my friend Johanna
It’s done!
The opening of my first ever art exhibition was last week and now I’m dead
tired. Pleased, happy, also.
I had an
exhibition diary in my Finnish blog, there I wrote about the misery, flow,
uncertainty, despair and utter joy, all those feelings that overwhelmed me
during the preparations of the exhibition. It was, and still is, quite a
process!
The exhibition is called Not Yesterday. Not Tomorrow. Now.
It contains of two parts: Women of Rose Valley, sixteen paintings done with acrylics and mixed
media. The other part includes ten collages and its name is Collage Crazy. I
used a lot of recycled material in these collages. Also most of the frames were
bought from flea markets and such places, I painted and pimped them up.
My dear
friend Johanna helped me with framing and putting up the paintings. She was
indispensable. She’s a real artist and you can enjoy her paintings looking
here. Also all my other friends and all the commentators in my blogs helped me
to make this dream of mine come true.
The opening
was a fun occasion. Almost thirty people came and what I heard, people seemed
to enjoy themselves.
The
exhibition is in Mellunmäki, a suburb in Helsinki, not a central place, but the
gallery was free of charge. I’d never have so much money that I could rent
space for my paintings. The exhibition is open 2-30.10.2012 from Monday to Friday
10-18.
I’m happy
that I succeeded and had the strength for fulfill this exhibition. It was a dream
for me. I know what it’s like to live without dreams, without hope, without being
able to see into the future. I've had many black years. Now, the colors are different.
Now.
