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“Our” artist arrived on Saturday. From Oxford, Mississippi, Debbie is staying with us all week while she competes in the Shadows Plein Air Painting Competition. We were at ease immediately.
Debbie Myers was the only one of her art group of four to be accepted into the Shadows Plein Air Painting Competition. But she would be the last to tell you that it’s because she was the best. Debbie is a humble artist, even though she has been practicing all her life.
I feel such a sense of joy and wonder seeing the paintings she does each day.
Our Grandmother oak by Debbie Myers.
This competition reminds me of the Slice of Life Challenge. It’s a daily challenge to get something down on paper each day. And sometimes you don’t know when you start what you will end up with. I am thankful the the SOLC is not a competition, though.
Competitions have their place, but I have watched Debbie’s stress level rise as the week goes on. Today she has to complete and frame all her paintings for the judging.
To me, her paintings are winners. I’m confident, too, that she has grown as an artist. She’s certainly become a new friend.
Church Alley, Downtown New Iberia.
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