Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art - Salon International Award

I'm pleased to write that I won a Merit Award for my still life titled "Bottles with Books and Letters" in this years Salon International 2012. This years judging was done by Edward Minoff.





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Lamont O'Neal said…
Congratulations! This honor is well deserved. I can't tell you how pleased I am to hear the news.
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 5:24:00 PM PDT
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