Le Perroquet Vert, Place de la Fontaine, 16210 Chalais – 12th June to 7th August

I am exhibiting 8 pieces of my work at le Perroquet Vert, a gallery in the Charente region of France from 12th June to 9th July. After the 9th the exhibition will continue until the 7th August where I will be the featured artist displaying a larger selection of  my work.  But what is it that makes for a succesful exhibition. Well attended? Good press coverage? The comments book filled with nice compliments? Or, maybe all the pictures hanging there with a “sold” sign on them? I suppose I have always struggled when exhibiting my work, there is some sort of conflict going on in me that I could never really properly address.  Yes, I want to sell pictures. After all my photography is my business and we do, unfortunately, need to have money. But I still feel that when I put my work on display what I really need first and foremost is for other people just to “like” what I do. I need approval. Always have and always will.

When I first started exhibiting my photographs I remember my ultimate aim was for some stranger to walk into the gallery, look at one of my pictures and just buy it.  That must be the ultimate recognition. Someone likes my photos enough not just to say “I love your work” or “that reminds me of…..” but likes it enough to give their hard earned cash to buy the photo and hang it in their home or office to gain pleasure from looking at it, everyday. That is the ultimate compliment, that is the ultimate approval of doing what I do. So there you go conflict resolved.  Now back to printing out those exhibition prints……………………..