Well, what can I say? It was interesting!
I never experienced a show quite like it, but I will say it was a learning experience! It was last Thursday and I had 3 staff members. Friends and family came, even a few coworkers. The angel cookies were delicious and the new small paintings were so lovely. It was the first time I announced that I am now a Certified Angel Life Coach specializing in Angel Guidance and also in Creativity coaching. I also had a list of my 7 books that are 98% finished. I had fliers for my new website, Angel Arts Institute- for which my sister the webmaster and I worked unceasingly for 2 weeks. I had a copy of the first chapter of my book on angelic Theta Painting, and information about my coaching packages.
Luckily the show was 2 1/2 hours, but the work involved was the same as for a larger show. I had on my gold high heels (2 inches) and I was eager to take them off!
We had a teensy tiny counter (yes, I said counter) to use for the art display, and my beloved staff did the best they could. The greeting cards were fabulous in their shiny new sleeves and we brought one large landscape which looked radiant. We had two gold tablecloths and that helped a lot. The two large tables I had requested had been absconded with, and no substitute was made to accommodate my art. Needless to say, I don’t think we’ll be returning next year! Next time I will get specifics on space dimensions! Unfortunately, the crowds were thin, as I didn’t see any balloons or advertisements on the sidewalk. We couldn’t figure out where all the people were..? But, alas, it was at lunch, and the end of the month when no one had any $$ left, so we understood. Still, I sold some things and that was nice. Many people seemed to enjoy the angels, and that made me happiest.
Angels and painted rocks in progress
More angels with kids, originally for a Montessori conference last year. I didn't finish them in time for the conference! So sweet! My mother really likes the angel with baby cherub.
I dressed up in white with all my angel jewelry and a friend, Javier Del Rio, took a lot of pictures. He’s a professional photographer and I was very grateful he was there. He was the only ‘guest’ who seemed to understand my new, abstract vibrational paintings. They were small paintings (6 x 12)–one for each of the 7 Archangels. Each painting was done in the color representing that Angel, and had His name written 3 times in gold relief paint, then painted in the stroke that came to me as I contemplated that Angel and prayed for His energy to bless the painting and the observer for all eternity. I think they are magical! Each one was treated with aromatherapy and I used Vib-O water in the making of them.
Vib-O is my new product which I think I told you about earlier: Purified water that has been charged by crystals and the sun and the 7 Archangels 7 x 70 billion times per minute for 7 days. Each bottle has had prayer and ceremony to bless it, and each one has an intentional quality like wealth, love, angel joy, creativity etc. I am so thrilled with my new vibrational water!! I got the name “O” because the French word for water is “eau” pronounced “oh”. I hope to add color therapy to them soon.
Vib-O packed and ready to ship
They can be used for drinking, a bottle can be added to a bath for spa therapy, or you can water a plant with it for an extra boost and blessing, and you can use it for painting for your brushes. It is truly a miracle substance and I am very proud of it. Each bottle has a ribbon of the color corresponding to the Vib-O intended quality, and there is a cute little tag explaining about the Vib-O. I am in LOVE with this water. Once again, the Angels gave me a divine idea fully formed in my mind’s eye, and I had to work it out on this plane until it was ready for public consumption. What a blessing! They are for sale at all of my live workshops for $2/bottle or $5/gallon. I hope you get to sample some, soon, because the feeling is so divine when you drink it. Seriously, I get chills all over when I drink it, and they have no fizzy added to them! You’ll just have to come over and try it some time.
All day I was observing people. I saw so many lights and sparkles in the air and emanating from people, it was really pretty! If people only knew what sorts of light comes shooting out from them they would be amazed. I don’t mean to see it, I just do. I often try really hard NOT to see what I see. It can be very distracting if I am not careful. I think the colors change with the change in a person’s emotions and thoughts. When their moods shift, the colors and sparkles shift. I can sort of see all about them by the stuff going on around the physical form. Trippy!
I played this beautiful animated picture of a Guardian Angel on my laptop for the crowd and many visitors enjoyed it. It is my favorite rendition of a Guardian Angel! It is so gorgeous and has colored sacred fire animated, too. It was painted by a woman years ago named May DaCamara. She did a lovely job! That was before all the technology we have now. Now, some technical whiz has animated it and it is very cool! It was $25 from a company called the Saint Germain Foundation. Check it out!
After the show, my staff took me out to lunch at a thai restaurant to cheer me up. We were all sort of trying to look at the bright side of the day. I had even hurt myself lifting things to and fro. Oh well, it was what it was, right? I went home after that and fell into bed. Being an artist can be so vulnerable sometimes. You work hard and then accept that you are going to live out loud, then sometimes it feels that nobody is “getting” your work and ugh, it can feel like a letdown. But, we paint to live, and so must not get caught up in the reaction of others. Artists have to do their art no matter who doesn’t like it. I am no exception.
I can’t even think of doing another show right now, although there are people asking me to have a booth at their events. I need to catch up on my homework and prepare my new, online subscription for Theta Painting due to unveil on July 4th. I’ll tell you more about that soon! So wonderful!!! Monthly free-expression angel painting once a month with AngelChi and a guided angel contemplation! Marvelous!!!
Pretty paint water (vib-o peace water, that is!)
My gosh life is good, isn’t it?
