The Art Must Go On

  During these trying times artists are especially hard hit, I feel. Most of my spring art shows have cancelled and even some of my early summer shows are in jeopardy of being cancelled, they are falling like dominoes. It has become so bad that I am afraid of opening my email. When I hear that alert on my phone I get startled and start tensing up. Some of these shows are ‘Doing The Right Thing’ and offering us artists refunds, other are not. But these refunds only go so far.

  For me it is simple and as horrible as No Shows = No Income. I do not have an alternate income; I cannot get paid to ‘work from home’.  These art shows are my only source of income; I only get a small portion of sales from my website. Most people, naturally, see my art in person and get captivated and need to have it right then and there. My art, particularly on metal, looks more stunning in person; it is hard to appreciate them on a device or monitor.

  I had and have so much new photos and art to share with y’all! I was so looking forward to going to new shows and new cities and sharing it all. Fairhope Alabama was going to be a new show for me and I had the potential to be seen by 250,000+ new people. Then I was going to go to another top show in Charleston, SC and reach another 150,000+ art lovers.  After that I was set to return to a couple of favorite shows of mine in Gaithersburg, MD and Knoxville, TN where I have a large and loyal following. Of those four shows only the Sugarloaf Gaithersburg show is, currently, still standing. To get an idea of my current schedule you can check it out here > https://leftbehind.zenfolio.com/show-schedule


Waiting
“Waiting” 


 I can’t give up! The Art must go on, my photography must go on.  

  It took me my whole life to discover photography and discover art. I did not know I had this skill, I did not know I had this artist’s side of me until about 7 years ago. I can’t stop now. I can’t just stop this and go back to work for someone else, a large part of me would die! I will somehow make it through this; I just need a few website sales a month to scrape by. I am ‘Built To Last’ I feel. I think my whole life has been preparing me for this Artist’s Life and I am made of strong stuff. I keep playing one of my favorite uplifting songs and hearing the words in my head. Part of it goes:

I gave my life for the things I had
And it all flies by so fast
I may have walked through the worst in hell my friend
Now I know I was built to last
I was built to last
Built to last, I'm built to last….


 So I am going to continue shooting, editing, and creating photography. I am way behind on my editing and I still have a ton of photos from 2019 that I still need to share with y’all. That is exciting!  

  If you would like to help this struggling artist I still have a Patreon page that you can support me through > https://www.patreon.com/kylewilson
or you can order my art from the comfort of your home and I will have it delivered right to your door >
https://leftbehind.zenfolio.com/all-photographs .

BE WELL MY FRIENDS!!