At the Portraiture and Presence opening at Gallery RFD in Swainsboro. The gallery directors are really doing a great job down there, and I'm not just saying that because I won!

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I just got a call from Gallery RFD in the art capital of Swainsboro, Georgia where I submitted some images for their portraiture show last week.

At least one picture of mine was accepted, this one...



They also wanted to let me know that it was chosen as...

Best in Show!

So that is pretty amazingly awesome. The juror is Brandon Fortune, curator of painting and sculpture at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, so she's (yes, she) somebody I like to get my work in front of. And it's very flattering that she picked mine as the best. And I get $150. I think that's the first time since high school that I've gotten any money for "art."

I have to figure out how to tell my sister-in-law because I'm afraid it's not a very flattering picture of her. But it's Art so that's okay, right? And I'll explain the art-critical concept of the Object. I'm sure she'll understand. :-D

Show opens sometime next month.

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I'm happy to note that one of my pictures will be shown as part of the juried show at the Defoor Centre in Atlanta. The opening reception is on Friday, February 16 beginning at 7 p.m.

I'll be in NYC for the College Art Association conference this weekend, so will not be able to make it to the opening, but you should go.
I also have some work up at the Atlanta Photography Group's pin up show, up now through February 17.

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