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6 months HARD LABOR

COLORIMETRY at WAAS GALLERY opens tonight!

So it's been 6 months of hard labor getting ready for this very night. It used to seem so far away....and now it's here. Unbelievable. There has been so much stress along the way, falling into bad health and horrible pain, wondering if I was going to pull this off with dwindling funds. At one point I had $7 to my name and no supplies. My cat almost died and I had to pay an outrageous amount to bring her back to life. A giant handful of trips to the hospital and doctors office (still ongoing) to help get my health back on track. Financial disaster as I am currently being evicted from my house. And that's not even scratching the surface of spending most waking hours in the studio painting, painting, painting, painting, painting. Having to give up so much just to make it happen and wondering if anyone is even going to collect something. You take that chance and risk and just HOPE it will all turn out wonderful in the end. So many people don't know what goes into making a show happen. It is not effortless, it is a herculean task that exhausts every ounce of energy in your body...especially if you're broke and having to get creative to even build the funds to put something like that on. At any rate I'm rambling about tough this has been on me when I really wanted to say HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT TONIGHT! I have put my heart and soul and um, roof over my head into this thing!

WAAS GALLERY presents COLORIMETRY with NEIL MATTHIESSEN and PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ    *Artist Talk from 6-7PM* Open reception 7-10PM
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  1. You are a super star! !!! And such an inspiration to me! Hoping to be there tonight!

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  2. Thank you sooo much Gina! I don't know that Ive ever worked so hard on something in my life! Hope to see you tonight! :)

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