Every month I enter an online art contest called The Bold Brush Painting Contest. I opened my email to find this notice that I won the Outstanding Watercolor award for February. I'm honored they chose this painting I gave to my son for his office. It is a sign up the McKenzie River that no longer works but has a lovely veil of rust due to our Oregon rain.
Here are a few places my art will be featured locally:
April 1- Pacific Rim Gallery, 160 E. Broadway, Eugene, OR. First Friday Art Walk. There will be several of my favorite florals and I will be painting a floral still life at the event. 5:30-8:30
April 9,10,11- Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Conference, Silverton, OR I have a painting hanging in this competition. It's a double portrait of two snorkelers that always makes me giggle. They are celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary, so it's entitled How Deep is Your Love. I will let you know if I win any prizes.
May 6- The Inn at the 5th, 5th St. Eugene, Oregon. First Friday Art Walk. Every year the 5th Street Public Market has a celebration called Bloom. They will be featuring my watercolor paintings of white peonies, roses and light blue hydrangeas in a show called Flowers Noir. Each subject is spotlighted to create dramatic shadows and softly glowing highlights.
Peonies, 22x30. Watercolor on Arches paper, $ 2,500.
