaap Center. Gotta say, this place makes me a little homesick. It is truly remarkable what Paul has accomplished with this facility. Take a look at the earlier, but more current depiction in the portrait of Paul and Carol I painted for the WSU Chemistry Department.
