Meeting visitors to the gallery
who wanted to hear about my work was a revelation – these people had made an effort, had given up their Saturday afternoon to travel to the gallery to meet me, it left me speechless.
else came from it, at least I would have had work exhibited in a major gallery. It was after I returned home and was working on my pieces for the exhibition that it all began to sink in. I had purpose, hope, a chance, things were moving. I was invited down to Castle Fine Art in the ICC to take part in the ‘Meet The Artists’ day, which allowed people to visit the gallery and chat to all of us artists exhibiting, which was an incredible experience for me. Seeing my work in a beautiful exhibition catalogue, my name in print, was just magic. I used to sit and look at artists in magazines at their shows and wonder what that would be like, wanting that recognition so badly I’d physically ache for it. Meeting visitors to the gallery who wanted to hear about my work was a revelation - these people had made an effort, had given up their Saturday afternoon to travel to the gallery to meet me, it left
me speechless. Not only that, but then to be told that most of my work had already sold and the exhibition still wasn’t over, I couldn’t have wished for more. Chatting to the other artists and trading stories was great fun, and spending time with the Washington Green head offce and Castle Fine Art gallery staff was invaluable. These guys work hard to help us artists, to promote us and build our brands, and you can tell that they genuinely love what they do. Following what was such an incredible start to my relationship with Washington Green, things have gone from strength to strength. I’m so relieved that I entered IN:SIGHT and would urge anyone else looking to pursue their art career to do likewise. For the frst time in many years, I have nothing to complain about and everything to look forward to; life feels pretty good right now.” - Robert Oxley, 2016
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