Tonight was the Wet Paint auction, held at the Port Royal club.  It was a beautiful evening and the view beyond the room where the paintings were displayed was the beach, with the sun setting down into the water.  All in all, it was a perfect venue for the affair.  My painting was in the live auction, hurrah!  The David Lawrence Center had a successful fundraising night; a few of the paintings went for pretty high prices compared to a couple of years during the downturn in the economy.  I made new artist friends this year, which is always a bonus during painting events.  

The couple who purchased my painting searched me out after the auction to thank me and tell me how excited they were about the painting. They bought it for the husband, John's, 65th birthday, and the reason that they loved it was that they could see him in the painting.  Sure enough, they showed me his head in the painting and it does look like him!  They asked me to write something on the back of the painting to personalize it.  I am always thrilled when people are so happy about having a painting of mine.  What a nice evening!