Another year
has come and gone. Last December we
survived the Mayan apocalypse; this year we survived the ravages of snow, ice and
the floods they left behind. Wonder
what’s in store for 2014?
2013 was a
pretty good year for me. My artwork was
accepted into:
- Rising Sun 11th Annual Juried Exhibit
- Woman’s Art Club 120th
Juried Exhibit
- Georgia Watercolor 34th
National Juried Art Show
- 45th
Annual ViewPoint National Juried Exhibit
- Ohio Watercolor
Society 36th Annual Juried Show (Signature status)
- Georgia Watercolor Society Annual Signature Member Show
- Pennsylvania Watercolor Society’s 34th
Annual International Juried Exhibition
- Georgia Watercolor
Society Annual Juried Member’s Show –
- Watercolor Society of Indiana Annual Juried
Member’s Show - Award
- National Watercolor
Society 92nd Annual Exhibit traveling show
One of the bloggers recently mentioned how many paintings she had
produced this year which prompted me to go back and count. I came up with 8 completed, not counting any
I did for classes. Even though I knew
the tally would be low, I’m disappointed in myself. Perhaps I will do a quick recount, 8 seems
terribly low volume!
(Well, DUH, I just did a quick recount and came up with 13 - didn't check the "bin" paintings!)
(Well, DUH, I just did a quick recount and came up with 13 - didn't check the "bin" paintings!)
Since my term as President of Greater Cincinnati Watercolor
Society will be over in March, and I don’t plan on taking on any more
administrative responsibilities, perhaps this year I’ll be able to get at least**
one painting a month completed – that seems like a reasonable thing to
accomplish, even as slowly as I paint.
** Note to self - "Deb, this means you can paint MORE THAN ONE PAINTING A MONTH"!
Here’s hoping that 2014 will be a productive, profitable, happy and healthy year for all of us!
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R!
3 comments:
Happy New Year Deb!
Wow, you've had some wonderful accomplishments this year.
I think the difference between you and the person who shared that she had produced so many paintings is that you have produced a higher quality of work, the lower number of paintings is acceptable and understandable.
Happy New Year Deb.
Nancy, not sure about "higher quality", just "different". Looks like a lovely place you live - conducive to great paintings! Hope you have continued success in your art career this year.
I find it pretty tough to provide a count of paintings in any given time period. How many pieces of w/c paper did I use up, hoping they would be a finished artwork? How many then went into the possible-collage pile, or became gesso'd bases for future projects? Or how many came back out of a reject pile to be successfully rescued? Finally, how many were paintings I was willing to have photographed? Deb, if you had even 8 or 13 "finished" paintings, that's awesome. Congratulations. And your list of accomplishments (NWS no less!) is really what counts: it says how good the paintings were, not how many there were.
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