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| View from the front entrance |
On Sept 15 my solo show
"Alchemy in Colour" opened in the beautiful Marianne van Silfhout Gallery at St Lawrence College, Brockville in Ontario Canada.
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| View of the gallery |
When I arrived and saw the whole gallery full of my work I had quite a strange feeling!. After spending time working so closely on the pieces you become very intimate with them but seeing them again like that, it was as though they had suddenly developed their own identity. A bit like the the children you nurture and watch grow up knowing them so well, and then suddenly they are their own person and stand separate. Not that this is a bad thing .... it's as it should be.
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| Collagraph "Under the Hot Sun" by the guest book |
So there was my work arranged around the walls like separate moments in time each one exposing a part of me to be either liked, disliked or ignored. I had an odd feeling of distance and was slightly amazed that I had actually created all this work!
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| With my daughter Trudy and husband Brian |
To send my work out into the world in such a beautiful gallery was a wonderful experience. I was also very appreciative of my friends who made the journey to be at the opening. It was very special to have you there.
If you've experienced a similar feeling when confronted with your work in a new setting please tell me about it.
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