I was inspired to draw this after having been interviewed this morning for my exhibition ‘IN public|private’ opening tonight (8/28/09).
Sharon Phillips of FOX 23 and her cameraman have to love (or at least like a bit) all the slow, down times, the miles of cables, the hot lights and the last minute change of plans to enjoy the whole package of being in the television media world.
Being an artist means I have to feel the same way. I have to like the time I spend framing the pieces as well as making them. I have like hanging the show as well as making the pieces. I have to try to enjoy all of it, in other words. All of it is part of my vocation.
Drawing © Marty Coleman
“The test of a vocation is the lover of the drudgery it involves.” – Logan Pearsall Smith, 1865-1946, American aphorist and essayist
Exhibition opening is at the Heller Theatre, 4825 Quaker Ave. (on 48th st, just east of Peoria)
Tulsa, OK from 7:30-10:oopm