Anne's Art-Work (Motivation) Intro / Anne's Gallery

 

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Anne's Art-Work

Motivation Intro

/ Anne's Gallery 

 

 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

 

In New Zealand

as a missionary,

 

 

 

I didn't have any time

to paint at all because

I was dedicated to

the ministry of the Lord. 

 

 

 

Still, I, who majored

in art in University,

somehow felt empty

in a part of my life

 

 

 

and longed for something

to make a change in my life.

 

 

 

Then one day in 2011,

in an academy

where I used to take

English lessons, I met a

Russian woman.

 

 

 

I happened to get some

information from her

that an academy

 

 

 

was being held near

the exhivition

at that time.

 

 

 

She asked me if I could

go to the exhibition

  with her at lunch break.

 

 

 

I was led by her suggestion,

and after seeing the

art exhibition that day,

 

 

 

I enrolled myself at the

art center and I became

a full member!

 

 

 

However, since there

was no special way

to get to my dream,

only my passion for

the dream was ahead,

 

 

 

and my circumstance

was not ready yet.

 My desire for painting was

 nothing but a dream.

 

 

 

It seemed totally

impossible for such a

 dream to come true

in my life!

 

 

 

One day in 2013,

surprisingly I received

a proposal for participation

in an exhibition from

the 'WCCAC',

 

 

 

which I had been

enrolled after seeing the

exhibition in 2011. 

 

 

 

At that time, I decided

 to accept the proposal.

 

 

 

I took out the brush

and the easel that had faded

in dust for a long time,

 

 

 

and thought a lot

throughout the

preparation period,

while painting.

 

 

 

At last I could submit

two abstractions to the

contest and exhibit

them for a month.

 

 

 

It was a harmonious

exhibition of 38 artists,

and the scenes that

unfolded for me,

 

 

 

first participating

in a New Zealand

art exhibition, were

 

 

 

so unique that I felt like

'Alice in Wonderland.'

 

 

 

The day before

the opening, the artists

who would attend

the exhibition gathered

in one place

 

 

 

and had a simple

but meaningful time,

greeting and having

a good conversation

each other.

 

 

 

There was also an

awards ceremony

that day.

 

 

 

After that, we enjoyed

the live jazz performance

with the invited families,

 

 

 

and had a good time

of communication

while eating simple

drinks

 

 

 

and refreshments

prepared by the volunteers

and organizers.

 

 

 

Once the exhibition

started, it would be so

difficult for the artists

to meet each other,

 

 

 

so I felt such moments

would be as precious

as gold!

 

 

 

Decades after graduating,

now I stop the road

I have been running

 

 

 

and look to my dream,

which have been

indifferent so far.

 

 

 

I majored in

'Applied Art'

in University, but

that was all.

 

 

 

Nothing further for it.

Instead, I have spent years

with the attitude

and determination :

 

 

 

"I will live by applying

  it to my life".

 

 

 

But, I would like to develop

my talent from now on!

 

 

 

Now, with passion,

I will draw pictures

whenever I have time.

 

 

 

So someday,

if possible, I have

a desire to open my

exhibition with

my children!

 

 

 

I will go for it!!

I've made up my mind

to start with all my

eagerness and passion. 

 

 

 

Won't you be willing to

encourage me

wholeheartedly

 

 

 

who just started

with a new vision?

 

 

 

- To be continue -

 

 

 

2013/01/07 

 

 

/ By Priscilla