"Lesser Apotheoun" wins at Woodmere.

[Garth Herrick]

In the pool of member announcements here, this one is relatively minor, but I thought I'd share it just the same.

The Woodmere Art Museum, a smal but growing institution serving a mission to focus upon the regional art legacy of the Delaware Valley, has just notified me that I'm the recipient of the John R. Maxwell Prize for oil painting, in their 66th Annual Juried Exhibition. While not the top prize, it's certainly a very good one, which I never expected. The show runs from January 29, to March 5, 2006.

The painting being honored is "Lesser Apotheoun", oil on poplar, 14.5 x 14 inches, 2005/2006. This is a small demonstration painting on a panel, and just a detail of "Apotheoun" (now spending time at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington, D.C.). It has not been unveiled yet here, so I'll do that.

In case anyone is in the Philadelphia area on Saturday, the 28th of January, the opening reception is from 5 to 7 PM, with the awards ceremony at 6PM. Tours of the exhibition will be conducted by two well known regional painters, Paul DuSold, and Susan Moore, on Wed. Feb. 8 at 2PM, and Tues.Feb. 14 at 2PM, respectively. Also Docent tours take place Thursdays and Sundays at 2PM.

The Woodmere Art Museum is located at 9201 Germantown Avenue, in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia.

Garth