{"id":1734,"date":"2022-09-29T17:04:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T21:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2022-09-30T06:27:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T10:27:26","slug":"some-kid-beat-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/?p=1734","title":{"rendered":"Some kid beat me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I was in high school,  in France,  my father helped me compose <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">an essay for some sort of competition.   He was a great writer, while<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I typically waited until the last minute to begin this and other projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with the knowledge that I worked well under pressure.    Worked well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">under pressure that is during the process not necessarily the outcome,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We didn&#8217;t win.    Came in second I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hence my father&#8217;s exclamation, &#8220;Some kid beat me!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday I was reminded of this little event upon reading the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">following in <em>The New York Times:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-new-york-times wp-block-embed-the-new-york-times\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Six-Figure Artworks, by a Fifth Grader\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F09%2F26%2Fstyle%2Fandres-valencia-art-paintings.html#?secret=ZXfBUOhUl5\" data-secret=\"ZXfBUOhUl5\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>Six-Figure Artworks, by a Fifth GraderAndres Valencia\u2019s paintings have sold for more than $125,000. And he\u2019s 1<\/strong>0 <strong>years old<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, he had a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chasecontemporary.com\/exhibitions\/andres-valencia-no-rules\" target=\"_blank\">solo exhibition<\/a>&nbsp;at the Chase Contemporary gallery in SoHo, where all 35 works were sold, the gallery said, fetching $50,000 to $125,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s impressive.   Made me smile.   Good for him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following up on the Vancouver trip : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If there were koi ponds I never found them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the aquarium had a mesmerizing display of jellyfish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(possible subject for a new series of paintings.  :))<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What a great city!   Adored it.   Reminded me of Boston <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in population, location,  bustling downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What I unwittingly managed to bring back with me was a nasty case of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sciatica.   For those of you who suffer from chronic pain I now fully<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">understand how debilitating it is.    Drugs and time are the healers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still managed studio time to paint this small Koi painting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_7576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"1738\" src=\"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_7576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_7576.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_7576-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                 4 Koi 22,   12&#215;12 inches,  oil on panel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was in high school, in France, my father helped me compose an essay for some sort of competition. He was a great writer, while I typically waited until the last minute to begin this and other projects with the knowledge that I worked well under pressure. Worked well under pressure that is during &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/?p=1734\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Some kid beat me<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,16,19,13,11,9,20,14,8],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-contemporaryart","tag-fineart","tag-koi","tag-koi-paintings","tag-lindaaholt","tag-lindaholt","tag-lindaholtstudio","tag-oil-paintings","tag-koi-fish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1734"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1748,"href":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindaholt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}