Table For Two - Southwest Charm

Table For Two

Southwest Charm

  11x14, soft pastel

Hello there (...to no one in particular but to anyone who might stumble across this post).  I know...I know, I've been absent and out of the habit of posting but, here goes...

I'm surprised to find that here it is...December 14, 2019 and I've not blogged or uploaded many paintings to DailyPaintworks.com in 2019.  Ah, such is life...priorities shifted once again.

I have however had the great pleasure of being juried into several art shows during 2019, won several awards and took a trip to NYC (along with my dear sweet husband) to attend the Pastel Society of America's Enduring Brilliance Exhibition in September. The piece above was juried into that show (and I am humbly grateful). 

After Enduring Brilliance ended it was selected to be shipped to The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio for their annual pastel exhibition from Dec. 22, 2019 - Feb. 23, 2020. Needless to say, I'm very proud of this piece and will anxiously look forward to it's safe arrival back home sometime in March 2020.  What a wirlwind year for this little painting!  

2019 was confirmation for me that I'm on the right track and progressing with my artwork as I had hoped to do when I began this journey back in 2014. Over 500 paintings later...many of them simply horrible...some quite good (and a handful to be proud of), I can happily say that I'm continuing my journey to find "The Artist Within" me. I will rejoice in the process (or at least I'll try to)...no matter how painful, rewarding, disappointing, or uplifting it may be.

See you soon!

Cindy G.