I don't enter too many art competitions. It's hard to give away work to be judged by strangers. This year, though, I submitted 6 pieces to the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Below are the submissions they chose to recognize of mine.
I received a silver key award for the following print, "Three Pairs of Legs".
I also received an honorable mention for this digital art piece, "A Passive Existence".
I'm excited and grateful for this recognition but I take it with a grain of salt. Judging art is incredibly subjective. Sometimes seeing a piece on a different day, next to a different artist, or by different eyes can change whether you get any award at all. I have been on the rejected side and it can be hard to take. Artistic preference is kind of random. In the end all I can say is I worked hard and got a little bit lucky and I appreciate being recognized at all.
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