Opening Reception of MCGOPA Show
Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 07:06AM in Business Aspects It's still a thrill to see my art hanging on the wall as part of an exhibit. I imagine it always will be. I went to the opening reception for the MCGOPA "World of the Professional Artist" show yesterday evening. It was less well attended than the Mixed Media Show had been last year, but apparently that's normal. I chatted with a number of other artists that attended, mostly about technique and "I like your work." Name tags are wonderfully useful. So it was a nice way to pass an hour or so.
But the primary thing I brought away from the show was frustration! I want my work to look better, to be better. I want to be able to reach what I imagine in my head. I'm not quite sure why this event triggered this wave of feeling, it certainly didn't come from anybody outside of me, but I spent the ride home thinking furiously about mostly nothing. I know that it's time and practice and experiment and that I have the tools in place to make this journey. But it's still frustrating.
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I know the feelings you mention. I've had them many times in my quilting. I would have a picture in my head, but it just didn't come out the tips of my fingers. Everyone thought it was wonderful, but it bothered me that I couldn't approach the actual vision. I guess this is kind of a curse of being an artist, or being artistic. I'm imagining someone like Van Gogh or Monet, and thinking they never stood back and said, "Oh yes, that's just the perfect thing." =)