Cedar Lee January 26th, 2009
In case you haven’t been following, a few months ago I signed up to compete for a major regional arts competition, Baltimore’s Baker Artist Awards. You can read more about the awards in my previous post, here.
I was honored to be present at the press conference where they announced all the details. That’s me on the far right.
As a Baltimore artist, I’m eligible to win the significant Mary Sawyers Baker Prize or maybe bragging rights as Baltimore’s Choice. There are nearly 600 artists competing, and I’m impressed with the range and quality of talent present. Voting is open to the general public, and I sure would appreciate you taking a moment to vote for me!
It’s a fun and interactive site. The more you dig around the website, checking out the dazzling array of artwork there, the more votes you get to spend. You can support me by going there and giving me your votes! (Registration is fast and easy, and the site is extraordinarily easy to navigate.)
There are only 5 days of voting left!
To vote for me, go here: http://www.bakerartistawards.org/ and click “sign up now” at the top to register. Once you are registered, go here: http://www.bakerartistawards.org/nomination/view/cedar_lee/ to view my profile. To vote, click “Vote for Cedar Lee” on the right side of the page.
Thank you in advance if you’re just joining in, and if you’ve already given me your votes, thanks for supporting me!
In other news, I’ve been dog-sitting a boxer named Honey for the past couple of weeks, and it’s been kind of insane around our house, what with 3 big dogs (Clara, Blake, and Honey) wildly romping underfoot, playing enthusiastic games of tug-of-war and tracking mud in from outside.
But it’s also been fun–all the dogs are having a great time, getting plenty of exercise running around indoors, which is nice because I hate having to go outside in this freezing weather. Honey is a super-good dog and we like having her around. And since we installed a new baby gate, we can now corral the beasts into the kitchen when we need to, which makes thing a lot easier. Isn’t she sweet?
It now looks like it’s turning into a foster situation rather than just dog-sitting. I’m not sure how long we’ll be caring for Honey, but it’s clear that staying with us for awhile is the best thing for her at the moment. She had been cooped up alone in a tiny apartment where her person was never home. I’m free to send her back there anytime, but I really want to see her placed into a good home environment when she leaves us. I have never been a foster parent, for a human, canine, or any other kind of child, but now I think I understand why people do it.
On the Art By Cedar front, I’m getting ready to start several new paintings. The blank canvases await!
And I’m going to be re-designing parts of my website to more clearly represent the overall direction I’m taking with the different series of paintings I’ve been developing these past few years. I’m so excited about it! I just need to work out the logistics of code & design–I’ll let you know when I’ve made the updates.
