By the time you are reading this the festival is over – but then I only made the post a week after so it is not entirely your fault if you didn’t make it.
Gundaroo is our local village but as I went to school elsewhere and we live a fair distance from it and don’t visit too often, I have a pretty low profile. Consequently, I had been thinking of trying to set up a stall to highlight myself as a local artist – and possibly encourage future sales and commissions.
At the very last minute (the day before the festival) I succeeded in contacting the lady organising the art exhibition tent. She had seen my work at my exhibition at Sutton Village Gallery (the neighbouring village) and had been trying to contact me but without success. Luckily she was able to organise a space for two of my paintings to be included in their exhibition.
Additionally I was able to get permission to set up a small unwalled gazebo (courtesy of the local scout group) next to the art exhibition and spent the afternoon of the festival ensconced in it working on a new painting (working title – ‘Unsaddled, Florida Farm, coastal central Queensland’).
As well as drawing a lot of interest while painting (I guess it is a hybrid visual/performance art), I was lucky enough to be awarded the people’s choice award for ‘Gundaroo fields at Golden Hour‘.
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