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The other art fair Sydney

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I have just returned from exhibiting at The Other Art Fair in Sydney where I showcased my mixed media monoprints. It was a wonderful experience and I have learnt heaps and made some wonderful friends. I am grateful for all of the people who stopped by my booth and took an interest in my work and those of you who bought work. May it bring you many years of joy.

A huge thankyou to the artist friends I made a long the way and the organisers of the show that made it run smoothly. Last but not least a huge shout out to my husband who was my trusty gofer, handyman and all round supporter. Love you right up to the sky and beyond.

The Other Art Fair Sydney. Australia

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I am so excited to be exhibiting this May at The Other Art Fair in Sydney. I will be one of 120 artists showcasing my work at the White Bay Cruise Terminal. Most of my work will be my monoprints which are basically ink on paper, lifted off a piece of glass and painted/drawn back into. You can check some of them out on my monoprint page . If you can come I would love to see you there and have a chat with you about what I do.

Success is mine.

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So I have finally taken the plunge and lazy minted a number of my monoprints on Rarible.com I would love it if you go check them out. They are under my pseudonym CakkieLou which is a name my dad and sister gave me as a child and has stuck with me. (for better or worse).

On another note I have been working on a painting that is slowly coming to life, Not sure where it will end up but it is challenging me to think outside of the square a bit with using text. Trying to not make it look clunky. Easier said then done. Let me know what you think of my Sunday afternoons work.

Nothing is as simple as it seems.

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So… perhaps I was a little naive but I truly thought becoming a digital NFT artist was a straightforward process . Clint seemed to make it sound simple. “Cath” he said “just set up a digital wallet, sign up to a currency exchange platform, open an Opensea account and then mint an NFT”. How hard could that be.

Well after many stops and starts , I have done all of the above except mint the NFT. Why haven’t I taken the most crucial step you might ask? Well because of a number of reasons which I won’t bore you with but the biggest one is that I am terrified of losing money I don’t have in gas fees and currency exchange and in NOT KNOWING what the hell I am doing. So I am reading article after article and freezing in place. Not sure how to move out of this space, I only know I want to. I never thought of myself as risk adverse until now, but I must admit it’s true. I am scared of not knowing what I do not know.

OMG setting up the different accounts that is required to sell NFTS is soooooooooooooooo frustrating. The tech dosen’t upload and my wallet is connected then it isn’t, then I have 2 accounts somehow (don’t ask me how I managed that one) and then the 2fa QR code won’t load and my account is verified then it says it isn’t………

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NFT’s…….what is that?

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I recently had the joy of catching up with my cousin Clint in Australia. He is your typically understated ,chilled Aussie bloke. However, like a lot of understated blokes , he has a good head on his shoulders. I asked him casually if he had ever heard of NFTS… not really expecting him to know much about them. His drawled “yessss” gave me enough encouragement to start telling him about the number of times I had been approached by random strangers asking to buy my art as an NFT. My response has always been to say “no” as I don’t understand NFTS and frankly anything that combines technology and money is scary. So saying NO has become my safety mantra.

Clints response was to say “Well Catherine you are saying NO to money”. That gave me pause and so I said “then you better tell me all about them”. The next day he did and I was introduced to a strange new world which speaks a foreign language. I noticed that along with my fear was a sense of excitement and I could see new possibilities especially for my monoprints which I don’t do a lot of due to the upfront costs. I have since returned to NZ and am excited to enter this strange new world and see where it leads me. I am determined not to let my fear of the unknown stop me.