My first juried acceptance brings honorable mention

The Model - watercolor and pencil

Last year I entered a piece for consideration in a juried show and it wasn't selected.  No problem. I basically did it for the experience, having never gone through the process before. I didn't expect to get selected.

Recently, I submitted three pieces to the New River Art Biennial Juried Exhibition which opened last night..  Two of the three pieces I really thought had a strong chance and I added "The Model" to complete my allowed three entries.  Much to my surprize, "The Model" made the cut and then, last night, I was surprized again when the piece was presented an Honorable Mention!  Entries totalled 150 pieces by 53 artists.  The juror selected 39 pieces for exhibit and presented 11 awards.  I feel truly honored to be among those 11.

After having also won a third place in July, I'm hoping this jump starts my creativity which has been in more than a little slump lately.  Time to go clean up my studio, get the cobwebs out of my head, ignore the laundry and dusting and get back to acting like an artist.  There is just never enough time for all the things I should be doing.