Diana Williams Portraits

DIANA WILLIAMS SOLO PORTRAIT EXHIBITION AT THE LATROBE ART CENTER – TO ALL MY FACEBOOK FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AN UPDATE
Last night I was up till two visiting with family after the show and then at three AM the phone rang with some stupid robo call so I am exhausted. I may not even be coherent enough to write this update and thank you especially since I just wrote it once and accidentally erased it.
No one could have ever prepared me for the overwhelming response to the art and the reception last evening. The Latrobe Art Center and all its people went above and beyond to assure that this event would be received well. Gabrielle Nastuck, the director, has coached me through all the preparations and assured me all along the way. When I arrived, one special person even calmed my anxiety over the imagined dread that no one would attend. You know who you are, so thank you so much. And yes, they came! From Washington DC to Ohio and other far away places, all my friends and family, high school class mates, fellow artists and writers groups, my buddies from NAAA, church friends and people from my small town, people I know well and those who I don’t know, children adults and everyone in between,they began to arrive and after that, I never had a minute to be nervous! I want you to know that it will be a joy to recall each and every one of you who came to share this once in a lifetime special event with me.
For all my grandkids an other fabulous models, for all of you who drove so far or just around the corner, for all who added a treat to the food table, for Seth and Joe and Janet and Rosemary who did so many things,for those who came to observe and offered kind compliments, for those who got me a drink of water and those who made me laugh, for those who organized or help clean up and any one else who helped make this evening special, I give you my most sincere thanks.
To all my dear friends and loved ones who could not come, to my cousins Bunny Leavitt and April Ashcom Meredith from far away Florida who could not be here I send thanks for all your sincere well wishes and congratulations. I will share photos on my blog in a day or two. I am sure I will also have the chance to tell you about this blessing. And to my precious family who blessed me by being part of this, hugs and all my love. And to Bruce, who started all this by encouraging me to do oil painting rather than only the pencil sketches AND who was so sweet to order the wonderful surprise of the beautiful, huge bouquet of flowers and did the framing and delivery of these fifty five paintings, you are my love forever, thank you.