People’s Choice Award

I won the People’s Choice award at the Pembroke Arts Festival this past weekend.

I wasn’t awarded anything by the jury, so I attended opening night just to roam and ogle the artwork — which is always superb. I went with a friend who inspired me to take a watercolor class with her from a teacher she preferred. As an oil painter, watercolor is The Devil, but I liked that his style taught me to open up, not be so constricted and careful with my brush strokes. I’m still horribly inept at watercolor, but I really enjoyed Tony’s classes and his personality. Anyway, we’re cruising around at the Pembroke Arts Festival, and as we rounded the corner to the area where my work was hung, there it was next to a portrait of him (An Old Friend, by Stephen Holland), which had won 2nd Place in the Watercolor category.

So of course I had to stand there like a fool, laughing as my friend directed me to move to the left, go lower, whatever, waving to our watercolor teacher so that she could post me on social media making an ass of myself and tag him. I found out a few days later that I’d won the People’s Choice award, and wished that I had attempted a pic more professional to post, but I’m beginning to think that the goofy pic is better than a serious and centered (and more boring) one.