As I look back at the exhibition I was part of in March and April this year, I am very grateful. Not just for sharing ideas and exhibiting space with Louise, but also for the positive response from friends and visitors. Seeing artwork leave the gallery for new homes and receiving photos of the hung work was a treat.
Preparing an exhibition is highly motivating, and like opportunities in the past, I began many more works than were exhibited. The support of many also gave me cause to work on new pieces. Not that I need an excuse to create, it is part of my very being. I went on to complete a painted work for a new art prize, and have begun a lino cut I began years ago.
As often happens post exhibition, I look back at the organisational activity with a sigh of relief. Framing, titles, notations, invitations, advertising, bio. catalogue, cards, opening arrangements and (the dreaded) setting of prices all take time and emotional energy disconnected with the art itself.
Reflecting now that time has past, the experience of exhibiting is a positive one, yet not one I’d leap to straight away. So to all who supported me, visited the exhibition, and enaged with my artwork for Intangible Legacies, thank you.
