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Outrunning the Rain, 2012, Jo-Ann Sanborn
oil on archival board, 5"x7"
Letting go is hard to do. I sold three paintings last week. Normally this is a very good thing, but for some
reason I had trouble letting go.
The purchaser drove a very hard bargain. This couple really wanted three paintings,
but lengthy negotiations over the cost wore me down to the point that, when in
desperation my client threw in a vacuum cleaner (yes, a used vacuum cleaner!) I threw in the
towel, and said "deal."
The paintings have a lovely new home with a
terrific couple. They really seem to love them. Still, each painting I do is very precious to me. By the time it hangs on my studio wall, framed
and ready for a new home, it's got a lot of heart and soul woven into it. My paintings are the main currency of my life, (thank you, Robert Genn) and
I don't let them go lightly.
Still, “All the art of living lies in a
fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” Henry
Ellis, so I let go of the
paintings and kept the money and the vac, greatful for some great new collectors.
3 comments:
Beautiful! I have a line of studio paintings that I swear when I sell them, it's like giving my kids up for adoption! LOL!
Thinking of you and your new vac ;)
XOXO
So true. They are our children--at least bringing some to completion is almost as difficult as a birth. We conceive them and grow them and nurture them!
By the way, it's a terrific vac!
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