These past few weeks have been quite busy for me artistically. I have completed two commissioned pieces and gotten a new commission, I have, for the moment at least, stopped waiting on new oil painting art supplies, as I think I finally have all that I need to properly explore this new medium (those Rosemary & Co brushes were a game changer!!) and I have completed my first “real” oil painting. I have one watercolor hanging in a local Café, along with works by other members of the Art Ayer’s Cliff group. I also started writing this blog, and am learning how to use social media to put my work “out there”. Oh, and I got word from the two international Art Competitions/Shows I had entered that I got selected! For both!!
It may seem silly, but seeing your work being recognised alongside other work that you think is frankly so much better than yours is quite a feeling. Maybe this means something, maybe it doesn’t, but this year especially, when I should have had a show in June with the Lennoxville Art Group, and when I should have been showing in July for the first time at an Art Fair in Lyster (Quebec), getting recognition, especially from art experts and people who are not your friends and family, well, it feels really really good. It makes you feel like the time and effort you have been putting into your “hobby” may have been worth it! Don't get me wrong, recognition from friends and family is great too, but you are never sure if it's like "friends" telling you you were great at Karaoke! 💃🎤 Of course I don’t paint for the recognition, and certainly not for the money (although the money does help me buy more art supplies! 😉 ). I paint things that appeal to me at that moment. If they also appeal to someone else, that’s great! It’s sharing something very human with another human, which doesn’t happen as much in 2020 as it used to “in the old days”.... So thank you to you my friends for letting me know when you like something I have done. I appreciate it very much. And of course, if you want to buy something before I get world famous and the prices go up, now is your chance! 😉
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