Nothing goes the way we think it will.  Vertigo set in again for one thing and so I was down for three days and I’m still battling it.  My art group near here ask me to please be sure to enter the fall show. I hadn’t intended to do so because I had nothing ready.  So I went to my photo reference archive to see what I had set aside to paint in the future.  I decided on some shots I’d taken at the museums we visited this spring.  I chose a simple but elegant pose with great lighting.  The light in a subject can create the entire composition if you know what to look for.  This shot had drama and would catch people’s eye. Even so, it should be easy to paint.  (I wasn’t counting on the vertigo.).  Bruce cooked supper every night last week so that I could put in a marathon effort.  I got her finished the day before the jurying.  Often a show is juried by digital entries but this one must have the entries carried in personally.  You pick up your pieces the same day and then later you carry them to the college venue where the show will take place.  When I picked up my painting I was told that not only was she accepted, but she has won an award. I hope someone will purchase her.  I think she will be a beautiful addition to a special décor in someone’s home.  Hope you enjoy her as well. Diana