It was a busy show. There were a lot of visitors and I was thrilled by the interest shown by people in my work. From kids to pensioners, nuns to atheists, poor to rich, they all had positive comments on the work. That's the stand in the picture with laptop and all, not that I got much of a chance to use it.
Visitors include lots of family, clients, friends and a few bloggers including Paul O'Mahony of Siopa Eile, Karen from the Irish Craft Update and Ellen McDermott.
It was great to see you all.
Also there was a very good artist friend, Anke Petersen, who has her own studio/gallery in Sneem, Co Kerry. Anke produces some lovely abstract pictures with a spiritual feel, if you are in the area you should call out to her gallery. There are signs for 'Sneem Art Gallery' which lead into the countryside about a mile or two. Anke was able to give me some guidance on adding colour to Contemplation. Hopefully I'll have some results to show you next week.
Good photo, the works look great displayed like that.
Posted by: Brian | 21 November 2007 at 05:36 AM
Thanks Brian, next time you're in Dublin call into the house and you'll see 'my gallery'. We have a long hall which is covered with the pictures. Thy give people something to talk about, a real conversation starter.
*Ed
Posted by: Ed Parkinson | 21 November 2007 at 11:27 PM
Hi Ed,
I loved your 'out of the box' piece. No wonder it won an award. Excellent stuff. Did you sell any?
Posted by: ellen | 22 November 2007 at 10:30 AM
Hi Ellen
Thanks for dropping by the stand, it was great to see you and reading your blog you obviously had a good weekend.
I won the award, there was lots of interest in the pictures, many people could see the stories in the images but nobody bought anything. :-(
I'm taking the philosophical view on this result. It was a great marketing exercise, anyone who was interested in art was there. It is also an educational process because my art is unique, people are not used to seeing much like it, they need to see it a few times before they get comfortable with it.
I reckon I'll be an overnight success in about 5 years!
*Ed
Posted by: Ed Parkinson | 22 November 2007 at 10:36 PM