Okay, I'm learning several things here... today I went to drop off an entry at the Loveland Museum for the Foote Gallery Art Sightings: Regional Art Exposed Exhibit. I was running really late getting this in, but made it under the wire.

Here are a few things I learned during the process, and also, since I've gotten home to look back over stuff.

• Try not to finish a painting the day the slides are due.


• Use a camera that will convey as close as possible to the true colors (which mine did not)


• Have at least a generic Artist's Resume and Artist's Statement on hand, rather than trying to scrape one together at the last minute (which I did)


• If you're going to pay an entry fee, you may as well be prepared to submit the maximum number of slides/pics allowed for that fee, rather than paying it for just 1 painting when you could have entered 3.

At least most of the mistakes I know that I made were more related to logistics than to the work itself. I learned a few things during that, as well, but was mostly able to adjust those as I went along. This is a juried regional exhibit and I would be thrilled to be accepted into it.

Here's my entry: Voices in the Earth, acrylic & mixed media

In reality, the colors in the upper part of the painting, and of the mouth, are more intense - going from a purple-ish on the left into a fairly intense teal.