I was thrilled to win first place in the studio wet paint competition at the Oil Painters of America National for "Peonies in a Glass Vase," Oil, 16 x 12 in. It comes with a full page ad in Southwest Art magazine! The paintings were made Thursday at the Cincinnati Arts Club.

The opening of the Oil Painters of America National yesterday at Eisele Gallery in Cincinnati. A police officer spent the evening standing next to my painting. I don't know, there was quite a crush of people, so maybe they thought my painting needed a little extra protection...