Yay! Art Fiestas are fun for the Buyers, not so much for the Vendors

So did the Art Fiesta Festival which I have adored going to since I moved here to NorCal.  My artist friend was a regular of this show and always did well.  On a whim I applied this year and was accepted based on 3 images of my latest landscapes.  This which I am now considering "My last art hurrah" wasn't much of a yay! but instead a kind of a low and uninspiring adieu.

First, I loved so much of the two days... conversing with artists, meeting them and getting to know how they came to their particular expertize, hours of people watching and just kind of enjoying the ambience of the whole show.  Music on Day 1 was loud enough for me to enjoy and was a kind of Cubana salsa type.  I sold a piece, Miller Park, to a wonderful gal...works for DA's office, a homicide attorney with a great haircut asymmetrical short on one side...adorable friendly and energetic young woman.  Coffee from Insight Coffee House was wonderful.  Doing some shopping getting to die for gifts for friends and family.

Now there was stress involved for which I really wasn't prepared; a lot of thinking how to do it, wondering whether or not I would remember everything that I would need while there, hoping SQUARE would work for all of my credit card sales, etc.  At first, I was feeling confident that I could do this on my own, alone and knowing my set up stuff and art would fit in the car, etc. and then not feeling confident at the last moment which I could have been okay with had the air temperature not been upwards of 104 degrees with my 10x10" area being in the sun all day.  AND the one sale I did make was paid for by check so what was all he SQUARE stress about?  I mean really??? LOL

For now I have decided to retire for the second time:  taking a year to put  ME and my family first, a year to enjoy my garden, redecorate my kitchen, and cook some really great meals.

It will also be a good time to get rid of old art that bugs me every time I see it, and discover which direction my painting should take if and when I get back into it.

Yay!