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Universal Liquor
oil on canvas
Believe it or not, that WAS the name of the liquor store. Universal Liquor. This is a slice of either 20th street or Florida Avenue (I forget which) as it approaches Connecticut Avenue and just before crossing, in Washington DC. My boss dubbed this "The White Van" after the "Sniper Incident" in Washington DC where, for a while, it looked like the sniper was using a white van.
This painting was accepted for exhibit in the Torpedo Factory Art League Gallery and was also accepted in the August 2003 League of Reston Artists' show at the US Geological Survey National Center where it was awarded an "Equal Merit" award.
Kathleen Callery, who judged the August, 2003 League of Reston Artists show, awarded two "Equal Merit" (first prizes), one to "Universal Liquor" by P. Coulter. She states: "Coulter is adept at translating the complex of color, shape, value and line that define a city street into the simplicity of a canvas. She brings to her canvas very personal painting choices that integrate the whole to share with us." Ms. Callery is an abstract artist. She taught drawing and acrylic painting at the Art League School in Alexandria VA and has been represented by the Foundry Gallery in Washington DC and by Trudy Labell Fine Arts, Inc. in Naples FL.
For those of you who may not recognize the term "Equal Merit" award, it began to be used by art show judges some years ago, to my dismay, rather than the old First, Second, Third classification. I'd prefer First, Second or Third. It's just the judge's opinion, after all, but it seems cleaner. But we live in a climate of political correctness.