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| Point Lobos Poetry © Marian Fortunati 24" x 36" x 2" Oil on Canvas |
Okay... I confess to being ignorant.
My main website is hosted by Fine Art Studio Online (FASO). For a long time now, they have hosted a monthly online art contest. Each month a different well-known artist is the juror. For a nominal fee, anyone can enter as many images of their art as they like whether they use FASO or not, but as a "bonus" FASO users get one free entry each month.
For many months now, I haven't remembered to enter the contest, but when I completed my "big" painting, I decided that I really liked it and decided to enter it. As part of the contest but unrelated to the actual jurying, there is a "popularity" contest. People try to get their friends or strangers to "LIKE" their work using the Facebook application. It's always fun to see if other people like your work. Happily this painting had quite a few votes.
Now here's where the "ignorant" part comes in...... → I have always thought that those chosen as part of the "FAV 15%" were those who had the most "likes".... That they were the most popular as chosen by friends and strangers using Facebook. Well, I was delighted to see that my painting, "Point Lobos Poetry" had been chosen among the "FAV 15%"! But then I looked further and discovered that a friend's work and several others I had noticed who had many more votes than my painting WEREN'T in the "FAV 15%". WHAT???? I was perplexed. So I checked around and then asked several friends about it who had been in the "FAV 15%" previously.
It turns out that the "FAV 15%" isn't a popularity contest after all. The Facebook "like" thing is just for fun... an amusing pass-time only. The "FAV 15%" is how the website narrows down the entries to a more reasonable number so that the juror (in this month's case, wonderful Northern California Artist, Laurie Kersey) won't have to wade through thousands of entries. Apparently this designation is a jury process in itself. Who knew?? Well, now I'm even more thrilled and honored to have my painting included amoung the "FAV 15%"!!
The final juried selections by Laurie Kersey won't be announced until the end of the month, but I'm thrilled right now!! -Thanks, FASO!
The final juried selections by Laurie Kersey won't be announced until the end of the month, but I'm thrilled right now!! -Thanks, FASO!
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Last but not least
I decided to enter the online contest again for April. This time I am entering a plein air piece I did up near UCSB when I was visiting my daughter for the day. Just for fun, I'd love for you to click on the link below and "LIKE" it! (Remember it is ONLY for fun.... it will not affect the results of the real contest.) I'll blog about this delightful day later... I'm really getting behind with my blogging!
-- Bye for now.
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