Upside-down Wednesday greetings, my fine collector friends. Things have been a little, um, interesting at the JBP HQ this week. We're up for the challenge(s) however, so I expect that we'll all be calm, cool and collected when attending the opening for Hey, Hot Shot! (Vol VII, Edition I) this Friday evening. We've got five talented photographers making their JB debut so if you're summering in the city, do drop in!

In honor of our upcoming Hot Shots exhibition, it seems fitting that we introduce something from a member of the HHS! family. This stunner, Laugaras, Iceland, is from Bob O'Connor, a Boston-based Hot Shot who first exhibited with us in the Winter Edition of 2006.

This is the very image that our panel fell in love with. It's peaceful and epic at the same time. The color palette of the sky, the grass and the windblown horse is subtle and soft, and their beauty is enhanced by the richness of the muddy earth in the foreground.

It's one of those pictures that makes me want to tell a million stories, like one where I get to be a bold heroine with a trusty steed who waits patiently as I do some good deed. Saving penguins? Rescuing polar bear cubs? I don't even know if there are penguins or polar bears in Iceland, but suspend disbelief, won't you? Me riding a horse bareback in the middle of nowhere is a wild yarn in and of itself, trust me.

Where were we? Oh yes, a heroine and her trusty steed! Good deed done, we ride off into the misty horizon, both our manes flowing behind us. The End.

My current horizon is cluttered with installations and appointments, so I'm going to trot along now myself, for reals. I'll be back soon with more art; as I type the capable Ms. Sarah Wendell is queuing up editions with our fresh set of Hot Shots and there's lots of other great stuff cooking too. As always! And 'til soon.