Monday, April 12, 2004
Grateful
Oh. Oh My. Oh My Goodness. Good Gravy, Myrtle, even.
We could not have planned/asked/hoped for a better weekend than Venus Envy Weekend. {Or "Veni" as we've referred to it, tongue-in-cheek (multiple penises = peni, multiple venuses = veni)}.
Friday night: Preview Party Night. All the Veni in their best attire, to look good for the press, one another, and anyone who paid the $50/ticket price to attend. We met the most incredible women. It was a fantastic opportunity for all of the artists to get together and share commentary, questions, admiration and experience.
Just a few of the fabulous Veni that we are sure will turn up in later blogs (as we have bonded so well):
Lisa-Marie & Amy (Title of one of Lisa-Marie's pieces: "eat my beef, it's what's for dinner." Need I say more??)
Crystal (and thus, boyfriend, Jason - Crystal's work is both awe and fear-inspiring)
Lori (onion-ring painter extraordinaire - and I say that with much respect)
Julie (can't say enough lovely things about her paintings)
Tilnise (beautiful woman; thought-provoking, tarot-card-like drawings)
Jamie & Ann (both photographers, but with unique styles/personalities - loads of fun)
Mary Beth (oh my goodness - Zo, me AND my mom LOVE her work!)
The-Other-Woman (aka, Dorothy, who is a fantastic seamstress/artist. I'm soooo getting a corset!)
Angela (whose breathtaking, sensual, marble sculptures I want to take home and run my hands over all day long)
and Ms. Julia "Butterfly" Hill, who was gracious, charming, inspiring and sweet.
There were, of course, numerous other women who participated and we met - these are simply the few with whom we made a connection and spent time with.
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I have to tell you - it's one thing to have them tell you that "about 5,000 people will attend this event." It's another thing entirely, to experience 5,000 people walking past you, looking at your work (amongst the others), comment, compliment, and move along. It was overwhelming. Brilliant. Fantastic.
I was privileged to have many friends attend the event at our invitation and look at our work. In several instances, I came across friends (and even an ex-boyfriend) whom I hadn't seen in years who exclaimed, "I didn't know you were an artist."
Well, hell, sugar. I didn't know I was, either. It seems that such a subjective realization was mine to have, as well as theirs. :)
I'm happy. Proud, even. I felt - and continue to feel - humbled, inspired, awestruck - to be counted among the number of talented women in my presence that evening.
Not the least of which is my Diva-Pal, Zoë. Such gratitude I cannot properly express in words.
Guess I'll have to keep creating art in order to find a channel for this energy. ;)
DivArtistly Yours,
Vi
