Last night I got some good news. I had entered two paintings into the National Orange Show All-California Juried Art Exhibition in San Bernadino, CA. Both were juried in and I was awarded third place for one of them in the Citrus category. When I originally saw the prospectus for this show and saw that there was a citrus category I knew I had the perfect paintings to enter. The paintings could be up to 5 years old which is unusual for an art competition. Usually the requirement is that they must have been painted within two years. Three years ago I painted a series titled "Paradise Lost", my statement about the over-building of Orange County. The first two paintings in the series were my favorites and they are the paintings that I entered and were juried into the show.
Paradise Lost II is the one that received the award last night. I was really happy because I've always liked this painting and have entered it into many shows where it has been rejected. I was glad to have this one last chance for it to get some glory before it is retired from entering shows.
Paradise Lost II
And here is the other painting that was juried into the show.
Paradise Lost I
Paradise Lost I was awarded third place in Watercolor West in 2009. This series has been good to me. If you would like to see the other three paintings in the series, click
here.
Congratulations, Nancy! An award well deserved!! Beautiful painting!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Hilda.
ReplyDeleteNancy, that is great news! Congratulations on getting two pieces accepted and an award for one! They are both unique and beautiful paintings!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! This is so exciting! Love it when a friend of mine's painting makes it into a show and then collects an award besides!! Whoo Hoo! I love the paintings. Think they're really unusual and unusually composed...as a result they're interesting to look at! I'm so happy for you!!
ReplyDeleteToutes mes très sincères félicitations... Gros bisous
ReplyDeleteI love the cerebral-ness of these paintings, Nancy. I so get it (and admittedly, I don't always get things LOL). Congratulations on your win! Paradise lost indeed. Sigh...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Nancy! They are both stunning paintings and your award was well deserved. How cool is that that you already had the perfect paints for the subject of the competition?
ReplyDeleteThank you all for you nice comments and congratulations.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the award, and show acceptances, Nancy. I absolutely love to hear when a painting that's been rejected ends up in a prestigious show, let alone winning an award!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! This is great news. I have always liked this series and am glad these paintings will be seen by lots of people at the show! Having grown up in Orange County myself, I know exactly what you mean about the disappearing orange groves. I loved the smell of the orange blossoms in the evening :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Robin. It had been rejected many times but I kept entering it because I really like it. I was beginning to wonder if I was crazy.
ReplyDeleteThank you Theresa. There is really nothing that smells as good as the orange blossoms is there?
I "got it" immediately and I love it. So true, we are losing so much of our natural world at and alarming rate it's scarey. Well deserved award!
ReplyDeleteThank you Heather. I'm glad you got it.
ReplyDeletecongratulations nancy .. a very strong painting..the fragmentation of the orange "fresco"is brilliant
ReplyDeleteNancy, I've been enjoying browsing your blog! This series is extraordinary. Very relevant, strong and well painted. Congratulations on the awards!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kathleen. The paintings in this series are still my favorites.
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