Sunday's combinedREALMSGallery Opening andShowcase of Melioria eventwelcomed many friends and visitorsto our Italian Seaside Resort Community. The Council and myself were honoured with your presence and very muchdelighted in your company ~

Guests at the Showcase were invited to vote for their favourite image, and the one garnering the most votes would have a name chosen through a computer generated random selection means to be presented with a gift copy.

"Melioria Apprentices at Dusk" was the overall favourite, and we are pleased to announce the lovely Signora Quecay Amatasthe recipient !I sincerely hope you will enjoy this addition to your art collection Quecay

For those of you who were unable to be present, the entire collection will remainon display onthe OCC platform until the end of May.

Grazie Thank You Merci

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updated by @candace-ducatillon: 06 Oct 2016 06:12:32AM

It is my pleasure, Candace. I feel much honored because I am a big admirer of your art and how your eye helps us to focus in some aspects of our daily life, in its small, but no less important, details.

I love the composition of this photo, which tells me about the intimate silence of three boys, admiring the big ship and, maybe, dreaming of secret adventures, surrounded by a magical sky.

Thank you very much, Candace !!

Kisses

I gree Quecay!

Candace your pictures are some lovely and magical emotions...

I always see with great interest your works...

My compliments!

Although I really liked the one with the cats, I think that your guests chose well. This is a great image.

Melioria is such a picturesque place! No wonder this charming mediterranean island attracts artists! Candace has been strolling throughits gardens, narrow streets,beaches and docks for months and brought back this collection of nearly 30 pictures, both an artistic achievement and a poetic survey of this Principality.

This " winning" picture is partcularly well chosen in this that it marks a new trend in Candace's art, introducing more human figures in her landscapes, with an undisputable mastery.

But my main impression was that each picture, with its own particular charm and emotion, gained also some strength from being put side by side with the others, and that the whole collection was even greaterthan the simple addition of its parts.

Don't wait until this Showcase is over ( by the end of May) , believe me!

I was unable to come to the opening. ButI will make to visit the exhibit:)

Looks like wonderful work.

I had so much fun at your opening! You continue to inspire all those around you with your lovely visions.

Xo

A most sincere thank youto all who visited the Showcase and for the inspiring messages I have received. To be acknowledged like this foran activityI so enjoypursuing is indeed a gift ~ Now,to decide on another representation ......