{"id":878,"date":"2012-01-14T08:45:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T16:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delightfilledart.wordpress.com\/?p=878"},"modified":"2016-01-25T23:17:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T07:17:43","slug":"eve-of-first-art-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/?p=878","title":{"rendered":"Eve of first art exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery91\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6979-e1-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6979-e1-1-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Hillcrest Cottage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6979-e1-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6979-e1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6979-e1-1-365x365.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6984-e1-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6984-e1-1-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"My wall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6984-e1-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6984-e1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6980-e1-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6980-e1-1-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6980-e1-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6980-e1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6981-e1-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6981-e1-1-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6981-e1-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6981-e1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6982-e1-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6982-e1-1-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6982-e1-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mg_6982-e1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>There have been times in my life where I thought being an artist involved being scatterbrained, disorganized, and probably addicted to some kind of substance. Since I&#8217;m generally pretty organized and straight-laced, I thought it might bar me from being an artist. But over the past 24 hours, I&#8217;ve been as chaotic as one might expect someone to be the night before her first art exhibit! At 9:30 last night I decided I thought I could finish a few of the half-done pieces around the house.<\/p>\n<p>While I did make some headway on the repainting of Hillcrest Cottage (the home where my great grandparents lived and my Grandfather and his sister grew up), I had to face the music at about 1:00 am that it wasn&#8217;t going to be ready by morning.<\/p>\n<p>I expected to be excited about my art show, and I am: lots of people are excited for me. But looking at my empty wall, I can&#8217;t help but feel a little bit sad. I realized I am very attached to my favourite paintings, my babies. They each took so much time and have such a personal connection. It&#8217;s strange seeing the empty spaces, and to think of my work being &#8220;out there&#8221; for people I know to examine.<\/p>\n<p>The focus of last night&#8217;s painting is particularly personal &#8211; since it&#8217;s about a house where I spent much time growing up, visiting my Great Aunt &#8211; and I have so many papers, photos, and documents from the house. I had fun going through century-old negatives, scribbled notes, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to just stick these negatives onto the painting &#8211; since they&#8217;re usually just sitting in a box where no one can ever enjoy them.<\/p>\n<p>So while this painting, as a whole, is not really working yet, I decided to just enjoy it for the reasons I like it; at least I have it to keep my walls interesting while my other paintings are on display!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been times in my life where I thought being an artist involved being scatterbrained, disorganized, and probably addicted to some kind of substance. 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