Monday, April 11, 2011

It's really hanging in a gallery!!!!

That is George "Papa" Tut standing next to my painting at the Watercolor Missouri National Exhibit at Churchill National Museum.

When I learned I got in the show I was amazed. Last year I set the goal to enter a national show. I had prepared myself for the rejection, so getting in was a thrill. But I wasn't really prepared for the feeling when I saw this picture. I think I always thought they could change their mind and not hang it. So to see it hanging in the gallery brought me a lot of joy.

The second thrill for me was that man who has mentored me and encouraged me, the master painter Paul Jackson, actually took the time to get MOWS President George Tut to pose with my painting. I can not tell you how blessed I feel to count Paul and Marla among my friends.

All of this reminds me how much I love to paint and create. I always feel like God has bless me with the ability to feel on such a small scale the feeling of creation. It is this feeling that drives me to want to learn more and get better.

Right now I have a laundry list of paintings I want to get started on. I would also like to enter more shows. Something in Wisconsin. There are a lot of wonderful people who have given me opportunities and I believe there are more around the corner.

I am truly thankful for family, friends and fellow artists who have encouraged me and gotten me to this skill level. I promise I will keep working to get better.