Release

I was working on the drawing for this painting the day that Pope John Paul II passed away. The news footage repeatedly showed tributes to the Pope from St Patrick’s cathedral in New York, the very building I was drawing. I included the dove in my composition as my own Tribute, but also fondly recall watching the Pope once release a white dove that flew right back in the window where he was standing. The dove was named Pax, meaning peace. He was the father of a flock of 21 white doves that I hand-raised in the 90’s.

International Watercolor Masters Invitational, China

Silver Medal, Southern Watercolor, 2007

Semifinalist, American Artist’s 70th Anniversary Competition, 2007

Utrecht Award, Keystone National, 2007

Honorable Mention, Taos National, 2008