Values Show

I was honored that my painting Groovy won the Best in Show award for the August Art League Show by the juror Sharon Louden.  Sharon is an artist with an MFA from Yale who has created two books called Living and Sustaining a Creative Life and The Artist as Culture Producer.   

In addition, I was interviewed for the Art League Blog.

July Open Exhibit

In the July Open Exhibit at the Alexandria Art League, I was honored to win an Honorable mention from the juror Lucila Biscione for my painting, Waterfall, from my Strange Terrain series.  

Smells Like Licorice

I was honored to win Best in Show for my painting called "Smells Like Licorice" at the Art League Open Exhibit for March 2017.  It was juried by JD Deardourff who is an artist and designer living in Washington D.C.  Here is the interview by George Miller for the Art League Blog.

Flora and Fauna

The April Show at the Alexandria Art League this month is titled Flora and Fauna.  My painting Squash and Pears was accepted and received an Honorable Mention.  In the juror's dialogue, the juror, Yuriko Yamaguchi, said that the works that were selected for an honorable mention conveyed "strong impressions of the strength, fragility and drama of life" which sounds good to me.

Small and Large Works

The November Art League Show was two shows in one.   The Small Works Show was juried by Lindsay Harris and my painting Quail Eggs and Yams was accepted and received an Honorable Mention.  In her juror's dialogue, Lindsay Harris said that many of the accepted pieces were "examples of simple, humble objects rendered precious through art".  

September All-Media Show

The September All-Media Membership show at the Art League in Alexandria, VA was juried by Judy Southerland and she selected my painting called Woman in Vernazza for an Honorable Mention.  This painting was inspired by a woman I saw in a resort town in Italy.

Rehoboth Beach Paint Out

This year the event started with a reception at the Bellmoor Inn on Thursday night and it was nice to catch up with some of the artists from previous years. On Friday I painted building scenes in town since it would be less crowded than on Saturday, but it rained in the afternoon. On Saturday I painted Lake Gerar in the morning and in the afternoon I was bold enough to paint on the boardwalk. I painted the yucca plants in Dune Park near Grenoble Pl. I had so many people stop to see what I was doing but my favorites were the skate-boarding kids that stopped and thought it was really cool. The Dune Park painting won an Honorable Mention at the Plein Air Exhibit which was held at the Camp Rehoboth community center in the second block of Baltimore Ave. Overall I thought this year was much better than last year because the art show was in a great location and we had a very busy reception with lots of people.

Honorable Mention

It always feels good to be recognized so it was great to get an Honorable Mention for my painting of Desi at the December All-Media show at the Art League Gallery. The juror this month was William Schran who is the Assistant Dean of Fine Arts and Assistant Professor of Art/Ceramics at Northern Virginia Community College. It also feels good to go to the Torpedo Factory during this time of year because not only is it decorated for Christmas, but King Street in Old Town has lights up from the Masonic Temple all the way to Union Street. Festive!

Black and White is the title of the July show at the Art League and the juror was Catriona Fraser, owner and Director of the Fraser Gallery in Bethesda, MD. My charcoal drawing of my daughter got in the show and won an honorable mention. At the opening it was fun to see that several of the other award winners brought their children/models with them too. It makes you wonder if thats why artists have kids.

On Saturday I participated in the 4th Annual Jan and Dan Laytham Riverbend Park Paintout 2009. Riverbend Park is near Great Falls and I started at about 7:30 a.m. I found my spot near the Visitor's Center and had my painting in a frame for judging by 12:30 p.m. This year Armand Cabrera was the judge and my painting received an Honorable Mention for Composition. The show will be up for about 2 weeks in the Visitor Center. See Friends of Riverbend Park for directions.