Sunday, August 20, 2023

A Vermont Farm

 Rooting around in the dusty archives I came across this early landmark in my artistic career. "A Vermont Farm", pencil on lined notebook paper, done when I was in fourth grade and probably should have been paying attention to long division. It won first prize in the 1962 NSA (yes, that NSA) Children's Art Show.

Child's drawing of farmhouse, barn, pickup truck, tree, wagon and fence, mounted on red posterboard. Gold star and blue ribbon affixed upper right. Label lower left reads : "A Vermont Farm Matthew D. Mattingly Grade IV Ignatius G. Mattingly X7134

Child's drawing of farmhouse, barn, pickup truck, tree, wagon and fence.

Close up of gold star, with scratched inscription: "1962 NSA Children's Art Show First Prize Group II