A mixture of emotions- but mostly joy.

Today I sold another painting!!! Happy happy joy joy. Each time it happens I feel a mixture of emotions. I am elated to have someone interested in purchasing an art piece but a little sad to see the piece leave. Each art piece is marking a time and place in thought and process of where I was. My artwork on bicycles simply take me back to each joyful bike ride we took as a kids with no particular place to be. When we just enjoyed being able to travel and explore. You know the rides with the wind in your hair, as your riding down the road in a skirt and sunshine on your face. Watching the wheels go round and round taking you on an adventure.

Today's bike painting is called "Blue Bike 3- Racing Delight". It is a acrylic painting of a whimsical blue road bike with a orange ballon attached to its seat. This painting was sold to a fellow San Diego artist, Nancy Plank.

This woman, Nancy, paints in the same art building that I do in San Diego art department. She happened to be passing by my work one day as I was painting away. And little did she know my head was filled with doubtful about what I was doing and why I was painting bikes. She walks offer and simply said to me. "I really love your work." And even her letter she wrote that my paintings were magnificent and that I am gifted artist...... who doesn't like to hear such great things. Knowing that the artwork will be so appreciated and loved by someone else and to see the new owner's enthusiasm is absolutely contagious and immediately the sadness disappears and excitement takes way.  

Blue Bike 3- Racing Delight by Vanessa Hofmann

It is actually very good that this painting was sold. Since it gives me more room to hang other work in our recently remodeled home. In a future post- I will take about hanging artwork and our latest steps in designing our interiors.