The Care of Tomorrow, 2010
Sea of Green, 2005
This is one of my very first acrylic paintings ever. I did this back in college, right when I was starting my foray into acrylic. I painted this on 6 canvas boards, measuring 1 foot by 1 foot. For about 4 years it sat under my bed. Eventually I decided to frame it, but it still sat under my bed. Then April came along and I had an art show at Atlantic Artisans, in Atlantic Highlands. I decided to give it a shot, and brought this painting along.
To my great pleasure, the owner of Atlantic Artisans loved it. She said it was one of her favorite of my pieces. She asked me the paintings name and the price. I had no idea of either, and named it on the spot, Sea of Green (an obvious homage to The Beatles). The painting was displayed beautifully there and I came to love the painting myself.
Unfortunately, nothing sold at my show there and all my pieces returned home with me. I hung them all up nicely in my Grandma's basement and somewhat discouraged and feeling totally uninspired, decided to take the summer off.
Ultimately this decision was rewarded. About two weeks ago, I sold Sea of Green to a repeat customer, my Aunt Sue. She holds the title of my first ever paying customer, when she bought Scar Tissue. Last December The Tree joined her collection. Now, in addition to this purchase, she commissioned an additional painting The Care of Tomorrow (pictured above) based on Sea of Green painting.
This makes the current standings of Julie supporting as such:
Tied for 1st with 5 each: Aunt Sue and Ryan
Tied for 2nd with 3 each: Gina, Christian, my cousin MaryBeth and my Aunt Sarah and Uncle Yuri
And last but not least, tied for 3rd place with 2 each: My Aunt Judi and my cousin Jennifer
For those of you not part of the standings, what are you doing? Buy two of my paintings already!