I’m sorry I don’t have a really good image.  I forgot to photograph the painting before I entered it into the show. I snapped this at the event before all the people arrived.  I loved working on this simple painting of my grand daughter because she is always so natural.  She doesn’t do posed faces.  Since I still do not have a body of work ready for this years final shows, I decided to use this portrait I had worked on this summer just so I could enter something and participate in the show.  Latrobe Art League and Latrobe Art Gallery have what I consider to be the best organized shows around.  The people are so nice and encouraging and the shows are just plain fun, besides having a fabulous group of great artists who put there best work out there.  I’m sure it is a challenge being a juror. This juror did us all a favor, she included a lot of instructional remarks about her choices.  I heard many people voicing how much that was appreciated.  The juror was Patricia Childs who is owner of G Squared Gallery of Ligonier and has had a career as gallery director and coordinator in different venues since 1978. I was indeed honored to take home Best of Show for “Sarah, Age Eleven”