Icing on the cake

On Friday evening we went to the opening at the Carnegie Gallery.
Mark a fellow woodworker hung the show .I must say it looked really good
I knew that I was going to win something because. I was called to make sure that I would attend the opening. I would have attended any ways it was the first time I had work in a gallery in eight years.
Allison Rose the person who organized the show was presenting the awards and when she took her turn at the front of the room I became quite nervous..I knew that would not win an award for best wood work because this piece is more mixed media.
Well there was no mixed media award for me so I began to wonder, best new artist to the Gallery something like that, Then Allison said and now for the last award Best of Show. I just stood there for a while when she called my name. I was a little taken a back but at the same time very excited.
The rest of the evening was spent talking with friends and making new friends, it was a wonderful way to end the process of making this piece.
This award has given me the boost that I needed to get going again; it’s nice to know that after a few years off I can still produce work that others enjoy.