So excited to have won one of the two Jurors awards in JAG’s “Express Yourself” exhibition at FSCJ Kent Campus. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten an award. It has also been a while since I was at Kent Campus. It’s such a beautiful venue. Great lighting and nice white walls. My fellow winners were Luann Dunkinson (watercolor) and Best in Show was by someone new to me, Brenda Schwend (acrylic). I am definitely looking forward to seeing more of her work. I might have snapped one up if they weren’t NFS. As it is I picked up a Kat McCall. I’ve wanted one of her wonderful pieces for a while. I love her style. Dang, I wish I’d taken a picture of it. I’ll be making a post of it later then. Here’s my “Which Way is Up” piece that one the juror’s choice.

I have a passion for collecting art. In fact it’s part of my “purpose in life”: to help artists in any way that I can. I’m behind on sharing these wonderful artists with you all. Last fall I attended two Studio Tour events. One was a new event put on by The Art Guild of Orange Park and the other was the annual CoRK open house. The Guild had quite a few of their members volunteer to share their time with the public. I decided to be the public, instead of open my studio. CoRK is a warehouse full of multiple fabulous artists studios. I’ve rarely miss their open house. I almost always pick up a few pieces there. This year was no exception. These are:

Cole Collier (2), Kim Guzzone Collier, Lana Shuttleworth, Allison McCauley, Lana Koster, Mary Fowler, and Karen Kurycki (Unfortunately just a print. I prefer originals).