Wednesday, November 4, 2009

"People are going to want to make sex all over your art."

So I was talking to a coworker who knows that I've got this group art show coming up this weekend, November 7th, to be exact, and she asked me how I was doing with my art.  I told her that I was fine with the art, mentioned the pieces that I had done, and the pieces that are almost done, and the pieces that I was still kind of mulling over whether or not I was going to try to get them done.  Then she asked me how I felt about the pieces.  I told her I felt fine about them.  I like to paint for me, because it feels so gratifying when I'm done.  I paint to work through something, or to capture something, to tell a story or to share a message.... similar to photography, but 100 times more exhausting in pretty much every sense of the word.  Then she asked me how I thought people would react to it, and that question, I didn't know how to answer.  I know all about it from my side because it's a one on one relationship, but ultimately a painting winds up on a wall somewhere and it gets seen, reacted to, appreciated, bought, ignored, critiqued, pick the word, it doesn't matter.  I had no idea how to answer that question.  I told her that I knew that I felt good about the pieces, but that I really didn't know how in this new venue, with new people, and with this much advertisement how it would be received, and that this was the only thing about the show that made me nervous.  And that's when she said it.  That's the best damn sentence I do believe I've had said to me in the last six months.  

"People are going to want to make sex all over your art."

Absolutely fucking hysterical.  I laughed soooooo hard and felt soooooo encouraged.  Love my friends.

It's Thursday morning.  T minus 40 hours.....  

I think we're going to have some more photos like this one from last year's art show after 40 hours with no sleep.

And a few more just for fun...  I sliced my finger open on this painting as I was pulling it out of my truck.  It was still wet when I hung it up on the wall.  1'x6'.

Me and DannyPants.  The man with the plan, and the man in charge of the show.  He's also in charge of the one this weekend, and will be getting me set up with my solo show within the next 6-12 months.

Madre coming out on crutches to show me some love!