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Are you someone who loves surprises, good ones of course? I received a very nice surprise today, when I went to pick up my winning watercolour at the closing of an exhibition.

This painting wasn't for sale, as it's a gift for a loved one's milestone birthday, even though I entered it in a City of Montréal art contest.
The"Pierrefonds-Roxboro Art Contest" is named for the neighborhood where this contest began, thirty-six years ago.
My painting won First Prize - in the amateur artist category for Watercolour & Gouache works - and I'd already received a framed certificate at a "Gala Art Awards" ceremony on December 2nd.
What was the surprise?
This little award plaque, with adhesive strips on the reverse, that "the artist can affix to their winning painting or keep to display elsewhere if the painting has been sold." 
This was such a nice surprise, at the end of the art show, and I was truly touched.