Monday, May 11, 2009

Artist's Award Ceremony & Reception

Saturday I attended the Peninsula Art Association's Artist's Reception and Award Ceremony where I was thrilled to receive 2nd place in watercolor for my small Great Blue Heron painting.


Great Blue Heron #1 -Nancy Van Blaricom

Great Blue Heron #1, 5" x 5" watercolor

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There are so many wonderful artist's here locally that I was truely surprised when I found out I had received this award. I couldn't be happier.

13 comments:

  1. Congratulations, Nancy! ..the Judges were right...what a good painting!

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  2. How exciting, Nancy! Congratulations. This lovely painting deserved an award.

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  3. I have been a judge ...I can see the quality of the work and it was well chosen. Congrats!

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  4. Congrats!! You deserve it!

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  5. Thank you Celeste, Sharon, Helen and Nancy. Artists are strange people aren't they ... worried about how their art is precieved yet sticking it out there to be judged by all. I am thrilled that this was one they liked among so many.

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  6. Congratulations Nancy! Well deserved.

    Do you have a peninsula? I love ours as you might know.

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  7. Congratulations, Nancy - well deserved!!

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  8. Thank you so muhc Toni.

    Right Toni, we have a Peninsula near by, but I'm not sure the art group is called that... we are quite a ways from there.

    Thank you Cynthia for the congrat's. Always appreciated, but I'm still pinching myself..*wink.

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  9. Oh, congratulations! This is a wonderful piece and certainly deserves an award. Great piece.

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  10. Congratulations to you!

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  11. Wow, 2nd place?! Congratulations, Nancy! You certainly deserved it!!

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  12. Congratulations--this is LOVELY!
    A well deserved award, Nancy!
    Faye

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  13. Linda, Deb, Fenny, and Faye ...Thank you so much for all the nice comments on my Heron.

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