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For such events my grandfather always dusted off  an old pun: “Alles hat ein Ende, nur die Wurst hat zwei.” (Which means something like “There’s an end to everything, except for sausages — they get two.”

Anyhow, on May 20 was the last night of my very very first, itty-bitty-tiny-weeny exhibition.

Taking stock I don’t really know what to say! This time last year I didn’t even dream of ever having an exhibition of my art.  And now several hundred people have seen my pictures — among them two whole forms of the local Hauptschule (secondary general school), the visitors of the Solar Energy Day event and the Museum’s Day, the member of the Bavarian parliament Christa Naaß  and her colleagues from the local Social Democrats, many individual visitors, old and new friends …

The events I hosted during the exhibition were a success, too. Especially the troll-painting workshop for children (and those young at heart) was a favourite. But the events were remarkable, too, with a lovely atmosphere, lots of creativity and interesting conversations.

Oh, the conversations — it’s still so new and strange for me to talk about my art! Even though I’ve been doing art all my life and even majored in art for college level at school, I’ve never really seen myself as an artist. Art and creativity were simply a part of my life, always. I never thought beyond that.

And now I’m already planning the next exhibition for November!

But back to the Finissage, the closing night of my exhibition:

It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon and a bright, warm evening. I couldn’t have hoped for a nicer atmosphere for my last event.

The formal part of the evening was quick and painless, as the saying goes. After I said a few words of welcome, I presented the third mayor and  liasion for the community centre Norbert Schuster with a framed, numbered and signed print of my picture “Bromdrache” (“Brom-Dragon”).

Afterwards the mayor made a short speech and couldn’t refrain from pointing out that I’ve already been drafter for another creative project: an afternoon of painting root pictures as a part of the holiday programme for children that the community cente offers in June.

The absolute highlight of the evening was a very special gift I received: Pleinfeld painter and poet Irmi Klotz who also attended my project nightDas absolute Highlight des Abends war für mich aber ein ganz besonderes Geschenk: die Pleinfelder Künstlerin und Dichterin Irmi Klotz, wrote a poem for my newest, as yet unfinished painting!

I think it’s hard to think of a better ending for a first exhibition!

Apart from the slightly scary thought that “after the exhibition is before the exhibition”, there’s really only one thing left to say:

Thank you very much to everyone who has supported me during the last months and who encouraged me, to everyone who visited my exhibition and to everyone who wanted to come, but couldn’t because circumstances didn’t allow it. I don’t have the words to express how much your encouragement and your support have meant to me.

As a small “Thank-You” I’ve prepared a little gift for you: the catalogue to go with my exhibition, including three of my favourite pictures and the stories to go with them, is now available as e-catalogue for downloading, saving, printing, perusing, reading, and hopefully, for your enjoyment!

“Märchenbilder — Bildermärchen”:
e-catalogue for the exhibition of Stephanie Thoma-Kellner (in English!)