Mollie August 6th, 2007 Business , Show

This weekend was crazy. It’s funny how one phone call can change so much. Just last Friday I was thinking about painting the bathroom and building a window seat in the living room, and now I’m consumed by getting my work ready to show. I don’t have many pieces that are ready to hang so I was busy cutting mats and framing last night. Today I need to do some touch ups and try to get a couple of the smaller paintings ready. All my walls are going to be bare; I can’t tell you how much it freaks me out to think that a few pieces might sell before I have anything else ready. I have to get working!

Yesterday I created new business cards, and by the end of the week I hope to have a new artist statement and a pamphlets created to display next to my work. Tonight I need to get a look at what content some of the other artist’s have in their pamphlets.

Each piece of art that I create has a special place in my heart; it’s incredibly hard to let them go. So far I’ve only had one small breakdown thinking about selling my babies and never seeing them again. I absolutely refuse to part with them until I have good prints made at least for myself. Is it truly horrible to hope that I’m not a success so I don’t have to say goodbye? I’m sure it will get easier, but it already feels like an empty nest and they aren’t even gone yet.