AIS Exhibition

“Patience”  12″x16″ oil on canvas   SOLD at the show!

I am thrilled that “Patience”, a 12″x16″ oil on linen canvas, was accepted into the American Impressionist Society’s 13th Annual Juried Exhibition! The exhibit will open November 9th in Indianapolis, IN.

Below is a still life I entered that was rejected . This year each artist was only allowed to enter 2 paintings (last year it was 3). I always think it’s interesting to post which of my paintings didn’t get into shows. I love the quote that came in the “rejection” e-mail from Show Chair Dawn Whitelaw, she says “I love the story that Everett Raymond Kinstler tells of displaying a prize he received for a painting alongside the rejection slip he received for the same painting. He says not to take either acceptance or rejection into a show too seriously, and I think he is right.” I have had the very same thing happen. I had a painting that was rejected twice from two different shows so I sold it. Unfortunately that lowered my opinion of that particular painting. But now I that I’m older and wiser I realize that if I had kept that painting it probably would have eventually been accepted into a show (well, maybe, at least I like to think so). But getting a painting into a show is not what matters, what matters is that we love what we’re painting. I decided to sell that painting and it sold immediately, before I even got a frame on it. Of course then I thought, hm, maybe that was a good painting. Crazy thoughts! Obviously entering shows was not a good thing for me, not when getting accepted or rejected was making me question what I was painting or how I was painting. So I decided not to enter shows anymore, except this one. And I almost didn’t enter this one but my good friend Diane Hoeptner encouraged me and I am grateful for her support.

This is “Grandma’s teapot” and it’s 11″x14″ oil on linen canvas. My family was at Grandma’s house one weekend and I sat downstairs in a quiet room by a window and painted this still life of an old teapot she had. I painted it a second time, using this painting as a guide, when I got back to my studio and sold that painting a few months ago. This is actually one of my favorites and hangs in our kitchen. So I’m not too disappointed that it didn’t get into the show.

2 thoughts on “AIS Exhibition”

  1. I love both of these paintings! The colors are just gorgeous in your still life and I like your composition. The portrait has that softness that fits your subject.

    Congratulations!!!

  2. Congratulations Joan! The quote about rejection is sooooo true. But there’s nothing like the quick sale of a painting, that is the best. I am really happy for you and honored if I had any small part in influencing your choice to enter!! Your paintings need to be seen. 🙂

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