the graduate
Posted by Sherry on June 3, 2008
Last month our son, Rachel’s John Williams, graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Their Oregon siblings flew across the country to celebrate. They’re the ones who get credit for these great pictures that will tell the story:
John and Rachel in their Philadelphia home, ready to attend the award and exhibition events.
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The next best thing to being there!
John won FIVE awards, all important, one especially so. It was a $5,000 travel/study award, which might take John and Rach to Puerto Rico.
Here’s the exhibition part. You can see John’s specialized style.
I’ve forgotten now exactly how many paintings he sold from this exhibit but it was nearly all or absolutely all of them. And we just learned he’s presently working on a commissioned piece. That’s affirmation of the very best kind.
Here’s the whole gang: John/Erin, Pete/Lins, Elizabeth (John’s mom, who traveled via Amtrak from Portland), John/Rachel
We are very proud (can you tell?) and happy to broadcast this accomplishment. John’s been committed to finishing his degree, and now he’s done it! Woo hoo!
Thanks for such nice coverage of John’s graduation! We ALL had a wonderful time together at John & Rachel’s inviting, comfortable home, and did a LOT of touring around Philly. The kids got much better photos than I did of the day of the event itself! Probably a little too emotionally-charged for me–my shots were mostly out of focus! (Teary?) Anyway, your Scotland trip sounds amazing, and I’ll look forward to reading all about it here.