10 Annual Joy of Art Opening Reception
Julie and I aattended a woderful opening reception at the Crooker Gallery, Thopsham Public Library in Topsham Maine this afternoon. It's always enjoyable to meet other artists and supporters of the arts and to see the many different expressions from different artists. This Gallery and event is where I took my first steps to show my work outside the family (four years ago) and the staff was as warm, encouraging, and as welcoming as ever. I entered two pieces in this juried exhibition. A watercolor (Moonlight, Ice Out, Androscoggin) and an acrylic (Midcoast Marsh). My watercolor, "Moonlight, Ice Out, Androscoggin" won first prize in the watercolor division. I was speaking with another artist about her landscape painting, which I particularly admired, when a couple stopped by to listen to the conversation. We spoke of the joys and challenges of painting on location and how it informs our work. The couple asked me what paintings I had entered in t