What a great week I had last week. I entered the three prints below at the “Animal Attraction” juried exhibit of the Arts Association of Oldham County. [Click on the images for a larger view.]
The three prints will be on display at Gallery 104 in historic downtown LaGrange, Kentucky until May 10th. Even sweeter was that my print of Ian that I call My Favorite Old Boy earned a 2nd place. David accepted the award for me since I was in Harrisburg, PA competing at the AKC Rally National Championship with Ian and Flash. Today, David and I drove over at lunchtime to see the exhibit. Wow! There were a lot of nice pieces of artwork there. I feel truly honored to have earned a placement with my pet photography.
While waiting for the news about the “Animal Attraction” exhibit, I was also waiting on scores from my entries at the Southeast District print competition for PPA (Professional Photographers of America). I had entered 4 images: the three above and the landscape below:
The landscape, entitled Morning Has Broken, had earned a merit score and the Horizon Award in February at Photo Pro Expo in Covington, KY. The photo of Wesley the Whippet, entitled I’m Sorry had earned a merit score as well. I was hoping for a repeat performance at the district level. The three pet portraits were all judged on Friday, and I started receiving text messages Friday afternoon with my scores. My Favorite Old Boy and I’m Sorry scored in the Above Average category and the dark horse (no pun intended), Black on Black ended up earning a merit score. I just love the challenge of photographing black dogs against a black background! I was quite pleased that the judges found it worthy.
My landscape was entered in the Illustrative category and wasn’t judged until Saturday, so I didn’t get the text with my score until I was on my way home from Pennsylvania. The district judges awarded it a score in the Above Average category. I will certainly be sending all of four of my images on to PPA’s International Print Competition (IPC) in a couple of months. There will be different judges and the three that didn’t merit at district just might under different eyes. Black on Black will automatically receive a merit and be entered into the PPA’s General Collection at IPC since it earned a merit-worthy score at the district level.
For more information about the Animal Attraction exhibit at Gallery 104 click here.
David Lukenbill
1 Apr 2014Very proud of you! I agree that the level of artwork at the exhibit was outstanding! There are 69 pieces of art in the exhibit, including a variety of photographs, watercolors, sketches, and oil paintings. To be selected second place from such fine work is quite an accomplishment. A little bird (hey, it’s an animal show) told me that the jurors really liked your work, and thought they were “jaw dropping”.
Janice
1 Apr 2014Thank you! And thank you for being there for me at the awards reception.
Kathy Baumann
1 Apr 2014Your photos are just gorgeous! Your talent was honored as it should be! Well deserved!!
Janice
9 Apr 2014Thanks Kathy!