45th National River Road Show

Sarah Janece Garcia's painting titled 'Wonderment' was selected by the juror, Morten E. Solberg, to be a part of the 45th National River Road Show. Out of 384 entered works of art from 23 states, Sarah's painting was 1 of the 75 paintings selected to be exhibited in the show at the Louisiana State Archives Gallery in Baton Rouge.

Exhibition

December 3, 2014 - December 29, 2014

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Grand Prize Painting

Sarah Janece Garcia's painting titled “First Light” is the Grand Prize winner in the Uncommon Goods Art Contest. 

Artist Statement: The piece titled "First Light" is inspired by a Pueblo story that speaks of a majestic hummingbird being a savior to their nation when the earth caught fire. Legend has it that when this nation"s beautiful land and people were in danger a hummingbird went and gathered the clouds from the north, south, east and west. While on its quest for the rain clouds the hummingbird flew through a rainbow and it is believed that is where the bird got its beautiful colors. After gathering these clouds the rain put out the flames and the magnificent hummingbird saved the nation. My painting "First Light" is meant to capture the majestic savior flying through the sky in that first sunlight after the rain storm that saved the people and land from the fire. The idea of a small and brave creature of the sky saving a piece of our earth truly inspired me to recapture that golden moment when the clouds parted and the sun shined on that saved nation.
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2014 Hunting Art Prize

Sarah Janece Garcia received word from Hunting PLC that she is one of the 115 artists that have been selected to move on to the final round of judging in the 2014 Hunting Art Prize for her painting “Wonderment”.

She now enters the second phase of a two-tiered jury process for the $50,000 prize, historically the most generous annual award in North America for painting and drawing.

The panel of jurors that narrowed the submissions to the final 115 participants, from nearly 1,500 entries, will reconvene in April to determine the winner and the 2014 recipient will be announced at the Hunting Art Prize gala on May 3, 2014.

Source: http://www.huntingartprize.com