Garth Herrick's Apotheoun is a Smithsonian Competition Semifinalist

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Claudemir Bonfim

Congratulations Garth! I just would like to know the meaning of "Apotheoun", you know, I'm a foreigner. I wish I could see it personally. Maybe some day.
Kindest wishes.

Claudemir, thanks for your kind wishes!

As for the title: Apotheoun is a foreign word here too. I found the following at Dictionary.com:

Word of the Day for Monday May 7, 2001

apotheosis \uh-pah-thee-OH-sis; ap-uh-THEE-uh-sis\, noun
plural apotheoses \-seez\:
1. Elevation to divine rank or stature; deification.
2. An exalted or glorified example; a model of excellence or perfection of a kind.

Following martyrdom at the Alamo and apotheosis in song, tall tale, and celluloid myth, this bumpkin from west Tennessee [Davy Crockett] became better known and more revered than all but a handful of American presidents.
--Mark Royden Winchell, Cleanth Brooks and the Rise of Modern Criticism

Plato's Athens, conventionally the apotheosis of civilized Western urbanity, endured Diogenes the Cynic, who (according to tradition) dwelt in contented filth under an overturned bathtub outside the city gates, heaping ribald scorn on philosophers and citizens alike.
--Mark Caldwell, A Short History of Rudeness

Charles I's court represented the English apotheosis of this Renaissance ideal of kingship.
--John Brewer, The Pleasures of the Imagination


Apotheosis comes from Greek, from apotheoun, "to deify," from apo- + theos, "a god."

Of course, this painting has nothing to do with definition #2!

An earlier related painting I did was titled "Apotheosis of the Chunnel". That one is too hard to explain. I picked "Apotheoun" because it was related or a root to apotheosis.

Garth

[Lacey Lewis]

Congrats Garth! This is beyond deserved.

[David Draime]

Garth,
Congrats as well. Jimmie's right:....WEBSITE! I just have a desire to take in all your incredible work at once, from one site.

[Julie Deane]

Garth -

It's such a beautiful piece. Comes as no surprise that it made the cut. Congratulations!

[Allan Rahbek]

Garth,
I think that, for many painters, the story they tell is the one about looking.

Whitaker said that it

[Cynthia Daniel]

Awesome, Garth!

[Lisa Ober]

Congratulations! Good luck!

[Marcus Lim]

Originally Posted by Allan Rahbek

Congrathulations,
I wish that I could see this masterpiece in person.

You can say that again Allan!
Congratulations Garth! The sun of success seems to be on your path, and i continue to see this happening in the times to come. Alas i can't view the masterpiece of yours as much as i want to. Do continue to astound us with more new works of yours!

[Jane Bradley]

I want to add my congratulations - this is a wonderful painting!!

[Heidi Maiers]

Woo hoo - fantastic news Garth!
Yikes - 4000 submissions did you say? Well, there goes all my hope right out the window for making the cut.

I predict that not only will this painting make the finals, it will likely be among the top ten!

We're all rooting for you buddy.