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Received an email that said "Jury Result Notification: MVIS 7th .....Results are in! So I ran out of the bedroom (where I saw the email on my phone). You had to enter this competition on the Juried Art Service Website. Of course, you need a password (which I can never remember)- ran to computer to look up my password. I found it, entered it and found the results! 

So proud to say I got one of my oil paintings in The Missouri Valley Impressionist Society Annual Juried Art Show! My painting, "Beauty Under the Tree" will be at The Gallery 1516, 1516 Leavenworth Street, Omaha, NE 68102 from May 11 thru June 30, 2018. Reception will be May 11, 2018. Thank you juror Stephen Cornelius Roberts!

This captivating scene was from a photo I took on one of my many camping trips. I started this painting with an undertone of purples and reds while we were camping. Then, finished it up in my studio, adding the thicker lights.

To update the status on this painting - It Sold!!

I was so excited when I opened the email from the Pastel Society of Southeast Texas to see if I had been accepted into their National Exhibit “Art of the Pastel”. It wasn’t your typical letter- usually the competition letters start out either Congratulations or I am sorry to say……. This one had a beginning paragraph about the success of the Pastel Society. 

Second paragraph - Thank you for submitting your work—-I thought here goes the Dear John letter. But it didn’t - it talked about the overall competition.

Anyone who knows me, knows I have dyslexia so when I read my eyes like to jump around. So when I am all excited my eyes bounce around more than usual. My eyes kept searching for a Yes or a No.

Third paragraph was the longest one on the page which told about how the two jurors judged the show and what they were looking for in a painting. This is all good info to know after I find out, am I in or out? 

Fourth paragraph was thanking us for entering the competition. There were a couple of sentences in bold….is this it my eyes said? No, then right after the fourth paragraph listed in a column were my two entries and their titles with an “Accepted “ after each each! I was so elated!! Yes, my paintings “Morning Walk 2” and “Morning Walk 5” were accepted into the National Exhibit of the Pastel Society of Southeast Texas.

For anyone who is in the area of Southeast Texas, the opening and reception is Saturday, April 28, 2018 from 6:00 - 9:30 pm at The Center for the Arts and Sciences, 400 College Blvd, Clute TX 77531. The exhibit/sale will run thru May 23, 2018. Thank you jurors!!

I am so happy to be juried into the Pastel Society of New Mexico, Members Only Exhibit/Sale at Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Art. If you are in the area, come to the reception Saturday, May 5 from 2 - 4 pm. The show will be from April 21 thru June 2, 2018.