Looking for Gallery Representation? Read this!

Are you trying to find more galleries for your work? Good galleries that work with you to actively promote your art will want to make sure you are on the same page as they are. They want to know if you can meet their needs and give them what they need to help you succeed. I've just started following this blog, but it's awesome and truly helps you think about business in a fresh light. If you are serious about finding gallery representation, Read this:

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Happy July 4th to all my Americans and Happy Sunday to everybody!

~Kelly

Finally... Desire to create!

Wow, after a very traumatic 2 1/2 years, I feel like I'm ready to rock and roll!! I feel like my life is getting back on track, and so is my artwork. I actually have that little buzz inside. The one that almost makes you jittery with desire to create. You know the one: it's the one that makes your eyes bright and keeps you awake at night, thinking of all the things you want to make. Lately, I've done a few things that I don't normally do, and that's what has lit the fire in me again. First, I bought a book, by Kelly Rae Roberts, Taking Flight, and the words and techniques in there have excited me. Second, I bought some art supplies! That always gets me jumping! And third, hubby and I went to 3 different galleries today and I completely enjoyed myself, which is something I haven't done in a long time. But I'm gonna keep it short, I'm posting from the phone. Here is a pic of a piece I just finished. And I'm so jacked up that I just want to keep working! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Gearing Up For Another Week

Today is a beautiful spring day! The jasmine is starting to bloom, as is the pittosporum shrub, and the air is perfumed with all these wonderful smells. It is a perfect day to recharge the batteries and get ready for another week. I did not realize how much I needed a day to do this. Our lives today get so busy with everything, that I think sometimes, your spirit just gets tired. I didn't have the energy to do any of my "normal" activities, even the ones that usually cheer me up. I haven't touched wet clay in a while, ever since we found out about Mom's cancer. I did manage to run the kiln though, so I do have a few new glazed items that I can take to Charleston Crafts. That will be good. My Mom has now been through 6 radiation treatments to the brain and is just starting to see some hair loss. A few hairs in the brush is all, but it is starting. I think that is so hard for anybody, man or woman, to lose their hair so suddenly like that. I just hope she is able to keep her eyebrows and eyelashes for a little longer. I know the chemo will claim those eventually, but for now, I would love for her to keep those. I have started my third trimester in my pregnancy, as of today, and I need to take some new photos to post on here. I'll see if I can do that in the next few days for you guys. This is such a bittersweet time for me right now, with the baby coming in a couple of months and my mom being sick. There is so much to be done, and not enough energy or drive to do it. I do want to try to get back into the clay this week. I know that I have orders to fill and galleries waiting on deliveries. I will let all of you know where I get started on all that. Everyone take care of yourselves and stay healthy.