Comments on: Focus

By: Geremi

Geremi — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:48:05 +0000

I’d never go to sleep without your beautiful posts!:)

By: kellyrae

kellyrae — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:38:41 +0000

not quite home from artfest yet, but wanted to check in and see how the show went!
christine, you are fabulous in every sense of the word. YOU are kick ass, and i love that your moments of wild happy on your special evening became your vision of the night. you are an inspiration.
xoxoxo

By: kris

kris — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:00:31 +0000

I love your attitude. You’re absolutely right — you never know what will grow from the seeds you’ve sown at this exhibition. So often we (and I guess I’m specifically referring to myself here) want insta-gratification when we put ourselves and our work out in the world. It’s a way to limit our vulnerability, I think, to feel safe as we spread our wings. But the universe has bigger plans for us. Sometimes it just takes a while to see what they are!
I recently had a show that the gallery coordinator was just ineffectual when it came to selling. Nice woman, but the gallery was a hobby to her, I think. Despite this, lots of great stuff came out of the experience, though I was initially kicking myself for investing so much time and money. And it was stuff I could have never predicted. A curator in England found my work through the exhibition, I made new friends, and I was offered another show through a different gallery (fortunately with a more sales savvy coordinator).
I always think of that quote from the Artist’s Way (and I’m paraphrasing here) about planting apples but getting oranges. I’m sure your oranges will be coming up soon!

By: melissa

melissa — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:44:46 +0000

Wish I could have been there…I can picture it though and it makes me smile. xoxoxo

By: Popeye

Popeye — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:10:53 +0000

I love going to art openings. If I lived closer, I would have come to this one. I just like to hear the conversations people have. . .

By: Laurette

Laurette — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:39:07 +0000

My husband Alex walked up to the door and said “they’re all women”…
Surprise, it’s a shoe store!!
I found it to be the perfect match for your artwork.
I had a great time.

By: outi harma

outi harma — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:05:34 +0000

Right on Christine!
It was a lovely show and great new work!

By: la vie en rose

la vie en rose — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:56:26 +0000

thank you so much for this post. since i’m getting ready to launch my own creative business in the next few weeks i’ve had a lot of fears stalking me…especially fears that i might fail, that maybe nobody will want my work. i needed to read this–i needed to know that sometimes even someone who’s been in this business for a lot longer than me can have a show that doesn’t sale. i just needed to be reminded that it’s okay to sometimes not sale anything. i needed to know it could happen to someone other than me…ya know what i mean?

By: Marisa and Creative Thursday

Marisa and Creative Thursday — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:53:08 +0000

love to you bumblebee
Absolutely!!! never forget, “this is your work now”, taken from that beautiful little painting you passed on to me. There’s no going back now and these pieces were some of the most beautiful yet.
And, I loved sharing the evening with you and everyone else. Thank you for including me.

By: kelly

kelly — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:49:12 +0000

i love the way that you put this.
i love that you always have the
priority straight and i love that you
have such sassy friends who have your
back and i dig that your words sink deep
within and make me reflect on my world.
happy fun day!