I received an email the other night notifying me that…
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“Dear Helen, we are thrilled to inform you that your painting Call of The Raven has been awarded theD.L Stevenson Award, (Gift certificate award)….
Congratulations on this prestigious prize.
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Pretty exciting. Especially since I embarked on a project to paint ravens with the CSPWC Open Water juried show in mind. Last year when we visited Yellowstone National Park there were a number of particularly friendly ravens in the parking lot at Artist’s Point. They were walking around the travel trailers looking for hand-outs and cawing their hearts out. One raven in particular was following me around and without being intrusive, I was able to get many really nice reference photos. I was literally on my knees looking him in the eye and chatting with him. I knew he would be the subject of numbers paintings 🙂