The Bitter Taste of Success.

So the gallery exhibition was a success. The gallery curators regaled me with the fact that it was apparently the second most successful exhibition they have staged in 2 years!

What made it a real success for me particularly was the fact that I sold two pieces!!!

One day, a discerning art lover wandered into the gallery, took a look around at all the pieces from the 6 artists and picked out three pieces. All three were mine! unfortunately my exorbitant prices forced her to settled for two.

Simulated Smashed Safety Glass






































Simplicity, Harmony, Joy
Or... Balls in a Box (thanks Silvia)




































Note those awesome little red dots denoting SOLD!

I should be over-joyed, and have been on a fairly large pink fluffy cloud since finding out about the sales, but it was Monday evening, when the exhibition had closed and I was removing the 2 unsold pieces from the gallery and packing them up that a pang of sadness struck me. It was a pang, I know, I was there, it panged.

The two pieces that sold have been particularly close to us at home (like hello! in the dining room) for over a year and the one piece, Simulated Smashed Safety Glass, might be my most favouritest piece I have constructed in years.

I know, I already have plans for creating more of the same, based on the pieces sold, and actually, am really buzzing with inspiration and excited about creating more pieces, but still, saying goodbye on Monday night was strangely emotional.

It was a perfect opportunity for a gin and tonic really.

Anyway, I am excited at the future of my artistic endeavors now, like never before, and hope to continue the energy created from this experience into more exhibitions as soon as I have a few more pieces to exhibit!

Soon my website will be complete and all levels of Porl will be represented in some form or other. Or something like that.

I will be migrating the blog from here to the new and improved "Steak for Dessert" blog.