OMFG I am so tired!!!

I am sooooo tired, not to mention I am suffering from food-coma (Niko Niko's, oh you evil devils. Your food is SOOOOOO goooood!). But I just couldn't resist writing about tonight.

First off, it scares me that my mother-in-law (per se) is stalking me on Facebook. I say the F-word and she's all over it like stink on cheese. "I'm getting the soap because you need to wash your mouth!" or some cheesy remark like that. Seriously, she needs a better hobby... Hmm...


Anyways, I went to River Oaks today, happy that I got to talk to the featured artist, Joanna Purvis. She's very nice, down-to-earth, and very sweet. And she's very approachable. Not that many artists would just talk to you like that... I mean, heck some would only talk to you if you looked like someone who's interested in buying. Nah, she's one of those that are interested in how you feel about her artwork and she wants to talk about her experiences. 
The same goes for Mr. Sobanski. He's seemed like a quiet man. But no, he opened up when we started talking about his art. Hahaha. Old adage: Never judge a book by its cover. He mentioned that being an artist is not a hobby, it's a job. That the first thing any real artists do in the morning is think about art. I wish that's the case for me. The first thing that comes to mind in the morning is "I hope I am not late for work" or wondering if I was going to have enough coffee/creamer to last me the day. I rarely think of painting first thing when I wake up. He also mentioned that it's never too early to drink wine; white in the morning, red in the evening. So I guess to a point he's not really that much of a credible source. I am really scared to think of me being like him one day. SCARY.


I showed the gallery owner my works and I guess she liked some of them. Downside? They're all on paper! She said that it's harder to sell paintings on paper (I already assumed as much since the galleries I've been in always hosted paintings on canvas). She told me the thicker the better; the thinner ones need to be matted, glassed and framed while the thicker (2-inch frames AKA gallery-wrap canvas) can stand as is. DAMN, I wish I knew some of these tricks before today.

All in all, it was a pretty good experience. I am still a little intimidated by the awesomeness of the works featured in this gallery (not to mention the skill and patience involved) and I hope some day that someone else would be standing in my shoes and says, "hey, I wanna be just a good a painter as her!"

Still dreaming...