This afternoon, my neighbour nearly burnt our block of units down! Yes! Really!
It has brought home to me the importance of insurance....you know, as artists, we're all a bit laid back, but if the fire in No 2 had escaped, if I hadn't responded to my neighbours telling me his flat had smoke pouring out of it, if I hadn't seen him working at the pub lat last night and realised that he was still sound asleep in his bedroom etc etc....then all my artworks could have been gone, finished, done with now.......
A survey of 25 years of work waiting for the next exhibition at the Orange Regional Gallery sometime in the next 12 months......
How would I have replaced them......I wouldn't of course as they are singular items, not reproducable ... my techniques aren't replicable nor my inspired moments......so hmmm.....might rethink that insurance thingey......
My afternoon spent sorting out all that stuff we artists make art out of........isn't it interesting how inspired one becomes when sorting paints, liquids, picklers, applicators etc.......there's some great little colours there that are just begging me to get going with the brush again......
next time....what I'm up to at the moment! It's pretty cool!
nJoy
1 comment:
Ah! Good thing your work remains JoyBell. I lost several of my pieces in the rain, but nothing like a collection as massive as yours. Say, do your use charcoal in your work?
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