In the spirit of continuing to progress my practice I have decided to enter works into both the Royal Academy summer show and the Royal West of England academy show. I guess it will help me focus on completing work and also make me think about the quality of what I am producing. I fully expect to be refused – and perhaps as opposed to pessimism I am thinking about it as being realistic. These simple acts are more valuable to me for what they offer my internal practice rather than the exhibition opportunity. That said it would be a fantastic result being accepted in either.
I’m already enjoying the process of thinking about what to submit, the prospect of the deadline and a goal to work towards. It has also reinforced the ethos of having to start somewhere and being prepared to take rejection and continuing onwards regardless.
