How many of you have ever entered artwork in a local fair? I never had, until today. It will be interesting to see if any of the seven that I submitted are accepted. You always take a chance when entering a competion, as you have to pay for every entry and never know if any of them will be accepted. But I guess you have to start somewhere. Not knowing what they might want I entered seven different ones with a variety of styles.
First I decided it might be fun to enter a couple of carefree abstracts, so I entered this 21 x 20 inch abstract and a 7 x 5 inch abstract shown below.
Then I decided I might like to enter a couple of my art pieces that are commentary on today's culture. Everywhere you go people are on their cell-phones. They are oblivious to the people around them, to the beautiful nature around them, to life around them and I think they are missing so much of what life has to offer.
The first photo I took at Domaine Carneros where we were champage tasting. This couple had maybe tasted the champagne, as their glasses were empty. Their conversation was empty, as they were so absorbed in their cell phones, they did not know the other person existed.
The second photo I took in the main square in Florence. Even grandpa was on his phone and not having any conversation with his grandchildren. This started to happen when my husband and I took his granddaughter to breakfast at her school. One of his friends wanted to borrow his power washer and he thought it was more important to take care of that on his phone than to interact with his granddaughter. I pointed out that no one else there was on their phone, and this should be Grandfather/Granddaughter time. He put it away, and we had a wonderful morning.
Since the Sutter Buttes are close to Sacramento and they are the smallest mountain range in the world, I thought it might be fun to enter them in the contest.
So, it will be interesting to see what happens, and if they like anything I submitted. Please let me if have any experience with this.
So only one was accepted into the Cal-Expo and it is 5" x 7". I wasn't even sure if I wanted to drive to Sacramento to deliver it, as I knew it would be lost in the crowd, and it was. No prizes for me.
Good Lesson: Do not enter a painting so small, it does not command attention!
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