"Footsteps in the Snow" 14" x 10" and "Flooded" 10" x 14" both oil on board
Life as an artist has loads of good times, but I think many people don't realise it's a life full of knock backs and rejections.
These two pieces are my first rejections of the year. Just 13 days into the year when I received the news from the RBA that they were not to be hung.
Of course, I am unhappy about this, but I am not writing this post to moan or gripe about the selection committees decisions or anything like that. As a group that is at the top of their field, with all of their historical connections and so on, they have to be selective. They have to make it a great challenge to be chosen to exhibit with the society. It has to be difficult to become a member.
Anyway, my message here is for all the artists in the same boat as me, on this occasion and on all of the other occasions where we have a negative result or are rejected. It would be so easy to find some reason not to try again. Maybe, you have too many commission orders, perhaps a gallery is needing more work, the list of excuses is long. But Do not stop. Do not forget. Do not find something else to do. Just put the rejection behind you and keep pushing on. Keep painting. Keep trying. Never give up. Keep pushing on towards your goals.
NEVER GIVE UP
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