This month’s photo shows several bundles of paintings sitting patiently here at home, waiting to go on their travels. They, like us, however, aren’t going anywhere. When I spoke of hibernation last month, lock-down wasn’t quite what I had in mind. Yep, here we are again. Two weeks became three, three weeks are about to become who knows how many more. At this stage it isn’t sounding very promising …
Clockwise from lower left are my pieces for the following:
Hornsby Art Society’s Members’ Exhibition – this has been postponed until September. In the meantime, they have an online exhibition ( https://hornsbyartsociety.com.au/galleries/virtual-exhibition/ )
Ku-ring-gai Art Society’s Annual Awards Exhibition – this was cancelled yesterday, but perhaps will go ahead later in the year
‘Postcards from Paris’ – this has been postponed, with new dates to be confirmed
Yancoal Singleton Art Prize – no word yet, but paintings are due to be delivered towards the end of this month, so it’s not looking likely
Combined Art Societies of Sydney’s ‘Art in the Mountains’ – as for Yancoal, the delivery of our artworks is intended to be later in July, and my guess is that this will be the next to be cancelled/postponed
And not in this picture are the miniatures I submitted to the Australian Society of Miniature Art’s National Awards Exhibition, because at least that one started, but unfortunately had to close after the first week. My pieces, along with everyone else’s, are hanging quietly in the gallery until we’re allowed out again to bring them home.
Disappointing? Of course, but that’s just the way it is, and things could be a whole lot worse. Again, I consider myself one of the lucky ones to have had a generally smooth ride throughout these past almost 18 months we’ve been living with Covid. Despite all these postponements and cancellations, there continues to be much to work towards and so I’m still happily painting by day, in between walks with Izzi and our visits to the dog park.
I have registered for the Biblio Art Prize again this year. Blarney Books and Art, down in Port Fairy (Victoria), runs this annual competition where entrants pay a small registration fee and are then allocated a book, one written by an Australian author and published in the last year or two. The idea is to create a piece of art inspired by your allocated book, and this year mine is ‘The Truth About Her’ by Jacqueline Maley. I’m looking forward to reading it and seeing what I can come up with.
I’ve also been working on my entry for the Gosford Art Show and, having joined the Lane Cove Art Society recently, I’m also working on an entry for their next exhibition.
I hope to have better news next time!
Until next month.