I picked up a copy of the 2009 Arkansas Tour Guide at Petit Jean State Park last week and had a good surprise.
On the page about Eureka Springs, the photo is of the Artery’s original installation and those huge kiwis are my painting. My godson and I were tickled by that and I mentioned it to our waitress at Mather Lodge who exclaimed, “I didn’t know you were an artist!” I thought that was cute since the only thing she did know about me was that I like coffee. Ryan looked through the events calendar and found that next weekend many of the state parks are hosting fishing derbys for kids and we made a plan to go to Withrow Springs Saturday morning so he can compete and bring home some trout. Flipping through the Tour Guide again later revealed that another painting of mine is in the photo on the page about arts.
That photo was taken at the Art Colony last summer during the Abrya Studio show, “The Big-Eyed Girls Take on the Glamourpusses”. I’m feeling pretty good about the fact that both the Eureka Springs page and the Arts page feature photos of my artwork. The big eyed girls are now quite recognizably my work and I know that familiarity is good for business. It is also a good indicator to me that there is an audience for my work. Even as I tell others how important it is to find and express one’s voice there are moments in the studio alone when I wonder what could conceivably matter about making another painting! Well, we usually teach best that which we wish to learn most. To get your copy of the 2009 Arkansas Tour Guide as well as several other guidebooks detailing the wonders available in the Natural State visit Arkansas.com .
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