With a little help from my friends....
I wanted to share my experience of an exhibition I opened over the weekend with 4 other artists. We are 5 artists that rent a studio together and on a whim late last summer one of my fellow artists asked a roadside restaurant whether we could have an exhibition there. Well they said yes, and as the time approached we all worked hard on our paintings. At the end of last week all our paintings were ready, but as many probably know, there's a million other things that need to get done - print a short bio for all of us, create and print tags for all of the paintings, send invitations, organize refreshments, etc., etc.........
We were all to spend Friday evening and Saturday morning in a cottage to get many of these things done. Unfortunately I was taken ill with a really bad case of gastritis and spend the whole of Friday in the emergency room. When the other learned about my illness, they immediately changed our old plans and stayed up until the early hours of the morning to get a lot of things done. They collected my paintings early on Saturday and went to the restaurant to set up the exhibition. I joined them late on Saturday and was really pleased with the whole thing.
The opening was on Sunday and it was a great success. I am really thrilled with the outcome, as I also went on to sell three paintings (NOTE: This is my first ever painting sale). I am so grateful to my friends for their inspiration and all their help during my illness. I could never have done this without them. I also thank all my friends on LMM for their kind comments and inspiration in my art.
So as in the song...... you get by with a little help from your friends....
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Comment by anna on June 7, 2011 at 11:37pm -
Hi Louise,
I'm excited for you..selling your first painting . Thanks for friending me.. I love your work and look for forward to seeing your new creations.
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Comment by Rhonda McDuffie on June 7, 2011 at 6:28am -
Louise - so happy for you and your friends' success and sales - Wat to go!!! Thanks for friending me and hope to see more of your outstanding art!!!
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Comment by Louise le Roux on June 3, 2011 at 8:27pm -
Thanks Bev, Tammy and Smita. Yes I am so fortunate to have such great friends. My health is not quite back to normal, but I am getting slightly better everyday.
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Comment by Tammy Seaman on June 2, 2011 at 9:36pm -
Hope you are feeling better...congrats on your sales and what great friends you have!
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Comment by artyoxygen (Smita) on June 2, 2011 at 4:12am -
Good friends like these are hard to find, you are very fortunate...Fantastic to hear of the sales you've made! :)
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Comment by Louise le Roux on June 1, 2011 at 9:29pm
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Thanks Bronwyn, yes we do make a fantastic team.
Thanks DeMarie. Also congrats on your first sale. YAY for us!
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Comment by DeMarie "Paintslinger" on June 1, 2011 at 9:42am -
congrats to you! i made my first painting sell this week. it's very encouraging isn't it? yay! i'm so happy for you.
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Comment by Bronwyn Palmer on June 1, 2011 at 12:14am -
It's great that your friends were so supportive. You obviously all make a great team. Congratulations on your sales!
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