After having written to Joyful Jewel Galleries: https://adventvoice.newgrounds.com/news/post/1055074 and waiting the few weeks for a response about my work, I received it today. Of course I had to be the one to initiate the meeting because I am such an intimidating artist. The owner of the gallery asked, when I walked into the door, “Are you the young man that sent in the application?” I had been standing and looking at a lot of the new displays that were entered for this month for at least thirty minutes before she remembered me.

“Yes I am,” I responded. She blushed and said I was going to email you, when you are done browsing I would love to talk about your art.”

I ended my review of their works and stood on the other side of her sales counter and listened intently.

“Though we love your works and what you had to say about your motivations and desire to produce art, we don’t feel you will sell here very well. Our supporters and buyers are an older crowd and we feel you would be better suited in a more “Modern,” atmosphere.”

She apologized and I was more than happy to take her recommendations of finding an art gallery in the city to display my works. As I listened to her response to my work I was able to contribute my age as a factor. At least she made it quit evident that because I am wrong, my perspective and desire to experiment with my presentation, may be too daunting for an older, and retired crowd.

I am 30 going on 31 so I don’t really feel young, but I am trapped in this strange mode of life in which Digital Art and illustrative works, Roy Fox Lichtenstein inspired Pop Art, Expressionism,  Contemporary Art is still very new. Can you imagine, something devised in the 1960’s still has a had time surfacing in today’s galleries and cultural centers because it is still considered taboo or unsellable.

I personally would place my works in the same league as that of Jasper Johns, but those that view Modern works with the same lens do, and that has been a challenge. Learning how to set my works apart from the classics.

Have been spending a lot of time in reflection about my artistic journey and I remember https://roboseven.newgrounds.com/ early on in our correspondences telling me of how much she enjoyed Toulouse lautrec. That when she saw my pieces it reminded her of him and that was wonderful. Again I could never see myself anyone near the confidence artists like Georges Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon,” where able to inspire in me, in the days of my youth.

Years have gone by and still I find I am missing something that will encourage a gallery of our modern world to take on pieces I present on face value. Without the boring divulge I can produce to sell the idea, becoming rout language, memorized monologues, and passe by the end of the year.

Taking notes from Lewdua https://lewdua.newgrounds.com/ all I plan on doing this summer is working on my art and devising poems and articles that might come from looking at my pieces for too long as they hang on my wall. As far as diluting my works to fit a galleries standards or desire. Yeah not going to happen.

I do plan on writing to https://www.chathamartscouncil.org/artist/liquidambar-gallery-and-gifts/ Liquidamber Kitty Mecham, to see where she would place my works or if she knows anyone that would be interested. She is not in the market to deal with new artists, but she has an eye for art and I would like to know how my works strike her. Mainly out of curiosity, not because I am expecting anything. She is a funny artist. I bought on of her cards. Making the joke that I saw her name on the back of the card and was wondering if she tried to claim works she did not do, in order to sell them better. She blushed and assured me they were her works. I enjoy her ideas of art. She is into drawing birds and plants and pieces that would fit in anyone’s home décor.

Could I produce works like that. Sure. Will I? Um No.

I never wanted to be known for Wall Art that can be used to turn your home into the finest museum, or agrarian studies. Still don’t and refuse to be reduced to drawing, painting, and beautifying vase studies.

One day soon Digital Prints will come in Vogue and I will be the first on the stoop casting my wares.