First stop: The Leaf. Second stop: NYC!
Ok, so maybe New York is a little over-optimistic, but I do have some great news! Tonight I put up nine of my framed prints for display and sale at L&V. I have four sets of two, and one renegade photo with no real spouse to speak of. I've priced them at $30 apiece, or $50 for a pair. Seriously, the previous artist had his prints only matted, not even in a frame, and asked for $50 or $60 per print. How egotistical is that?.. to assume that you are so good that somebody will pay that much for your print, and then pay more to get it framed? Gimme a break. And the one of the stapled hairy stomach with protruding feeding tube was just a wee bit too avant garde for my tastes (and most others' I can safely guess).
Anyway, I went back around 10:30 to have a few beers and ask the bartender if anybody had said anything in the four hours since I left after putting them up. She said yes, people commented on how good they looked. Andy is elated. That, and Bgirl, the supa-dupa H-O-T bartender there told me that she really like them. Andy is supa-dupa elated. :-) While sitting at the bar nursing my bottle of Budweiser, I look over and do a double take. A girl there looks damn near identical to Texas Gurl, and for the bewildered instant before reality sets in, I wonder if maybe it's really her. Of course it isn't.
sigh
I wish it was. I can't not be happy, though. Even while sitting all by my lonesome, I couldn't help but smile from the natural high of knowing that I put something beautiful into the world that wasn't there before.
Anyway, I went back around 10:30 to have a few beers and ask the bartender if anybody had said anything in the four hours since I left after putting them up. She said yes, people commented on how good they looked. Andy is elated. That, and Bgirl, the supa-dupa H-O-T bartender there told me that she really like them. Andy is supa-dupa elated. :-) While sitting at the bar nursing my bottle of Budweiser, I look over and do a double take. A girl there looks damn near identical to Texas Gurl, and for the bewildered instant before reality sets in, I wonder if maybe it's really her. Of course it isn't.
sigh
I wish it was. I can't not be happy, though. Even while sitting all by my lonesome, I couldn't help but smile from the natural high of knowing that I put something beautiful into the world that wasn't there before.
posted by Grover at 1/06/2006 01:54:00 AM
5 Comments:
Stapled hairy stomach with a feeding tube pic in a place where they serve food? What were they thinking?
I am thrilled for you. It's one thing to get praise from people you know who like you, and quite another thing entirely to get praise on an anonymous basis. You KNOW then that your work is good.
I can tell you what they were thinking with the tummy pic: "I hope somebody better comes along!" It was the first to be taken down to make room for mine. I said not to take anybody else's down for my sake, just scoot them over, but they were like "No. This one has to go." :-)
Yeah, I'm kinda ego tripping now just a teensy bit. Monday night is their big wine tasting event, and the owner wanted me to be there in case anybody wanted to buy or talk about the photos.
Oh, and the best part. I bought a pack of sheets of address labels to stick on the backs of the frames. Along with my email address and city, I put on them: "Andrew R. Hutchinson \ Photographer, and all-around swell guy." Teehee.
Aw shucks, I'd buy a photo just for the address label alone!
sooo which pics did you put there then?? if you told me..i forgot (been on of those weeks)
Barbara - Yeah. The labels are about the only redeeming quality. :-P
Mitchel - I'm not tellin, nyah nyah nyah boo boo... you and Damniel will just have to go check them out. :-) (not that I'm trying to plug foot traffic in there or anything) I know how 'those weeks' go. I did give you a basic rundown when I was over the other day, but no specifics.
They're the framed color ones priced $30 each.
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