Painting in progress

I'm working (but not fast enough) for an upcoming exhibition. I'm both excited and scared.
It is no big studio which feels comforting. But it is still a big deal to me. To show all your work, get criticized and judged. As an artist, if I might call myself that (?) it is necessary to show your projects in public.
Yet I'm afraid of peoples opinions. You can't possibly please each and everyone in this world. Certainly not with art, since it can be so diffrent from artist to artist and peoples taste vary - that's just the way it is. (Need to tell myself this)...