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Stephen Doherty of Plein Air magazine informed this week that "Into the Light" won the Best Depiction of Water award in the recent February/March, 2016 bimonthly PleinAir Salon competition. It will be reproduced in the print edition of the June/July issue of the magazine and is now considered a semi-final winner and will be judged for the cash awards that will be announced during the PleinAir Convention & Expo in Tucson, AZ, April 15-19, 2016

I also had an additional 8 paintings accepted into the PleinAir Salon online exhibition.WOW!

Pleased and honored by both and it couldn't have come at a better time.

I believe that what we focus on, we attract more of. To that end I have always done my best to be aware of what I send out in terms of news and even social media posts. The year began with great promise and some good events. I was selected and painted in the Paradise paint out Plein Air event in Islamorada, FL, in January. There I SOLD several paintings and won 2nd Place in the Quick Draw competition. Then after a barrage or event entries and online submissions, things slowed down a bit. Amid a few "Thank you for entering... emails in which its the nomenclature for -you were not selected, or were rejected for the exhibition and or plein air event, came the GREAT news- I will be returning for my 5th year into Easels in Frederick plein air. It's a stellar event I will be painting my best to repeat my Grand Prize win in 2012 along with all 5 other prior winners.

Then there was paperwork associated with taxes. (I am actually pleased about that because something I'd often put off perhaps a bit too long and its done!) Then came the good news- I won a Certificate of Merit for "Snow & Moon" in the Salmagundi Club NY Monoprint Show!