After my post called “Juried Or Judged?”, one might have gotten the idea that I don’t participate in such shows. In general, I don’t. Lots of artists develop a following by entering shows all over the country, paying entry fees, shipping art, paying to have it boxed and shipped back, hoping for prizes, hoping for sales, and likely, ending up discouraged and poor.
I don’t enter shows that are far away. I am a Central California artist, specifically a Tulare County artist who takes great pleasure and pride in finding the best things of this place I’ve called home for 63 years. (We may not qualify for a Trader Joe’s or a university or even for litter-free pothole-patched roads, but we feed the world and don’t you forget it!)
When there are local shows with nominal or no entry fees, shows that aren’t too much trouble to enter, shows that will keep my work and name in the public eye (where old and new customers can find me, because I came here to earn a living), shows that seek the type of work that I do (realistic subjects based in Tulare County), then I might be interested.
Such a show is coming soon. Artists are allowed to enter 3 pieces. It is juried because they have both standards and limited space.
The last time I entered this show, my work was small and placed in a dark corner, which did not do it any justice. Many years later, my work is larger, brightly colored, and I have 7 pieces that I want to enter. I don’t know how to decide which 3 to submit.
Maybe some of these will sell before the show; that’ll help me decide.
What is your Central California artist going to do?? Stay tuned. . .
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If you ask me (which you didn’t, but nevertheless . . . ) I would pick the top painting, the Oak Grove Bridge, and the Sequoias in the snow. All are excellent representatives of what you do, and of what. Good luck! Break a leg . . . err, a paintbrush!
Thank you, Sharon! I welcome your opinion, and 2 of your 3 coincide with Trail Guy’s.
Trail Guy has good taste! I’m really curious which ones he choose. Email?
TG chose the bridge, winter sequoias, and mountains/hills/orange groves.
Sequoias and bridge were no-brainers. I wasn’t sure on my third choice, and easily could have picked M/H/OG one, too.
I look forward to reading which one you picked, and how the show turned out. I’m staying tuned!
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