In one of my past posts, I mentioned that two of my paintings were printed in the Spring 2014 issue of UPG’s Pendulum student literary magazine. Well, I was finally sent a copy! Take a look:
Last I left off, the Gala at the Greater Latrobe Art Center was upcoming… The Gala took place on November 6, 2014. Unfortunately, I was out of state working, so I was unable to attend.
Despite that, I got great news!
Not a lot of fame, but my painting has gotten a little bit of buzz recently!
My painting appeared on the front page of the Latrobe Bulletin on November 7, 2014, in an article covering the Gala:
That is my painting in the lower corner of the front page. While my painting wasn’t really mentioned in the body of the article, the caption for the picture of my paintings reads: “i dreamed of stars” by Stephanie Oplinger of Pittsburgh was the students’ first choice, and ties for fifth when the gala guests voted for their favorite.
As mentioned briefly in the above article, my painting was chosen by the students of the Greater Latrobe Senior High School to be added to the school’s permanent collection, and so the school bought my painting! “i dreamed of stars” is now a part of the permanent art collection at the Great Latrobe Senior High School.
Lastly, my painting also showed up in a beautiful online article from TribLive:
Students select Oplinger painting for Greater Latrobe school art collection

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, 9:00 p.m.
Trib Live article sourse: http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourlatrobe/yourlatrobemore/7155294-74/art-collection-stars#axzz3NCp1h9jk
I feel that that was a wonderful note to leave off on at the end of the year! It has helped to spark a lot of renewed energy to keep working on new art. Hopefully 2015 will be equally good – if not much better – to my art!
Lots of Love,
Stephanie Oplinger
www.soarts.net