I entered a surrealist art show. After a manager at work bought a piece right off my desk, I got inspired to enter one of my Old Tyme Tarot collages in the Creative Art Club ‘s Surreal Landscapes virtual art show.
I chose to enter my piece XIII #Death in the show. I have a huge vintage and antique photo collection amd some of the photos I have are quite rare and valuable.
XIII Death is a collage I made from a photo of a sky burial, blown out WWII ruins and an antique post card. I combind these photos to create a surrealist Death Tarot card.
D said she thought I had a shot at the prize but I know from querying contests that sometimes you win, sometimes you lose but runner up is a thing too.
Since my submission I’ve seen death on everything. People dying, the family cat got put to sleep and I’m mourning the loss of many things. So I felt that perhaps something was moving with my submission.
Friday was the big day. I checked my phone at every break obsessively. Finally the notice showed up a little after 4:00 MST.
I didn’t realize I was in the announcement at first because they listed me as Sarah Davis and not Alanna L.P. I ran some errands and decided to reread the e-mail and *then* I saw my birth name. My birth name just doesn’t resonate with me and I never sign my works by my birth name so I had to read it a 3rd time.
I didn’t win a prize but I got in the show and they’ll sell prints of my art! I get half of the sales too. So I’m working on uploading more Old Tyme Tarot pieces to my Ripped Lace, my #art and #fashiondesign #etsy
#MercuryRetrograde is coming so I’ll be getting my shop ready for when the show opens after Mercury Retrograde ends on 1/8/2024
Stop by and see what I’m working on!
Magdalena Tarot 