Something extraordinary has happened!

Posted: Dec 23, 2009

I was on a couple of months back, talking about how I had plans to be an artist for my retirement and how I was starting to sell things. Keep this in mind: I graduated art school 26 years ago and shortly afterward put my brushes down. I didn't pick them back up until April of 2009. I have been back painting about 9 months. A few weeks ago, a friend on Facebook put out a call for 3 artists. I didn't know what she wanted, but I replied. She instructed me to send 3 digital photos, my personal contact information and an artist bio to her email. Then she explained to me that this is for entry into a gallery and that my work would need to go through the jury process, narrowing 12 artists down to 3. I received the final jury decision today: I am one of the 3 artists accepted!!!!!! I will share being the featured artist for January 2010 with an other artist. They will be mounting a postcard campaign for us and we will cohost a reception at the gallery in our honor. CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE????? This was not supposed to happen to me yet. I have to stop putting my paintings in an old shoebox when I am done. I will have to dress for this event and I'll need to see if I have clothing that doesn't already have paint on it. I feel as if I have bitten off way more than I can chew, but I know I can do it. ;