This year I entered a contest at the Brazoria County Fair for the 1st time ever. I’ve been wanting to get involved for years, but I never managed to get ready in time. I was always busy working offshore, so I was never prepared when the time came.
This year, since I joined the Brazosport Art League, I got an email reminder in time to join in. I entered 3 pieces. I won prizes for 2 of them! I was really shocked when I got the call.
![Sunset Arch- won 1st prize](https://i0.wp.com/captainjillsjourneys.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/PA247060.jpg?resize=225%2C300)
Sunset Arch- won 1st prize
![Leaves- won 2nd prize](https://i0.wp.com/captainjillsjourneys.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/PA247059.jpg?resize=225%2C300)
Leaves- won 2nd prize
helped with the intake of art. Getting everyone’s information and helping to hang the art. I was really impressed with how so much of it was so good. One old guy brought in some ducks he had carved. They looked real. He said he spent a couple hundred hours on them, carving each feather, painting each detail. He won 1st prize in sculpture. He definitely deserved it!
I really enjoyed the whole event. Helping out, I got to meet so many interesting artists and learn about their work. I went to the awards ceremony and got to learn a little about how the judging worked. Afterwards, I spent the rest of the night at the fair.
It may be corny, but I still like to wander around and check out all the animals on show. I like to watch the rodeo. I like the greasy fried fair foods. Gimme a corn dog and a funnel cake or some fried Oreos and I’m happy. I don’t do the rides anymore, but I like to see how much fun people are having. Same with the games. I always like to listen to the bands and watch the dancing.
I missed my friend Chris’s band on Friday night. I was up in Houston with the Sail la Vie club on a dive bar tour.
I didn’t realize until I went to pick up my artwork that the fair was already over for this year. I hope I’ll be better prepared next year. I do want to enter the photography contest next year, and the fine arts again too.
![red starfish](https://i0.wp.com/captainjillsjourneys.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/PA247061.jpg?resize=584%2C438)
red starfish
PS- All my art is for sale. Photos, paintings, etc. If you like one of my photos, let me know. I can upload it to Society6 and have it put on t-shirts, mugs, phone cases, towels, clocks, pretty much anything. I’m entering another art show this weekend in Freeport. Sunset Sip.
Your Sunset Arch is stunning! No wonder it won Ist prize.. Well deserved.
thanks! I’m going to take it to the show on Saturday and try to sell it. I also have one big painting I did on the ship years ago. I made it using deck paint. It was so rough, we couldn’t go outside, the chief mate told us to keep ourselves busy. So I hacked off a big piece of canvas and started painting a picture in the bosuns locker. When the weather got better, I had to move it to my cabin. I about chocked on the fumes a couple of times. It took me a couple of weeks to finish it, most of the crew offered to buy it. I took it home and framed it. It’s been hanging on my living room wall ever since, but I need to downsize and get rid of stuff like that.
Good luck. Hope you post about it.
thanks! I’ll try to post later today about it.
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