![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-photo-Marie-Cameron-200x300.jpg)
The Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, California, hosts an annual Salon, a statewide competition and exhibition of 2-D work, this year guest juried by Charlotte Eyerman, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Monterey Museum of Art! Out of the 1450 submissions, 124 pieces by 114 artists were selected for the show, my painting Wildflower among them.
The reception for the salon is always packed and is hard to get a good look at all the work while visiting with artists and friends but it always make for a memorable evening! (This is my third year in a row exhibiting – knock on wood).
This year was very special, I was honored to have Aušra, the daughter of Antanas Štarka (the man whose portrait I painted in Wildflower) and partner Ilan attend the reception with Aušra’s niece Laura, straight from her flight from Europe! Aušra is an amazing photographer whose photograph had inspired the painting. It was Aušra too that had made the wreath of Lithuanian wildflowers that he’s wearing in the painting and I was so touched when she brought me a matching bouquet of flowers! One day soon this painting will travel on to Lithuania!
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 6 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-6-photo-Marie-Cameron1.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 8 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-8-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 9 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-9-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 10 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-10-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
Sometimes I have fun dressing like my paintings – this time my friend, artist Tom Yacoe, unknowingly did… I understand he is even half Lithuanian!
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 21- photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-21-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 18 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-18-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 20 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-20-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
There was just too many people to enjoy talking with to do a comprehensive award report – I’m not even sure who won all the prizes and will have to go back for a quiet, studious look later. But I’ll share a few photos of artists I was able to catch:
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - Lauren Herzog Schwartz - Exuberance III - charcoal- photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-Lauren-Herzog-Schwartz-Exuberance-III-charcoal-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
Lauren Herzog Schwartz – Exuberance III – charcoal
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - Deepali Race Against Time and Juxtaposed - pastel on paper - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-Deepali-Race-Against-Time-and-Juxtaposed-pastel-on-paper-photo-Marie-Cameron-200x300.jpg)
Denise Howard – Tenuous – graphite on paper, Belinda Lima – On the Edge – collage, Deepali Kapatkar Race Against Time and Juxtaposed – pastel on paper.
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - Vanessa Callanta - One Breath - Charcoal on Paper - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-Vanessa-Callanta-One-Breath-Charcoal-on-Paper-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
Vanessa Callanta – One Breath – charcoal on paper
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - Peter Carey - Pienza - watercolor on board - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-Peter-Carey-Pienza-watercolor-on-board-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
Peter Carey – Pienza – watercolor on board
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - Monica Valdez - First Place Painting - gouache and graphtie over watercolor, acrylic and monotype - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-Monica-Valdez-First-Place-Painting-gouache-and-graphtie-over-watercolor-acrylic-and-monotype-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
Monica Valdez – First Place Painting – Phyllotopsis I, Trametes, T. Versicolor – gouache and graphtie over watercolor, acrylic and monotype
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 13- photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-13-photo-Marie-Cameron1.jpg)
Elizabeth Barlow – Pas de Deux – oil on linen
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 14 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-14-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 12 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-12-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 22 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-22-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
Nabeela Sajaad – Heavenly Refuge – acrylic on canvas
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 1 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-1-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 3 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-3-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 4 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-4-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 5 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-5-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 2 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-2-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 17 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-17-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 16 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-16-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
![Salon at the Triton 2016 - reception 7 - photo Marie Cameron](http://mariecameronstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Salon-at-the-Triton-2016-reception-7-photo-Marie-Cameron.jpg)
Also a special year because I got to meet up with my girlfriends and hit a Thai restaurant after!
If you’d like to see the full list of exhibiting artists, please click here for the link.