Well. I'm just skipping May as I was catching my breath from all the exhibitions in early spring. 

I received some great news in mid-June when the portrait of my younger daughter was accepted into the NOAPS 2025 Associate Online Exhibition. The accepted artists' works can be seen on www.noaps.org. "Rebecca 2024"

Then in July, I received acceptance of the portrait of my son in law into the AAPL 2025 Online Exhibition, Emergence: Young Artists and Associate Artists. "Andy 2024". 29 artists were accepted into this show. I was seriously pumped after 2 national juried acceptances of such wonderful organizations!

And today, I learned that 2 of my 3 submitted works for a group exhibition at the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corp Community Center in Memphis were sold!   "Life's Simple Pleasure" and "Evening Clouds". I was prepared to come home with all 3 and was really grateful for the gentleman who bought these two paintings. I love sharing my work whether it's on IG or FB or Bluesky, or that someone wants to give them new homes. And I only had to carry one back to the car in the suffocating heat today!

I have been painting mostly portraits. I completed a commission of the younger days of a friend's husband, and it is almost dry enough to ship, or whenever the Heat Dome lets go of us. I don't want to take a chance on shipping an oil painting in 115* heat index! Yes, you read that right. 

August 1st will kick off Incognito at the Memphis Botanic Garden where the artists are usually dressed in some sort of costume, but the 10 x 10" gallery wrapped paintings are not signed on the front. Therefore Incognito! People bid on what they love and not who they know. Although I think there are quite a few bidders who know whose paintings they are bidding on. I try not to paint a fully recognizable one of mine, but to vary the scenes and virtually all are in oil. I'll finish mine a couple of months early so it will be fully dry. This year's is recognizable to me but it's not my usual subject matter. 

SO if you've read this far, you know it's been a busy few months. I'll check back in mid September. Hope to travel back to the beach for a week or two, and rekindle my passion for the seascape. Til then, And here's Rebecca 2024  AND IT'S NOT MY FAULT IT WON"T LET ME CORRECT THE SIZE!    LOL