I’ve started pulling out my pieces and started putting them together for my 1 day auction in September with Stephanie Gagos’s for her Quirky Auction. I had to put my Solo Auction on hold for this year due to COVID, with our borders closed for shipping for that time. It was a big blow to me and my fellow South African artists.

I’m happy to say, I have spent a few months sourcing shipping alternatives and I have a courier in place for my bigger pieces, which I was already using last year and I know their service is impeccable. I will also be using a reliable alternative service shipping via the Royal Mail Postal Service (UK), I have used them plenty of times over the past 3 years and I feel these will be my best and safest options.

I’m feeling encouraged and excited for auction day. You know it is never without its trepidation, but I feel now more than ever, a deeper sense of vulnerability around sending art out into the world. Maybe it has to do with the year we are having. Moving art during a year of pandemic feels like a full body expression of courage and love - love and support of people still walking alongside artists.

Wow I’ve been so blown away by this act of love that I have seen through the year.

I’ll be sharing more about the auction in the next week or so.

Thank you for the beautiful messages around me sharing my art and life on my socials. This year more than any other year has felt more challenging to maintain a consistent rhythm of sharing. Again, maybe that has more to do with the ebbs and flows of this peculiar year we are having.

Appreciation and love to you all, Jeanne-Marie