If someone asked me what my dream art show would be I’d probably say…
I’d get to go somewhere really nice, maybe by the ocean. I’d have a friend travel with me to share it. I’d like her to be someone I really enjoy spending time with and maybe even make a movie about collaboration in a restaurant or something. It would be great to be greeted on the street by a local fan directly after arriving in town, remembered. I’d go visit my favorite shops and galleries in that area and be welcomed back into that town by excited, lovely people. I’d spend time with other artists and gallery staff that make me laugh until I cry as well as stimulate my mind with conversation.
I’d be so touch by the stories of collectors of my work that I would have to try really hard not to tear up at the generosity of others. A few friends might travel into town whom I haven’t seen for quite some time and buy me lunch. Maybe I’d get to meet some new interesting people who love art. I think I’d like to get up really early in the morning and make an artwork on the beach with a poet and a sculptor and send it out into the ocean. I’d really like to have lots of people show up to the unveiling of my paintings and laugh at all my jokes and tell me how much they really liked the work. Wouldn’t it be great too if I sold all of the paintings to people who really loved them in a matter of minutes so my head would spin and make me dizzy? Maybe even more that one person might want some of the paintings so there would be a drawing for who got to buy it. That’s just crazy.
I’d like to sign lots of prints and give drawings away. I’d like it if I got some gifts too…why not? Maybe like a really beautiful black coat and some expensive shoes and super cool bag that I’d been eyeing and maybe even a Cannon Beach sweatshirt. I’d be touched if a friend bought me a copy of his favorite book and another friend gave me a pot she threw and painted.
I wouldn’t have to worry about my kittens because I would feel very confident that my partner was taking care of all there was so I could be where I am.
I’d love to go out to eat Ecola Seafood with someone who makes me feel really good and then Mexican food with some people that I’m very fond of giggling with. I’d like to leave feeling really grateful for beautiful people who have given me so much that I’m overflowing with gratitude for life and art. It would be wonderful to get excited about making more artwork. I’d also like to leave with plans to come back and do it again next year.
Maybe it’s just a dream…in verse and rhyme?!
