Blog Post Part 1: The Art Show!!

Hey everyone,

I've been lagging updating my blog, but that's probably a good thing because it means things are happening!

The Pancakes and Booze Art Show was an INCREDIBLE experience for my first outing as an artist and a HUGE SUCCESS!!

 (The first night of the show I arrived a little after 8:00 

and there was already a line to get into Lot 613!)

My biggest thanks go to Tom Kirlin for accepting my pieces into the show and giving unknown artists a chance to show their work.  He has no idea the path he has started myself and so many new artists on.  Here are a couple of shots of my art on the wall:

(My 3 pieces are the heart, the piece below 

it and the ice cream eating the TV.)

(All the artists surrounding my pieces were amazing.  

The staff did a great job of hanging like-artists together.)

(Me with my pieces.)

(They had some great live music too!)

The first night of the show I did not sell any pieces, but the second night my friends Meghan and her fiance Charlie came and immediately snatched up two of my paintings:

 

And since I sold two pieces I was able to put two more up on the wall!

(I chose the piece with the balloon 
and Kirby in the black frame.)

(I loved watching people react to my art.

It was addicting!)

 Toward 11:30 PM I started to get really tired, but something told me to stick around a little longer.  Then, just before midnight this gentleman suddenly stepped forward saying he wanted to buy my piece entitled "You and Me Balloon".

Here is a better picture of the painting:

I told him the story of how the inspiration for the painting is from one of my best friends from high school and how we used to say that we were each other's balloon and string.  The balloon needs the string to stay grounded and the string needs the balloon to stay lifted. He said that is exactly the way it is with he and his boyfriend and he said the story made him love the piece even more!!

That concluded my time at my very first art show.  It was such a thrill just to show my work and to sell some was the icing on the cake!  The thought that my art is hanging in people's homes, spreading love and joy tickles me to no end.  I will definitely be participating in as many shows as possible from now on.  Thank you to everyone who came and to everyone who supports my Little Hibachi art project from miles away!