I've been quite neglectful with updates here lately and I'd love to say it's because I've been horribly busy, but the truth is that I have been incredibly sick and having all sorts of. . . "whining artist moments."
In May, it will have been a year since I committed to really working at my art on a full-time basis. I got this big, fancy studio, updated my Facebook page and started blogging more regularly. I have shared most of that here. What I haven't shared was a lot of submitting my artwork to various galleries, looking for new freelance jobs and all the other boring stuff that goes along with art as a career. What I haven't shared is. . . a lot of rejection.
Rejection wears on a person. No matter how much they say, "Oh, I'm tough! This is part of the territory and I can do this!" Rejection will get anyone down and I've been quite down. I had given myself one-year to make something happen. If not by then, for the sake of my sanity and that of my family, I would call it a day and look for a "real job."
One year from May 2011. . .
I am more than half-way there. I have a horrible cold, the rent on my studio has wreaked havoc on my finances, my frustrated artist attitude is wearing on my family. . . It's not been fun. But I have until May. . . Move forward. Head up. Keep going!
Within the last week:
Two clients I have not heard from in a year have contacted me for freelance work.
I booked another show. (this is a total of three this Spring/Summer)
I am now a gallery represented artist!
I'm still sick, but I am at-least laughing a bit now. This last week is such a perfect example of my life and my relationship with the universe. It has a history of testing me; Pushing me to the absolute brink and then. . .
This time. . . I passed!
Anyway! Much updates to come. I must have 6 to 8 mixed-media pieces completed for my gallery opening in April, along with enough work for the other shows I had previously committed to. It's absolute craziness, but I am loving it!
In May, it will have been a year since I committed to really working at my art on a full-time basis. I got this big, fancy studio, updated my Facebook page and started blogging more regularly. I have shared most of that here. What I haven't shared was a lot of submitting my artwork to various galleries, looking for new freelance jobs and all the other boring stuff that goes along with art as a career. What I haven't shared is. . . a lot of rejection.
Rejection wears on a person. No matter how much they say, "Oh, I'm tough! This is part of the territory and I can do this!" Rejection will get anyone down and I've been quite down. I had given myself one-year to make something happen. If not by then, for the sake of my sanity and that of my family, I would call it a day and look for a "real job."
One year from May 2011. . .
I am more than half-way there. I have a horrible cold, the rent on my studio has wreaked havoc on my finances, my frustrated artist attitude is wearing on my family. . . It's not been fun. But I have until May. . . Move forward. Head up. Keep going!
Within the last week:
Two clients I have not heard from in a year have contacted me for freelance work.
I booked another show. (this is a total of three this Spring/Summer)
I am now a gallery represented artist!
I'm still sick, but I am at-least laughing a bit now. This last week is such a perfect example of my life and my relationship with the universe. It has a history of testing me; Pushing me to the absolute brink and then. . .
This time. . . I passed!
Anyway! Much updates to come. I must have 6 to 8 mixed-media pieces completed for my gallery opening in April, along with enough work for the other shows I had previously committed to. It's absolute craziness, but I am loving it!
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