Congratulations!!! Very well deserved...I like this piece of yours VERY much.
Good luck in the show......[I]

Congratulations Ilaria !
This is wonderful news!

Congratulations, Ilaria!

Thank you so much !!
Ilaria

Dear Ilaria,

What exciting news! Keep us up to date:)

Ilaria, such a clever title on this thread--but I never guessed it was about your chef's portrait. That is simply wonderful news! Congratulations on your acceptance which is absolutely deserved. I can't wait to see pictures and hear results. I'm rooting for you.

Congratulations Ilaria!

Ilaria, I am late to this thread, but congratulations to you for your painting's well deserved acceptance; I love it! Thanks for the high resolution image too. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Garth

Congratulations, Ilaria! This is a perfect example of the slightly edgy version of contemporary portraiture as I imagine it to be in Europe - painterly, very fresh color, an asymmetrical composition and with the subject looking off, rather than at the viewer. Very different from the more traditional stuff many of us do here in the US.

Thanks to everyone, the opening is next week and I just can't wait.
Michele, in fact this is a work painted for myself, I am not sure I would get away with it if it were a commission ;)