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Honorable Mention in 2022 Mobile Photography Awards
They announced the 2022 MPA (Mobile Photography Awards) recently and I was ecstatic to receive an honorable mention for “Within Reach.” I’m so very thankful.
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Two Honorable Mentions in Mobile Photography Awards!
I entered the Mobile Photography Awards (MPAs)–one of the most important and prestigious events in the mobile photography /art world– for the first time in 2020. I was gobsmacked to find that I received an honorable mention. As I wrote in an earlier blog, I had looked at the MPAs over the years for inspiration…
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Windows of Hope
I was incredibly honored to be chosen for Windows of Hope, a contest sponsored be Artpop Street Gallery, Lowe’s, and Charlotte Center City. The contest was created to support local artists during this time when there are few gallery shows as well as to help brighten the day of people who would see the art…
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Winner of “All Colors of the World” Challenge
So excited to have my piece “we build with what we can” named this month among the twenty winners of the international mobile art challenge “All Colors of the World.” Our work will be part of the “All Colors of the World” exhibition in Cagliari, Italy at the MEM Mediateca del Mediterraneo. Because of Covid-19,…
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My Art Featured in Horizons Magazine
I am so honored to have my art featured recently in Horizons magazine. I’m a little late posting–I’ve been super busy during the first part of the year–but I plan to be a lot more diligent in the coming months. I hope everyone is having a beautiful summer!
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Happy for the feature in “Collector’s Choice” at Kirstein Fine Art!
A special thinks to Janis Kirstein at Kirstein Fine Art for the feature in her “Collector’s Choice” series. The post contains the images shown here and more. Check out the series and Janis’s work if you can. I’ve really enjoyed the work I’ve seen in the series as well as her own!
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Come see me at “Home Grown”
There’s a great opening tonight for the art show “Home Grown” at Cornelius Arts Center. I have a piece in the show, “Crossing Over,” and there will be many, many great pieces by local artists. If you live in the Charlotte/Lake Norman area, come out! It’ll be from 6:30-8:30 p.m., with the artist talk…
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A Very Special Creative Thresholds Today
On December 21 of last year, a dear friend and amazing human being said goodbye to planet earth. His name is Walt Pascoe. Intense and luminous artist. Witty, wry, and intelligent crafter of words. Wise spiritual seeker. And a mentor of sorts to so many of us–artists, writers, and anyone who found themselves on a…
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