To The Art Lovers

I just wanted to send out a thank you to everyone who came by my booth for last night's First Friday. It was looking pretty scary there for a while with the crazy wind god looking for tasty art booths to eat. I didn't take pictures of the mayhem because we were too busy batting down the hatches, but it was a bit chancy for a while there.

But, leave it to Phoenicians to brave extreme weather for artwork. Luckily, the wind did eventually die down and the rest of the night was awesome as usual.

There were a lot of people who came back to my booth last night who have been fantastic sources of support for me since I started in Phoenix. I want to send out a special thanks to all of you (and to all the people I met for the first time last night). You have no idea how important you are to events like First Friday and to artists like myself. There is a very clear relationship in this world between artists and art lovers, and without one, there could not be the other. So thank you. I am extremely grateful that there are so many of you in Phoenix, and not just when you buy one of my pieces, but when you buy any of my fellow artists work as well. It's you that create the environment for us to be able to do our work and to show at these events. And it's all of you who have made the Phoenix Art scene what it is.

I'm long winded and I tend to over complicate things, but I don't think the Phoenix community of art lovers have received enough credit for what they've done to support the art scene. The galleries and artists deserve their due credit, but the art community would be nothing if not for you.

Cheers