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Baltimore
Watercolor
Society
Larry Lombardo
Lebanon, Pa.
Hopefully Helping Haiti
(watercolor on paper, 24x20½ )
“When I was 45, I joined
a group from our church
going to Haiti. One day
while there, I noticed a
girl staring at us from
a distance. I took my
camera out to capture
her face; I never wanted
to forget it.
“The idea and con-
cept for this painting
took a month. I wanted
to show the typical
Haitian home, and the
paint running at the bot-
tom is symbolic of the
distress and physical
state of the country. The
only true whites in the
piece are in the subject.
I wanted her to look
three-dimensional.
“I was able to go back
to Haiti this past sum-
mer and even found my
subject, Clairment. She
brought her twin sister,
and I was so excited to
see them happy and
healthy. The back-
ground subjects are
others I met who left an
impression on me. My
wife and I continue to
build these relationships
to this day.”
JUROR TIP: “The most
important piece of advice
for artists entering com-
petitions is to create a
strong composition that
can be spotted from
across the room. I even
teach the rule that
‘composition is king,’
although, I must admit,
emotional content is the
‘queen of hearts,’ and she
still rules the palace.”
— KATHLEEN CONOVER
Canadian
Society of
Painters in
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