Post Opening Night musings.....

Well, its fair to say that the opening night was a resounding success.... sold 8 paintings and made over £1000!!! It was an AMAZING feeling...... pretty stressful before everyone arrived, but I soon warmed up, got into my stride with the whole "meet and greet" thing and ebjoyed myself immensely! I never dreamt that I would sell that many, and if I manage to sell any more during the three weeks of exhibition time, then thats an amazing bonus.

Its been a pretty intense ride......and it feels strange to not have to disappear into my studio room to finish off paintings! It was soooooo much hard work, but I feel immensely proud of what i have achieved! It was a real buzz to see all the work on the wall, and I realised how much I had learnt about curating exhibitions from working at the studio. I also had a couple of emotional moments when thinking about how I am able to make money from something I LOVE doing..... its hard to put myself out there as my paintings can be intensely personal, but I have got a taste of exhibiting now, and i doubt this will be the last one I do. I'm interested to see what direction i take myself off in next, but this feels like is the pinacle of a year where the word I wanted to live by was "create"......