Best in Show!

It was such an honor to have my painting The Side Eye chosen as Best in Show by the jurors in the “Autumn National 2024” juried show at the Cape Cod Art Center. They receive hundreds of submissions to this show each year, and I’m always impressed with the quality of the works chosen, so it certainly came as quite a surprise.

Mingling after the awards presentation, one of the jurors approached me and expressed how taken they were with my painting, saying that it was never even a question from the moment they entered the gallery. We as artists are often so doubtful about the eligibility of our own work, and it was a good reminder that moments like these often go unspoken; so I was so appreciative to have been told that.

This was my second Best in Show in a year (the other being a members show in my local gallery). I tend to focus my time on commission work, but I’m starting to think that I should spend some more time on paintings for gallery shows!