I love a road trip, and I’ve had a couple since I last wrote – neither was long, but both of them were great. The first was to Orange in the Central West of NSW; it’s where my mum was born and spent her formative years so I always love going there. It’s not the same without her, but this visit ended up linking the past (my mum) with the present (Izzi, pictured above) in a way I would never have imagined.
The other trip was art-related. Last week I returned to The Village Kitchen in Kurrajong to take down my exhibition, ‘Gone West’. My huge thanks to Shane, who made my five weeks there so easy and enjoyable (all the sales were a bonus!).
One really lovely outcome of those sales from Kurrajong was connecting with the buyers. I wasn’t there, but Shane very kindly took their phone numbers so I was able to text them to pass on my thanks. In the responses came a few really lovely stories about why those people selected the paintings they did. I know when people buy artworks, they often like to know a little about them, but it’s every bit as rewarding to hear the story from the buyer’s end as well. So thanks again to those who bought my work and then shared a little of the ‘why’ with me afterwards. It means a lot.
Tomorrow I will be heading down to Bowral in the Southern Highlands, to deliver my painting for the Bowral & District Art Society’s Wingecarribee Landscape Prize. Fingers crossed for that one.
The Incognito Art Show required no driving (except to the Post Office), but a few weeks back I sent off my three pieces for that one. This is a wonderful concept – artists were able to submit up to three A5-sized works for display at the Verona Studio in Paddington (Sydney), on 5 June. Every piece will be for sale for $100, and with no labels to identify the artists, buyers will be buying simply because they like a piece, not because of the name they might see on it. Only once a piece is bought do details of the artist become available. All moneys raised will be donated to Studio A, a Sydney-based arts company that provides professional development for artists with intellectual disabilities.
So, lots happening!
Wingecarribee Prize for Landscape Art, Bowral Art Gallery, Saturday 15 to Sunday 23 May
30th International Miniature Art Show at the Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, North Carolina, USA, from Saturday 1 to Monday 31 May.
Incognito Art Show, Verona Studio 1, 17 Oxford St, Paddington, Saturday 5 June.
Until next month.