Best In Show

My sculpture, "Free To A Good Home" won the Dean Alan Olson purchase award at the Rockford Midwestern Biennial. It is now part of the museum's permanent collection.

This happened two weeks ago but I was either too busy or not inclined to post. The museum curator, Carrie Johnson, chose my piece. When it was announced and I waved my hand in the crowd to identify myself, right next to me was a fellow artist who gave me the dirtiest, most incredulous look,

I could tell he was thinking "She chose that piece of shit over my beautiful art?"

Yeah, she did.