My painting got in the gallery but didn't win anything


A little bummed but really glad I at least made it in the show


which was the most poorly run art show I've ever seen btw
No one emailed me about anything and they definitely had my email
I had to find out everything myself and do some digging just to find out
who the winners were because they didn't post them ANYWHERE


anypoos

better luck next time I guess

mood: anxious
I submitted my painting to the scholarship contest.

They'll pick a select few to be part of the gallery show that will run from Nov 4- Dec 4

and from those they will select one 1st place winner - $1000

one 2nd place winner - $750

one 3rd place winner - $500

and two honorable mentions will receive $125 each


It'd be pretty fantastic to win some money. Bright futures leaves me with about $800 that I still have to pay for, so any of the places would be really helpful to me. At the very least, I'd like my piece to be in the show.

I'm pretty confident that it's a good piece. I spent a lot of time carefully painting it. A lot of me went into it. I felt bad leaving it there in that room. However, I've come to realize it's not always about a piece just being good. I'm worried I put too much of myself in it and it doesn't look as logical and systematic as the other pieces I saw in there. I saw a bunch of skeleton studies..which is basically college art I guess. In other words I guess I'm worried it's too fantasy and not collegy enough. Whatever. They will never crush me under that cookie stamp. Of course I'd be quite upset if I didn't win, even moreso if I didn't win anything at all. I'd be horribly depressed if they called me on Monday and told me to pick up my rejected piece, but even right now at this moment I'm proud of myself because I made a painting. It is complete (to the fullest extent I will allow myself to complete it) and it is framed and wired and man framing really does make a difference. It actually looks professional and quite pretty. So even if I don't win squat, I have myself a beautiful painting I can proudly put up for the world to see. Heck, I bet I could even sell it for a nice amount. However I do have personaly issues with selling pieces...I need to get over that haha.


oh well bla bla bla
I have a busy and stressful weekend ahead of me

with me luck!


P.S.

BIG thanks to Jaro for "helping me" with my artist statement.
If I win ANYTHING it's because of him.

My babies: Domino [link] and Iko [link] are in need of a bigger cage. A 2 or 3 level ferret cage would be awesome. (I prefer a taller cage over a wider one because of space issues in my room)

Unfortunately all the cheap ones I find on Ebay are pickup only, and of course they're all in Ohio or California. -.-"
Sooooo, if anyone knows where I can get a decent priced, decent sized cage for 2 hyper little rats to live in, please let me know!

I'm entering a scholarship contest thingy.

I need to submit a work of art by the 30th/31st

I was thinking maybe I could just make a painting of a particularly decent piece on here
or I could just make up something new...but that would take more time

help meh!

is there any piece on here or you think I might have a shot with if I remake it on a canvas?

I'd been kind of thinking of remaking my newest one (So Long Spaceman) because it actually has an idea/thought behind it, and I need to make an artist statement to go with my piece describing why I made it and what it means and stuff, but at the same time I get the feeling it's not a very strong/interesting piece.

Of course, the painting would not be an exact replica. I plan to make things a bit nicer and prettier and such. Ahhh! I don't know what to do!

hellllllp!

I just don't have a working scanner =\


maybe I can use Edd's if it's the right kind


oh, I was gonna end this here but since it's a journal entry maybe I should make it a little longer. So let's see...let's talk about my life right now.
I'm not enjoying school as much as I'd hoped. I'm feeling drained and tested. I've gone to the point where I began to question whether I wanted to keep going or just drop out.
No worries. I'm one tough cookie. I'm not going to let any little bump stop me from reaching my goal. It's become all too apparent to me that I am an artist. It's what I was born to be and it's simply what I am. Nothing and no one can stop me from being what I already am.

suckers


apart from that notion, Jerry's been pretty nice and supportive during my ordeal
I really appreciate him putting up with my tantrums and near breakdowns



on a funny note
this morning some random dude told me I should go to FIT
because, in his enthusiastic words "you got the look baby!"
I suppose in his mind NY fashion students wear Tripp pants
anyway it was a cute and funny ego boost for my day
I feel bad now that I was too busy laughing to actually thank him
it means a lot when I get such compliments but I never think
to voice my appreciation until the moment is done and over with



well I think this was a long enough entry
perhaps a bit too long
now I'll have to make another soon
a shorter one so as to not take up all the space on my profile page x.x