For everyone who is wondering, my first official exhibition was amazing and I am deeply grateful to all of my friends and family who attended. Thank you! Yes, my butterflies went away as soon as the event started, but they returned with a vengeance when I had to stand up and speak to the group that was there. Let's just say that I am NOT a public speaker. I'd rather be snake handling, blindfolded while walking on hot coals in India, than be standing up in front of a crowd. My heart was beating so hard that I swear my necklace was jumping. Oh well. Hopefully something coherent issued from my mouth because somehow I got through it. After that traumatic event, the rest of the evening was lovely! There were a couple of paintings that drew a lot of attention. "Follow" was one. People seemed to stand in front of it and study it for long periods of time. The "Asian Orchids" painting seemed to garner a lot of attention as well and the portraits probably drew the most comments. It was funny because a woman walked up to me and said, "I am going to HAVE to tell my friend about your painting of the little blonde girl with the curls! It looks exactly like her daughter!" and I said, "It wouldn't happen to be Kate Perry, would it?" and.....it was! I did a little internal happy jig because I was thrilled that I had captured Kate's daughter well enough that someone else had recognized her portrait! :) I know......I'm easily amused. There were a lot of artists there that night and I am excited about getting to know other artists in the area and getting more plugged in to the local events. I would like to thank Dorothy Demboski, Janie Prete and the other people involved with making the Clayton Visual Arts Exhibition a success in bringing art to the Clayton area! © Copyright Cady Driver 2016 - All Rights Reserved
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4/9/2011 03:33:48 am
I think I only scared one potential customer. :-) It was a fun evening and I'm very proud of you!
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Connie Bousselaire
4/9/2011 07:37:12 am
Cady,
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Auntie Donna
4/9/2011 09:13:51 am
Cady,
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Barbara
4/9/2011 10:08:15 am
Great Job, Cady! I rejoice with your success and would still love to take a lesson or two from you.
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Cady
4/9/2011 02:20:23 pm
Thank, everyone! All the glory goes to God! I hope to use this for His purpose.
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Jenny
4/10/2011 02:11:23 am
Cady! Was so sorry not to be able to come to the opening! Everything looks fabulous! How exciting to see your work framed and displayed like that in a group! Congrats again! Lots of love - Jenny
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About CadyI'm a wife and mother of four kids. I homeschool, paint, run, and garden! I am always interested in digging truths out of Scripture. Here, you'll find my thoughts on art, adoption, gardening, mothering, homeschooling, books and whatever else is on my mind. Enjoy! QuoteCreativity doesn't exist in a vacuum - like skepticism, it's a means, not an end. It cries out for a theme. To treat creativity as an end in itself is to assume godlike character for humans as though they could create ex nihilo. -J. Cheane Archives
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