Insulted and don't know what to do (kinda long)

[redrhodie]

I like your pictures! I'm especially partial to the gray kitty. She looks a lot like Twiggy!

I have some experience with the gallery scene. I just want to say, don't put all your eggs in one basket. It may take sending out hundreds of portfolios before you find one place that will take (and sell) your work. You have to commit to trying. You have to get a thick skin. Part of being an artist is getting rejected, and understanding that rejection is just one person's (or jury's) opinion, and it may be based not on your work, but on what their market is, who their client is, and what they think they can sell. In the end, a rejection from a place that can't sell your work is better than an acceptance into a place that has it and doesn't sell, or, even worse, sells and doesn't pay you. Uh, yeah, that happens way too much.

Good Luck!