Last night was the artists’ reception for the 7th Annual Peninsula Art League Open Juried Art Exhibition. I entered three pieces to the show, but only one got in, so I was feeling lucky to be included. Imagine my surprise when I found my painting had won Best in Show!
"Sunny Spot"
10" x 20"
Soft Pastel on Suede Matboard
My dog got a huge, well-deserved helping of turkey when I got home last night!
27 comments:
Kari, congratulations!!! Well-deserved, it is a wonderful pastel!
Congratulations Kari on a well deserved award! Your piece is stunning.
CONGRATULATONS! This is an outstanding piece.
Thanks, Ladies, I appreciate it! It was certainly a fantastic surprise!
Kari, I'm not surprised at all, this is definitely a Best of Show painting. Well done and congratulations!!
Congratulations, Kari! It is a wonderful piece.
This is an outstanding piece.
Congrats!
Thank you Angela, Edward, and Irit! :)
You must have been so excited. Congratulations, well deserved. This has such a warm inviting feeling about it!
Unbelievably incredible work...well deserved! I think you are totally amazing...
Thanks, Jennie! You're right, I was totally excited. I'm still doing the happy dance occasionally when I think about it.
Thanks, Lesli! I appreciate that. :)
I see why this won...congratulations Keri, beautiful pastel!!
Thanks, Dana!
Congratulations, Kari!!! It's absolutely beautiful. I LOVE IT!!
Thanks, Akiko!
I commented on that piece then, and for good reason, it is stunning....congrats!!!!
Thank you, Alvin.:)
Although its old news now, I just wanted to say 'congrats' and what an amazing painting this is. Wow. Glorious light and great dog-expresssion!
Thanks for the nice comment, Sophie! I appreciate it.
No surprise here, this is a knockout painting. Fabulous composition and real mastery in the rendering! Congratulations!
Thank you, Kelley!
Congrats Kari...wonderful work!
Thanks, David! :)
Congratulations! Great painting. Nice to see awards what are well deserved.
Thanks for stopping in to comment, Tatiana! I appreciate it. :)
I wouldn't think you would be surprised that this stunning pastel portrait won Best in Show. I am more surprised that your other paintings were rejected.
Thanks, Carol! I've found that there sometimes exists a bias against tight realism. You never really know how these things are going to go. It's all so subjective, isn't it?
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