Well, it’s finally over. One door shuts and another opens. The past weeks have been chaotic, stressful, joyful and just plain hideous but at least we were all working towards a goal. I am so grateful to the people on my course that were so instrumental in helping towards a wonderful degree show. Once all the work was put up it looked fantastic and my littlest boy served fresh Kentish strawberries to all the visitors.
The feedback I had on my work was overwhelming and a gallery bought two pieces – one is going to hang next to an Anish Kapoor! I can’t quite believe that myself but there you go! So far the feedback from the tutors has been enormously positive and I am keeping my fingers crossed for a gold star!
Rather than feeling bereft that it is all over, I am rather excited. Helpful friends are suggesting contacts and I have some teaching in schools over the forthcoming weeks. I have also donated a painting to a charity auction (obviously to raise money and also my profile!) I sold the piece that I was going to donate so I had better get on and make another one pronto! It is an exciting prospect being let loose on the world and I hope that I can keep up some sort of momentum. I have entered some competitions and will restart networking again. Hopefully I will be invited to join the Collective at the London West Bank Gallery this autumn again which will give me a goal to work towards. A friend from Brighton has asked me to be involved with Coastal Currents and I am meeting her at the PV at Hastings College next week to talk it through.
I will be taking my work down on Monday and now have the dilemma of how to transport all the paintings at once. They are very fragile so I have a feeling duvets will be involved in their journey home!
