update...

remember my wild bunch paintings from earlier this year? 
they were part of a group exhibition at the Loading Bay in Durban. 



well... it is a little "cringy" for my ego to admit but none of them sold... 
so i took them back home and left them in the garage for a few months.

i unpacked them and had a good honest look at them yesterday, 
and i do like them, they felt alive and wild. 
it was good to see them with fresh eyes again. 

i'm not sure why they didn't sell, i could come up with many reasons
and excuses but that wouldn't make a difference. 

of course it has been a great learning experience, 
 and i learnt a few good lessons along the way. 

one of them being: "don't take it personally, it is what it is, 
get back up and keep going, keep showing up, keep doing what you love."

oh and i keep repeating to myself, just like on the opening night... 
Brene Brown's mantra: "don't shrink, don't puff up, just stand your sacred ground."



now that i've cleared the air ;) 

i have put my bouquets in my Etsy shop, it's all pretty and updated. 
(PS: my feeling is that they were priced a little too high at the exhibition, so i reduced the prices slightly) 


3 comments:

  1. Oh Anne! Well done for showing up anyway❤️ And... Such a courageous act to put yourself out there with your art available to be loved, praised, critiqued or rejected even.

    Big hug and smile ma chérie

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  2. Beautiful Anne! And well done for showing up and doing what you love anyway.....that is courage and living life alive and engaged and full of joy....and your paintings reflect that!

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  3. Beautiful Anne! And well done for showing up and doing what you love anyway.....that is courage and living life alive and engaged and full of joy....and your paintings reflect that!

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