Hi Subscriber,
What a night!
How wonderful to be able to stop the busy to just relax and chat with people who came to the reception!
My hat's off (if I wore a hat) to Gallery 194's Amanda and Luna for arranging my paintings so beautifully. I could NOT have asked for better!
Amanda even created a huge collage of images for the front window display so passers-by could get a glimpse of the work inside.
I got there early so I could snap a few pictures and was so thrilled that I forgot to get any still images. I did manage to do a quick walk-through video. Click HERE to see that.
I'm so grateful to the people whose art business advice I read regularly; Jason Horejs's Red Dot Blog, and the faculty of the PAA (Professional Artist Association), to name a few.
All of these pros indicate that it isn't about the number of people you reach with your art's vision, but that you reach those who will love it. Because of their wise urging, it was a completely stress-free evening.
The crowd was not huge, but that didn't matter at all. The people who came were very engaged. I watched as they walked the entire show, pausing to read the four anchor stories, and circling back to their favorites.
Their reactions were exactly as I'd hoped; smiling and reminiscing as each person connected with particular paintings, some of them laughing and smiling as they remembered their own family stories, their eyes misty with pleasure.
Funny thing, though,...
