Blondheim Art Original Landscape Acrylic Painting Road

5x7 inches
acrylic on panel
unframed
115.00 includes shipping
Purchase at: www.lindablondheim.com



Painters Tip




Sometimes we can actually grow up.


I have been shunned by a promoter for about four years for their paint outs in north central Florida. It is a situation of political intrigue, back biting, and the usual problems that many artists find themselves embroiled in on the local art scene. I'm sure this happens to most of us now and then. These particular paint outs are wildly popular and almost all of the paintings are guaranteed to sell, bringing in 50,000.00-80,000.00 each time.

To make matters worse, all of my friends are invited from around Florida. The folks that I paint with at many professional events. I get to hear all of the stories and the bragging about huge sales, and worse, the sympathy from them all that I am rejected and banished from all of the fun.

Of course, I have been bitterly angry about it for 3 years, but something happened to me this year. I don't know how to describe it. I guess at the ripe age of 57, I have decided to grow up.

I got the notice from one of the artists participating about the latest paint out and her commiseration. For the first time, I really didn't feel anything about it at all. It was a great sense of OK. This has nothing to do with my life so Who cares? I was astonished with my own maturity.

I have been rejected many times in my long career and have had many victories so I suppose it is a balance in life and career that I seek. Each time I feel the sting of rejection, I must be more determined to overcome the setbacks and to move forward.

Artists must understand that we are often rejected by our own communities and must go away to succeed. Most of my sales are not in my own town but elsewhere.

The next time you have a career situation that is a thorn in your side, be patient, let it work through you and allow yourself to be hurt and angry for awhile. Then move on to things that really matter.