X O Award of Excellence in Chicago

"X O" (pastel, 12x6 inches) $1250

I haven't had time to post much in December, but now that my local craft show (where I've done portrait sketches for the last several years) is over for the Holidays, I'll be back to posting more frequently again I hope!

I noticed that I had bragged about this award on Facebook but didn't blog it, so here it is! I'm thrilled to say that "X O", an offshoot of my Renaissance Portrait series, won the Award of Excellence (equivalent of Second in Show!) at the Chicago Pastel Painters 7th Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Pastels Chicago 2019.

Since my own personal subtitle for this one is "Biker Santa", I thought it made an appropriate post for this time of year... Santa's headed toward his leisure days after all his hard work last week. ;)

See some progress pics of X O on an earlier blog post here: http://ritakirkman.blogspot.com/2017/10/x-o-wins-award.html

"X O" has a New Award!

"X O" (pastel, 12x6 inches) $1350

I'm very excited to brag that my painting "X O" has won the Dakota Art Pastels Award at the Pastel Society of the West Coast Pastels USA 32nd Annual International Open Exhibition. That's $500 worth of pastels!! Whoo hoo!! I get a dream shopping spree!   :D

A huge thank you to show judge Lorenzo Chavez!

This is the second award for my biker Santa. Read about his first award and see some progress shots on his original post here!

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