October 1 - 4 was the Havre de Grace Plein air competition. It was a great week of painting and I got to spend a lot of time with my good friend, artist Tara Grim. The weather started out cool and windy, but ended quite nice with this beautiful sunset turning the pilings on this railroad bridge into an amazing orange glow.
Armand Cabrera was the Judge.
"The Jazz Singers" won First Place in Berks Arts Council's ART OF JAZZ show which ran during Berks Jazz Fest in March of 2009
The painting "Flags on Baltimore Street" won 3rd prize in the Quick Draw also in Cumberland, MD.
A Quick Draw is a competition where all 30 participating artists have 2 hours to complete a painting.
The painting titled "In Sync" that I did last year was the inspiration for the figures in the logo.
In the recent Mountain Maryland Plein Air Event, held May 26-30, 2009 in Cumberland, Maryland, my painting
"Thursday Morning at the Market"
won Best of Show!
Nancy Tankersley was the Judge.
On Sept. 13th at the Bayonet Farms Plein Air Day I won Second Prize.
Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine and James Yarosh, owner of the James Yarosh Associates Fine Art Gallery in Holmdel, NJ were the judges. My friend Kathy Anderson won First Prize!
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