When it is a blog post apparently. Noodling around behind the scenes of the website I discovered that a) blog posts are newsletters in WordPress World, and b) I have subscribers. Sorry to everyone who has been waiting for more deathless prose.
After not doing a post for a loooong time, I decided that I don’t really have the energy to blog. But then I was pricked into reclaiming my self as artist when I casually mentioned to a colleague that as we came into September I was missing Rome, because the end of summer heralded a return to life and the lead-up to Rome Art Week, when we always had a show. My lovely colleague was surprised and said they thought art was “just a hobby” for me.
That comment really brought it home that since we came back to Australia, no one really knows who I am. In Rome I had a clear identity as a straniera/foreigner, broadcast by my undyed hair, untanned skin and deeply unfashionable clothes (we were stopped once and after a brief chat that established we weren’t tourists, were asked why we dressed like workmen…).
More importantly I was known in Rome as an artist who held shows and participated in exhibitions. Here, after W’s stroke, I am just another carer trying to keep a greying toe hold in the workplace.
So, stung into action, I uploaded my latest works on the 247 Gallery website that I joined ages ago and never found the time to do anything. Then I entered works into a couple of art shows and updated my website.
And, happy day! one of my doomsday landscapes was accepted! Seascape red will be in the Hobson’s Bay Art Show from Friday 10 October to Sunday 12 October, and viewable online until 19 October. It’s for sale at $AU650
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