I have been doing a lot of different things lately, but haven't had any time to paint. I've been working on my website (www.jacquelinecross.net), making business cards, framing pictures, and stretching canvases. I have also been submitting and picking up artwork from various different shows and events. Wednesday, as I mentioned before, I drove to the Brandywine River Museum to drop off my copy of Vincent van Gogh's "Roses and Anemones" for the Radnor Hunt auction. Friday I drove to Harrisburg to pick up two of my paintings which were on display at PinnacleHealth Auxiliary's Night at the Museum fundraising event. That night I was going to drop off another one of my paintings for the Burlington County Art Guild's 39th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Exhibition, but I was exhausted from driving to Harrisburg and starting to get sick so I decided to call it a night. Today I went to Perkins Center for the Arts to submit two of my paintings for their Faculty and Members show, only to find that they had misprinted the submission date (it is actually tomorrow).
But then I think - all of these things that I have been doing are necessary and important. Art isn't just about painting. If you really want to make a career as an artist, getting out there and showing your work is just as important, if not more important, than the time you spend in your studio. And things are really starting to take off because of it. I already have a couple of commissions lined up, and I found out today that my copy of the van Gogh sold at the Radnor Hunt auction. Being a typical type A achiever, I was concerned that I wasn't being productive enough, but when I look back on all that has happened the past couple months, I see that I have actually come a long way...and quite quickly, too!
Paintings that were in Pinnacle Health's "A Night at the Museum":
Painting I am submitting tomorrow for the Perkins show:
