My studio needs tidying up |
finish the last paintingpick up five new cradles- varnish the last three paintings
- put hanging on the last five large paintings
- photograph all of the paintings (some of them for the third time!)
- create titles for the last three paintings
- write a statement
- sign and title all of the paintings
- make a list of people to invite to the opening
- create and send out invites
- add a new series page to my website
add a résumé page to my website- add the new series to my Facebook page
put out a press release- work out prices for my paintings
- send statement and painting list to Union Gallery
- make opening night Facebook event and send invites
- deliver paintings to Union Gallery
- make a book of the series
- update accounts to cover expenses incurred in making the series
- tidy up the studio
update website
With less than three weeks to go until the opening, it is hard to find perspective. Other than worrying about what I still have to do, I am also more than a little nervous about how the work will be received and equally so about whether it will sell. Money is always a factor and after doing some quick sums, I realise that even if the show completely sells out, I will still not make my basic living expenses for three months that I was working on the show. It is hardly a comforting thought and has to be tempered with the knowledge that I am not doing this for the money, I am doing this because I have to.
I have to make art. It is simply, as far as I am concerned, my reason for being here. The periods of stress and worry and doubt are all part of being an artist and I have more or less come to accept it. Knowing this, and that it will not last forever, that it will be balanced by better times, makes it easier to handle but it does not make it go away. So I will tell myself that this is the life I have chosen and want and then I will take a deep breath and get back to that list.
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