| | Thanks for your comments John and Andre.
John asked: "How did you feel after the public part was over? I've been to many showings/openings and the artist often seemed surprised and delighted at the response. And once it was over, glad that it was over. :)"
I think my favorite part of art is in creating the work--it often feels like I am imbued with pure light or vibration throughout my being. Both paintings went very well from the beginnings--so I was like 95% totally gone and inside the work--for the other 5% was vaguely aware that people were around. For example two guys were greeting customers for an outdoor cafe right where I was painting. I had my back to them but they were only 2/3-feet away from me! and they talked the whole time I worked, for about an hour and half. I have no idea what they talked about and when I stopped for the day, I realized I had never seen them before--so all that time I didn't even turn to look at them. That's in the zone. BTW, they were both painted in Union Square, one facing west the Tops, facing northeast.
Openings are another thing--they can be really rough because there are so many people, so little time, and it seems that everyone wants to say significant things or ask big questions--hahahaha, I find it trying.
The best for sharing the art is hanging out in my studio with a few people and having a coffee or drinking wine and eating dinner in the middle of the studio...once a collector (actually she became a collector afterwards) commented that over the course of dinner the painting came alive before her eyes.
And I get some really great comments, like I just got this now while writing this post, it is in response to my Mini-Tutorial on Rhythm posted on www.wetcanvas.com : "Michael, stunning portrait and tutorial, something to knock our socks off, tickle our fancy and blow our minds." That is coming from a highly critical professional artist/teacher. That gives me a kind of peaceful delight.
Michael
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"Tops": Spring in New York
