A year ago I just took a deep breath and entered two paintings into the Richeson75 Still Life and Floral.  Much to my amazement one of my paintings was juried into the show.  So this year i go over to enter and look what I found!

The letter R is my flower!  Wow.  Wow. Wow.  So amazing. :)  Sometimes being brave has its rewards. 

Lol I entered again this year but I will tell you that I have no expectation to be juried in.  I think last year was just an aberration. 

Thanks for stopping by on a Saturday!  I just had to share and it couldn't wait until Friday. 

Well it has been a while.  I am glad to be back. 
 
My art show was  in the middle of November (time is rushing past).  It was a wonderful event.  After 4.5 months of intensive painting it was wonderful to walk in and see all the work hanging as a collection.  All fall I work away and never really get to see the work as a whole.  Once a piece is finished, I hide it away to protect it and then I am off to the next one.  

I have done this process now for 6 years equaling to 6 annual art shows.  Each year there is a point during that I feel overwhelmed, tired and unsure if I will have enough work. This leads to me wondering about my sanity and why I do this to myself every single fall.  That is until all the work is hanging and then I absolutely know why I work so hard.  It is very satisfying accomplishment (after the fact).

Getting ready for a show is not for the faint of heart. It requires dedication, organizational skills and a willingness to retreat from the world nearly completely for months on end.  Those painting days, which if you get a postcard invite to my show you already know that I count them down rather obsessively, as each and every one of them are fleeting and precious.  As they go past I worry about how I am going to create enough work.  But I have learned to just tuck my head down and focus on today…tomorrow will come and then it will be today.
 
I was pleased to have created 6 watercolour paintings and 8 acrylic paintings of birds.  Not a bad amount for a show.  
 
Here are a few photos from the opening.  Thanks for dropping by.  See you next week.