the artist on show

I didn't really expect that Evangeline would sell any pictures yesterday, but it appears I was mistaken.

Evangeline held her premier art show Saturday at the academy where she takes weekly art lessons. The opening ran from 3 to about 6 p.m., with more than a dozen people attending, including her grandparents, a few friends, some people from our church, and even Evangeline's school teacher.

Until Saturday, the youngest person to hold an art show at the academy was seventeen years old. Evangeline is only six. I'm very proud of her.

Ana, the academy director, made Evangeline's big day one to remember. She bought her flowers, had the academy set up with a sign congratulating Evangeline on her debut, and did everything she could to make Evangeline's art show and exhibition a big deal. After we reached critical mass of attendees, she asked Evangeline five unrehearsed questions about her art, which Evangeline handled with aplomb. Evangeline explained the media she used for each drawing, as well as details about some of the techniques, such as clustered numbers, inhabited initials and thematic pieces.

Evangeline drew a heartwarming "Ah" when she explained that her inhabited initial M was chosen for mommy and ran over to give her mother a kiss.

And yes, she sold several pictures. Not the originals, mind you. At six years old, Evangeline's not keen on the idea of parting with any of her artwork, not even the pieces she does on the back of a placemat at the restaurant, but she was willing to let people buy prints of her artwork, and at least three people expressed interest in buying one or more pieces of her work for their home or office. So that's around five or six pieces.

I guess I need to print up a price sheet after all.