* Third Prize winner at Scope the North Carolina Landscape Show at the Visual Art Exchange
Just received notification that this painting has won a cash award at SCOPE the North Carolina Landscape Show at the Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC.  I'm excited and honored.  Unfortunately, I can't attend the reception to receive the award.  I'll be painting in Niagara Falls. 
This painting was the first plein air painting I did this year.  It was early March and I was itching to get out and paint.  Beautiful, crisp, cool day and the winter light illuminated the trees and cast long shadows across the path near Bond Park.  I was pleased with the results.  Guess I was right...the judge liked it too.