I owe much of my recent success to having participated in Open Exhibitions. It’s true you need to find the right exhibitions for your level and style of work, but the internet makes this easy to research.
I suggest you make a list of the exhibitions you feel best suited to your art, noting the deadlines and entry fees (remember there will be other costs such as framing and transporting your work) then make a plan for the year outlining which ones you want to submit work to.
Even if your art is not selected you will learn a lot just from the process of entering. Working to deadlines, completing the paperwork, photographing and presenting your work are all important parts of being a professional artist.
And you never know what having your art selected might lead to.
It has been a week since my episode on Extraordinary Portraits aired on BBC One and I’m still on a blissful high! The response from the public has been unbelievable! So many heartwarming messages that I’m still making time to respond to.
I received an email from a BAFTA Award winning UK production company called Chatterbox.
I am extremely delighted to share with you all that my drawing of Kate Moss sold at the Bonhams British.
“I love to draw faces. Each face, to me, tells an intriguing story regardless of age, gender, race or background.”
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