
Received in this morning's mail:
"Dear Tommye:
We regret that the exhibit entry listed below was not accepted...."
So, back to the loom and let's see what next I can enter!
P.S. The entry was the waterlily tapestry, the exhibit was Small Expressions
Tommye McClure Scanlin ~ artist and teacher ~ tapestry and other things ~ Dahlonega, GA, USA
I am an artist who observes and responds to my surroundings for inspiration. My primary artistic medium is handwoven tapestry, an ancient method of working with fibers to create images. As I seek images and ideas to interpret into tapestry I experience my surroundings a closely as I can. Photographs, sketches, paintings, and writings all are part of the research I put into my work.
I have been living in the southern Appalachians most of my life and so my surroundings are filled with natural forms of woods, streams, and fields. My eyes are frequently drawn to the myriad details of the landscape and many of my tapestries are based on aspects of those details, simplified and enlarged in a weaving.
Please visit my American Tapestry Alliance page and my website to see more of my work--scanlintapestry.com
that's how it goes sometimes, hateful and demoralising as it is... hang on in there.
ReplyDeleteMeabh
Thanks Meabh!
ReplyDeleteTommye, I arrived home to a rejection too - one I really thought I'd be accepted into (another HGA one). Ah, well. Somehow it's not that big a deal anymore. You and I, we're 'old hats' at both rejection and success. That's life - and it's OK.
ReplyDeleteMe too Tommye....Had I but known in time I would have sent my Small Expressions tapestry to Woven Gems, since I like it even better than the one I sent, but the rejection arrived too late. sigh.
ReplyDeleteJan in RI