Warrior Wins National Competition

My painting Warrior was just awarded First Place in a nationwide competition for Iraq memorial art! The competition was sponsored by Art Cries Out (a link to their web site is on the right somewhere). I mentioned the site and the competition here a few days ago. I am so excited, I'm bouncing off the walls! It's been a while since anything this positive has happened to me, at least in my "professional artist" world, and it sure is wonderful.

Art Cries Out

Art Cries Out is an online site dedicated to protest art. Some is about the Iraq war, some about Katrina, you name it. There's some very good work there. Those of us doing such socially-conscious work often have a hard time getting it exhibited. It's great to have a site like this where the focus is on the message and not on sales. I entered their Online Iraq War Memorial competition. At the moment, my painting "Warrior" is one of their three finalists. Go take a look - I think you'll find some thought-provoking material there.