WSA art awards

To my pleasure my painting polytrichum antrum was in the final selection of the Waikato Society of Arts awards in Hamilton. It's one of New Zealand's premiere art contests and receives hundreds of entries. Unfortunately my work did not get a jury price but it was choosen as the publics favorite.
The picture shows the entrants previewing the exhibition just before the official opening. A couple of minutes later there were many more people and much fewer snacks.