The reception for the Randolph County art show was last night and I'm sorry to report that once again I came up blank. It's the fourth year I've walked away with nothing, and while I will continue to participate, I'm not so sure I'll make the one hour drive on a week night for the reception. I actually knew once I looked around that I was not likely to win, the competition was pretty stiff. In fact, a pastel won the Best of Show, which is unusual as oils are much more likely to take top honors. The winner was Carol Strock-Wasson, a Union City artist. As soon as I saw her piece I thought it likely to win, it really was that good. Unfortunately it's not on her website but if I see it somewhere I'll post a link.
Seeing all that talent in a small town made me realize that while I've improved hugely over the last two years, I still have a lot to learn. Lately I've felt like I hit a bit of a plateau and have reached the limits of what I can teach myself through books and the internet and looking at other's work. So this weekend I am taking a workshop from Cincinnati pastel artist Ray Hassard. He is pretty well known regionally and I expect to learn a lot from him. I'll post my thoughts on it next week.
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1 year ago
As long as you are inspired to keep trying (even if you don't go to the event) and not give up that's good. I'm sure you will get lot's out of the workshop and who know's what will happen next year.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement Sue! After I thought about it for a bit, I decided that seeing other people's works makes me want to push myself to do even better.
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