Closing An Exhibition

The Only Way Out Is Through at the Momentum exhibition at the Montreal Arts Council

As I picked up my work from the Momentum exhibition, I tried to take a moment for gratitude. Ending an exhibition when your work didn’t sell can feel disappointing but I am trying to make this part of the process softer. It is not an ending it is just a part of this painting’s journey. How lucky it was to hang before hundreds of people in that beautiful space. How lucky I was to see people stop and look closer. And who knows what happened in all the hours and days when I wasn’t there. What conversations might have been had in front of my work. What feelings it may have triggered.

And so, before I walked through the doors of the Montreal Arts Council to pick up The Only Way Out is Through, I offered this blessing.

May this chapter close with grace.

For the Art I displayed, every glance exchanged, every breath paused in front of my work has created ripples beyond what I could see. I trust that each person who encountered my painting received something they didn’t know they needed - beauty, reflection, permission, clarity.

This momentum is not fleeting. It is alive in me. It’s unfolding through me. It is sacred.

I showed up. I offered something real. I was seen.

Now I release this moment with gratitude and trust. The right collector, the right connection, the next step, each is already on its way, arriving in divine time.

I am supported.
I am guided.
I am held.
I am loved.

And this… this was only the beginning.