Wooden Boat Show in Georgetown SC 10 '11

 Wooden Boat Show held third weekend in Oct  is one of the nation's premier wooden boat exhibits. These activities all take place on the waterfront and in Historic Downtown Georgetown. Some of my most popular paintings have come from reference photos I have taken at this event in previous years.

North Front Street exhibits

 Much of the activity takes place on the North and South ends of Front Street in Georgetown SC

South Front Street exhibits

 The street scene  features wooden boat exhibits, a boat building competition, kid's model boat building, boat raffles, maritime arts & crafts, food and music including a booth where my friend Maria Delaney has were work on display.

Art for sale

Georgetown Harbor

 One block away,  Georgetown's  River front  is a hoping place as well  with  boat tours

Two Mast

 Historic boats

A local shrimp boat

 Working vessels

 And long boat oaring lessons

You can learn more about Georgetown's  Wooden Boat Show at http://woodenboatshow.com/

Just Art Show at Prevost Gallery

Top three Award Winners

 The "Just Art Show" at Prevost Gallery in the Rice Museum, Georgetown, SC is a small but classy affair. Thirty five quality paintings are hung . Best in show, first second, third, and honorable mention awards are given.

This year the judge seemed to prefer abstract work ( four out of the five awards went to more abstract pieces) But as always spread the awards over different media: oil, watercolor, acrylic, and textile. The watercolor close-up of peaches below garnered honorable mention.

Small closeup of peaches garnered honorable mention

My work was the small plein air of the Georgetown steel mill on the upper right

My work, while too small and traditional for an award, was hung towards the entrance which is a good sign that the museum liked the piece and thought that the public would as well.