<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello Lorraine,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Excellent NEWS ! It's an amazing painting, very vibrant ! No wonder the judges were enchanted !</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Mary</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 25-Aug-07, at 12:54 PM, Lorraine Dietrich wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></O:SMARTTAGTYPE><O:SMARTTAGTYPE name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></O:SMARTTAGTYPE> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Bonjour, Hello</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">I received excellent NEWS from NEWS , North East Watercolor Society , USA.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">My painting <STRONG>"Arabesque d'Orient "</STRONG> (26 x 18 in., on Fabriano 300 lb cp ) was selected for the next 31st International Open Juried Exhibition that will be presented at Kent Art Gallery from Oct. 21 until November 4th 2007. If you have time to take a look, the image is on that webpage. This national organization is excellent and the annual exhibitions are always breathtaking , showing new trends in watercolour painting, a good variety of different approaches and styles. I was really thrilled to be selected. It is a big big plus for me !! Hope you like the painting and tell about your opinion. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">français <A href="http://www.artsquebec.com/fr/html/oeuvre_artiste.asp?ida=1227">http://www.artsquebec.com/fr/html/oeuvre_artiste.asp?ida=1227</A><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">On the same webpage , you'll see also one of my latest works, <STRONG>Orchidée et palmetto</STRONG>, a small painting 13 x 11 inches on Arches 140 lb cp. Full of pink tones while listening to Mozart several concertos. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">references :</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">North East Watercolor Society, USA</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"><A href="http://www.northeastws.com/">http://www.northeastws.com/</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Kent Art Gallery</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"><A href="http://www.kentart.org/index.htm">http://www.kentart.org/index.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Have a nice week-end. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"> </FONT></DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size="2"><FONT size="3">LORRAINE P. DIETRICH,</FONT> iaf, news<BR>artiste peintre / artist <BR>--------------<BR><A href="http://www.centrart.qc.ca/artistes/artvisuel/ldietrich/ecran.html">www.centrart.qc.ca/artistes/artvisuel/ldietrich/ecran.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size="2">english <A href="http://www.artsquebec.com/en/html/oeuvre_artiste.asp?ida=1227">http://www.artsquebec.com/en/html/oeuvre_artiste.asp?ida=1227</A><BR><A href="http://www.eeag.org/ldietrich/ldietrich.html">http://www.eeag.org/ldietrich/ldietrich.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size="2">IAF <A href="http://institutdesartsfiguratifs.com/pages_public/artistes_fiche.php?id_artiste=5">http://institutdesartsfiguratifs.com/pages_public/artistes_fiche.php?id_artiste=5</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size="2">Galerie le Bourget, Montréal<BR><A href="http://www.galerielebourget.com/">www.galerielebourget.com/</A><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Aquanet mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Aquanet@thedigitalbraintrust.net">Aquanet@thedigitalbraintrust.net</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanet">http://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanet</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Check out the Aquanet web site:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.aquanetart.com">http://www.aquanetart.com</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>