Time to enter some artwork

This summer the arts festival in central PA is going live rather than virtual. So I’m going to enter 2 pieces in the Images juried exhibition. https://arts-festival.com/images-juried-exhibition

My first piece is “Dawn on the Charles Bridge.”

Dawn on the Charles Bridge 36 in by 36 in

My second piece is “Abandoned Cement Works.”

Abandoned Cement Works 18 in by 18 in

Hopefully one of them will get in. Thoughts on revising my artist statement are appreciated. This is what I have used before. I'm thinking that it needs some work or a lot of work. It probably does not need that bit about doing art since I was a kid. Do you have any advise on this?

I have been doing art in one form or another since I was a child. I have sketched, painted, made baskets, done metal punch and worked with stained glass. For the last 35 years quilting has become my obsession. The inspiration for my quilts comes from nature, my love and fascination with old buildings as well as my attraction to things like cement works, oil rigs, and energy sources. My career spent teaching physics, astronomy, and meteorology has had a strong influence on my art. This can be seen particularly in my energy/environmental series.

Of course you are asking what about the Pittsburgh pieces. You can only enter 3 artworks and they have to have been done in the past 3 years. So for the Charles Bridge it is now or never. I doubt that if you entered 3 pieces that all 3 would get in. Sometime I wonder if I should only enter the Charles Bridge so I'm not competing against myself with both the bridge and the cement works. Or even how important that is. I will enter the Pittsburgh pieces next year.

Linking to Nina-Marie.

Thanks for reading.

Chris