I did not expect this. After receiving only my second "best of show" award at What's Up Magazine, I got another at the December Open Exhibition of the Art League of Alexandria, Virginia. Equally surprising what the subject; the first nude I entered in a competition. "Red Nude" took home the best of show awarded by juror Robert Yi of the Corcoran School of Art. His comments were especially encouraging. He said, “This piece makes a statement. I love the combination of traditional and contemporary elements. The color and balance throughout the piece are fantastic. Everything is cleverly thought out – from the red nails to the red pillows.”
I also had a nude accepted into the Winter Member's Show at the Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis. Thomas Berault, professor of art at Prince George's Community College selected "Nude in a Doorway." He hasn't made award selections, yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.