I get so excited when I meet a deadline with time to spare.  I learned a long time ago about the stress waiting until the last minute can cause, but with my painting I keep thinking the next painting is going to be "the One", so when it comes to entering competitions I am always last minute. Kevin Macpherson says he believes that God shoots all of your paintings out of the same tube...kind of like the drive in teller at the bank. You have to pull out the bad ones to get to the good ones.  So again with entering shows and competitions I always think that just maybe the next one out of the shoot will be the best one. Today I sent images for this years American Society of Marine Artist's East Regional Exhibition.  I sure hope these are the good ones!!!!