The IERAL Fund Raiser
After some hesitation (and some convincing by my hubby) I decided to attend the IERAL (Iowa Equine Rescue & Awareness League) fund raiser. My trepidation stems from my naturally anti-social personality. Plus, I had no idea what to expect. I’m not the hob-nobbing type. But no cause for concern, it was very rustic and very much my kind of crowd. I mean it was held in a barn!
They had live music in the loft (or perhaps it was a mow?) with wine and cider tasting, gourmet carmel/chocolate apples and miscellaneous noshes.
Outside, you could meet some of the horses available for adoption. They also had a fire going to complete the whole experience. All in all an enjoyable weekend.
This is me (of course) with Karla Siebert (on the right.) Karla is president of IERAL. She also runs a frame shop (among many, many other things) and she is the one who framed the original painting of Colton. The mat looks kinda dark here, but it is a lovely blue-green color, which looks great with the painting.
I didn’t stay all the way until the end, so I’ve no idea what became of the original painting. We had made some smaller prints of it and they seemed to be selling pretty well. The event had a pretty good crowd, so hopefully it was a success.
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Great photo of you. The painting looks good, too — glad you explained about the mat color though — the greenish blue would certainly be more flattering than black. Congratulations on the prints selling well.
Doing some catch-up on chores and errands, finishing touches to one commission. Hope to then get to stay home and just do art, mainly Tue Wed and Thursday.
Happy Painting, Angela
Thanks Angela, Yeah You! for getting 3 days of painting in. I am perhaps a little jealous.
I’m glad the crowd was more to your taste than expected - hang on, that sounds like you ate them! So moving swiftly on…
There is an exhibition coming up in November, and one thing that puts me off viewing/taking part is the silly people that go.
I definately agree that some events attract a certain element. I know some galleries I’ve been to make you feel at home and welcomed. While others try to be high society.
There was one gallery in Iowa that actually was turning people away from the door because they were holding the artist reception and it was invitation only. The artist was bothered by this because of course the whole point was to have the work get seen.
I’d say participate in the show and don’t fuss too much about the “silly people.” Lets face it, they are everywhere anyway.