What do you feel when your artwork is sold and goes away?
11/22/2019 3:48:09 PM
When I sold my last painting my husband saw me preparing to ship the painting to it's new owner. He told me, ''I think it is hard for you to part with your paintings". I responded, ''Oh, no I am happy to know people love my art so much that they are willing to pay money to have my artwork.''
But later, my thoughts returned to that conversation and I realized this is true. It is not always easy to part with a piece of art that you have created and loved and lived with for days, weeks or months. Some artworks are born easily, some require more effort....
When you decide a piece of art is complete, you feel happy and want to share your creation with the world - you want to know what people think and how they feel when they look at your art. And one day that painting is sold and you feel happy but the same time you feel lost.
Then you are start creating something new and the process starts all over again. Your thoughts sometimes go back to that sold painting and you remember the joy of the person who bought it and their excitement about placing it in their home and the joy of sharing your art, and you realize this is part of why you create.
''The Poetry''', original painting by Svitlana Prouty (sold)
''Apple garden'', original painting by Svitlana Prouty
( available at Mountain Sage Gallery)
Today I photographed a sculpture of Lyle Schwabauer which was sold and will be shipped to California. I asked him , ''what do you feel when your artwork is sold and goes away?" Lyle said, ''It is different with different artworks. It's exciting because I feel that I succeeded and stirred up the emotions of my customer to the point they want my work, they can relate to the piece . For some art you became so attached , that it's not easy to let it go. Those are the difficult ones."
''Redeeming love'', bronze sculpture by Lyle Schwabauer (sold)
''Breakaway'', bronze sculpture by Lely Schwabayer
(available at Mountain Sage Gallery)
Ann Bishop - ''When a painting goes to a new home I am elated that that someone else saw what I was trying to depict in subjects and liked it.
Proud that they want to live with the creature I have created and glad to start a new adventure, also happy to hear people laughing.''
''Brutus'', original painting by Ann Bishop (sold)
"Valeric Bunny'', ceramic vase by Ann Bishop
(available at Mountain Sage Gallery)
Russ Ratcliff - ''Early in my career I found it difficult to let go of something I had worked so hard to create. Now I consider it an honor when I sell a piece of art. The buyer has seen the creativity and hard work in a piece and is willing to pay a good money for my efforts. That is a huge compliment!"
''Colors of the Hot Springs'', rock mosaic by Russ Ratcliff (sold)
''Slow spin'', rock mosaic by Russ Ratcliff
(available at Mountain Sage Gallery)
Linda Roberts - ''When I create my photographic art, I try to tell a story or evoke an emotion. When a piece of my art is sold and the buyer hears a story or feels an emotion that connects the art to them i feel like I have done my job. It gives me great joy to have that appreciation for what I do.''
''Effervescence''. Fine Art Photography by Linda Roberts.
(available at Mountain Sage Gallery)
''A Tempestuous Soul'' photography by Linda Roberts
(available at Mountain Sage Gallery)
As I was finishing this blog post I received a check and a letter from one of my customers, who purchased my painting titled "The Poetry". This lady wrote to me and told me that when she saw my painting she knew it would be a great gift for her granddaughter, who is a writer and a poet, for her graduation from college. She told me this portrait makes her cry because in my painting she saw her granddaughter.
This letter makes me cry because this experience reminds me that my art has meaning.
