Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence - "Shopping"

"Shopping", Oil on canvas, 36"x18", Sold

May 26 update - I'm reposting this painting, "Shopping", because it just won a Blue Ribbon "Award of Excellence" at the upcoming 2009 Artfest in the Park in Mountain View, CA. Woooeeee! That made my day. The juror (judge) was Dale Laitinen, a nationally known artist who paints in watercolors and oils.

If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, please come visit us at the 2009 Artfest in the Park on Saturday June 6, 2009, 10am-6pm at Pioneer Park in Mountain View (behind the Center for Performing Arts). There will be lots of great art at reasonable prices. You can enjoy a stroll through the park and meet the artists. Over 100 of us will be there. I'll be at the booth with the Los Gatos Art Association. Click here for details. Hope to see you there!!

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January 10 update - Today this painting won 1st place in the Los Gatos Art Association peer group judging! Fifty artists voted on 17 pieces of art (mostly paintings), and "Shopping" got the most votes. That felt nice!

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"Shopping" is a new painting in my People in Action series. This painting was inspired by a 3-week trip I took to China over 10 years ago to see the ethnic minorities in the Yunnan province, and by a photo taken by an excellent photographer named Veronique Gillard. Veronique is also a close friend. Thank you Veronique!

The woman in this painting is part of an ethnic group that lives in both China and Vietnam. The group is called "Red Yao" in China and "Red Dao" in Vietnam. She was dressed for a normal shopping trip to the market. I find her clothing amazing! She just purchased some beads, which are in a bag in her hands, and she is looking for the next stop on her shopping trip.

I also thought this woman's face was gorgeous. There were lots of reasons to paint her. So here she is, in oil on canvas, waiting to be hung on a wall in my home or yours . . .