This was the first year that I actually set written goals for myself and my art at the beginning of the year and I'm extremely pleased to say that I have followed through on every one of them!
And then today I followed through on one more impromptu plan. I entered some of my work into a local competition - ack! This is so not me LOL. My goal here is not the prize which is nominal, but to actually put my work out there into public space for anyone to see. This process started with my decision to participate in my sister's weekend market, so more about the competition in a minute.
Each Sunday since early June I have taken a selection of the mini canvases I painted during the winter/spring lockdown, along with some older watercolour pieces and notecards, and set up a vendor table to test the water of selling my art. I had no idea whether anything would even appeal to this limited market and next to no idea about pricing said art. Well, things turned out better than I could have ever imagined. The 40 lockdown pieces were quickly rehomed and I was having trouble keeping up with new items to add to my display. Got lots of lovely feedback too.
So now, as summer is coming to an end I turned my eye to our local fall fair and lo and behold - despite physically cancelling the fair - I saw the creative arts competition is to continue virtually. So I had a good look through my stuff and found 8 pieces that I was happy to enter into 4 different categories. They were entered this morning and are now out there online for anyone to see. I can't tell you how huge a win this is for me!
Next up on the agenda is making and selecting pieces to put in a local gallery square foot show. Application deadline is less than 6 weeks away!
