Title: Donated Art
Category: other
Blog Entry: My husband's office was having a party today, and I offered to donate some art to their silent auction, proceeds to go to charity. While I was rummaging around in the closet for a reproduction to give him, I realized that for the past few years I've donated more art than I've sold. Usually I give to animal rescue orgs, the Humane Society, etc. I just downloaded two of the reproductions I used to sell at art fairs on my page here. To me these represent a lot of old hopes and dreams that never materialized. At first they sold pretty well, but always I got more compliments than sales. I never understood it--the work was good, the prices low. I know print artists whose work sells so well their spouses can quit their jobs. I really, really wanted to be one of those. My question is, how do you keep the dream alive? I am not trying to sell art at any venue right now, because I can't handle the rejection. It's hard to even get up the heart to start a new piece I know will just go into the closet when I'm finished. I know I'm not the only disillusioned middle aged art school graduate out there but at times you'd never know it. Anyway, my goal in life right now is just to try and get the joy back. Not even to sell work, just to enjoy doing it again the way I used to.
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