MAYFLIES AND TROUT RISE, OKUTAMA RIVER

RECIPIENT OF

THE PIETRO AND ALFRIEDA MONTANA MEMORIAL PRIZE

IN NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY 83RD ANNUAL AWARDS EXHIBITION

News - September 2016:

This past week the Jury of Awards consisting of Simon Kogan, FNSS; Roger Martin, FNSS; and Burton E. Moore III, Director, Audubon Gallery, met to review the works which are currently on display in the National Sculpture Society's 83rd Annual Awards Exhibition. I am thrilled to share the news that my work, Mayflies and Trout Rise Okutama River, has been acknowledged as noteworthy within the show through the award of the Pietro and Alfrieda Montana Memorial Prize.

Each year this prize is awarded to a sculpture recognized as "an outstanding work, either carved or cast."

In a show which represents such a profound body of exceptional works, I am humbled and honored by the receipt of such a validation of my sculptural undertakings.

My deepest and sincerest thanks to the members of the jury as well as to each and every person who has contributed to making this year's 83rd Annual Exhibition a reality.

JD Welsh

Mayflies and Trout Rise, Okutama River

(cast bronze detail image pictures above)

Currently on display at the Brookgreen Gardens, Pawley Island, South Carolina for the National Sculpture Society's 83rd Annual Awards Exhibition until Oct. 30th 2016