Rocking on

I believe Rocking Chair is now complete.

I will get final feedback from Mike's family and then figure out how to get it to The Hindman Settlement School for permanent display.

 

 I am waiting to hear if I have been juried into a local Portrait competition at ArtSpace Herndon. Results should come in on Thursday.

I am currently solidly loosing an Online competition for Artwork of Pope Francis. When I entered the competition it was going to be a judged contest but they changed it to a popularity contest where everyone can vote for their favorite, over and over. I was rather disappointed that they decided to go this route with the contest but it is fun to see all of the entries. Voting will be over on 9/8/13.

 

http://www.religionnews.com/2013/09/03/pope-francis-art-contest-vote-here-for-your-favorite/

I was very excited to be written up in a local online newspaper. They must have seen the contest and emailed me, and then called for an interview.

Painting the Pope: Why One Reston Woman Was Inspired by Francis

Painter says Pope's humility inspired her to capture his likeness and enter a worldwide contest.

Posted by Karen Goff (Editor) , September 05, 2013 at 06:20 PM

 

    

Oil Painting of the Pope by Reston artist Debby Bird

 

Read the full article at  

http://reston.patch.com/groups/local-connections/p/reston-womans-pope-francis-painting-in-worldwide-contest?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook                         

 

 

A little greenery

After several days stuck at home fighting Kiddie Crud, we finally got outside to enjoy the nice weather. We enjoyed a trip to a local farm where we walked in the woods, collected leaves, looked at animals and found a cicada.

 

 "He could be my new pet"

 

Feeling better, I also made it back into the studio for a little painting work. Mostly working on the background so that I can better judge color and value relationships.