Exhibition tomorrow!!

I came into class Monday morning expecting the worst... To hate the painting I had spent Friday working on. So it was a big relief to see it there with just a few touch ups to do, firstly to fix the visible rings around the scabs, and secondly to fix where the paint had come off from sitting on the wooden blocks while the glue was drying. Yay! Didn't take long to fix up.
Because of the sizes of Dan and I's work there were 3 walls put together with us receiving a side each. I feel a bit guilty because my work is facing the entrance so can be seen as soon as you walk through the door, not sure I deserve that space to be honest! Luckily there was still space for the rest of the class to hang their work using the outer walls as well. i feel bad about getting extra since we were only meant to get max of 2 each. There were some tense moments as I talked about which works to hang in my space and in the end decided on the large scab painting that had just been finished and the painting with the angry face. I feel like these 2 work together to show both the mental and physical scarring that people get through their lives. Paul did most of the hanging for me, my brain couldn't keep up with his quick calculations for where the nails had to be placed in order for my paintings to be where I wanted. Next we stuck up our labels and were told to come up with prices with a bit of help. After talking to Paul I decided on $400 for the large scab and $150 for the angry face. I will be surprised if they sell, but happy since I've never sold anything before! I took photos of mine and everyone else's work up, the exhibition looks amazing. I will just put the photos of my work up in case there is any conflict with me putting up photos of their work on my blog. I am preparing some notes now for my speech to the panel now so better get back to work! :)

Tessa.