San Diego County Fair!

Cornflowers, Oil on Ampersand Deep Cradled Gessobord

I feel like a "real" artist right now. Last week I helped hang the Spring Show for the Julian Arts Guild. A couple of days later, I learned that I had one painting out of four submissions accepted to hang at the San Diego County Fair. Today I drove all the way up to Del Mar to take my little painting of cornflowers.

As much as I didn't want to go up there, I kept thinking that I paid for the opportunity to be judged and no doubt THOUSANDS of little ladies such as myself have painted flowers this year and MINE was picked to hang.  I was suddenly overwhelmed by the sheer number of entries they must have gone through to pick this small painting (8 x 10). I felt like I owed this painting the $12 in gas it took to haul it up there (and the same amount to haul it back).

When I got there I was very impressed by the way everything works! What a great system they've developed over all these years. I was in there, treated very well, they had everything ready for all of us to just go in, drop off our work and leave. We were all invited to a reception for the arts show before the fair itself opens and we get two special parking passes. I'm really happy I didn't chicken out!