Yayyyyy! My friend, Dennis, sent me an invitation to the opening reception of the "2011 All Media" juried exhibition for this past Friday evening at the Irvine Fine Arts Center. It was a larger exhibit than I expected and they had a pretty nice turn out. One of his photos was used for the announcement! I thought that was pretty cool! :)
Ceramics, paintings, photography, metal work, mixed media . . . a little bit for everyone. There was a lot of really nice work there. At 6:30 we gathered for the awards ceremony and as they announced the winners, we kept hoping his name would be called. Nope, not the first one, nope, not the second one . . . but . . . when we finally got to the first place award, there was the briefest pause to build the suspense a bit, and then "Dennis Doran" was announced as the first place winner! Yayyy, Dennis! Way to go! Wooo hooo! * throws confetti and blows horn *
I am really enjoying his latest work! I'm loving the light! I can't wait to see more! Hopefully he'll get some of it posted on his website soon! ;) But, in the meantime, you can see some of his previous series here! I have a permanent link to his site in the blog list on the right hand side of my page also! Please visit and feel free to leave him a congratulatory comment!
The exhibit runs through January 7, 2012, so if you are in the area and get a chance, I sure hope you'll stop by and check it out!
Now, for a little news of my own . . . and, I am a bit embarrassed to say, *ahem* I'm a little late in posting about this. I have been so busy with painting my dining room and a few other little projects, that I'm afraid I have been MIA from my posting for a while! But, I got home one day after an especially long day at work and sat down to catch up with my blog friends. I was reading about SpecialK's very first blog award and feeling very happy for her, and as I read, a very familiar name came up! MINE! I was so surprised I had to reread it to be sure she really meant me!
She was such a sweetie, she passed the award along and gave me my very first blog award, too. *blush* THANK YOU! :) If you haven't already checked out her sweet little blog, A Day with SpecialK, I hope you will stop by and say hi! She has such sweet little inspirational posts and videos to bring smiles to your face! I hope you will take a little time to poke around and check out her whole blog! (Oh, and a little secret about us bloggers . . . we thrive on comments! So, leave her a note to say you dropped by!)
Now, I have to take a few minutes real soon to figure out to whom I should spread the love! Hopefully, I won't take another week and a half to get that done! :)
Ok, until later, lovelies! Hope to get back here soon!
