Congratulations are in order for local artist Betty Hendrix.

The Artist's Magazine's 2009 All-Media Online Competition had over 2,570 entries with an overall grand prize winner, first place and three honorable mention awards in each of seven categories.

Hendrix received an honorable mention for her colored pencil drawing, "Pie in the Sky," from the graphite, charcoal and colored pencil category.

"I feel thrilled to be chosen as one of 29 winners out of 2,570 entries," says Hendrix.

Hendrix and her husband, David, retired to this area in 1989 and live in Whispering Pines. She is a member of the Arts Council of Moore County, the Sandhills Photography Club and an active member of the Artists League of the Sandhills. An original member of the League as well as a past president, she currently serves as chairperson of the education committee, is an instructor of colored pencils and soft pastels and can be found most any day busy at work in her studio space at the League.

To view the winners of this competition, visit http://www.artistsnetwork.com/2009-online-competition or stop in at the Artists League of the Sandhills and see more of Hendrix's work in her studio space. While there, check out the art of over 40 other studio artists and the Artist of the Month in the Exchange Street Gallery.

The Artists League of the Sandhills is a nonprofit organization founded in 1994 to promote interest in the visual arts by providing quality art education and a friendly environment in which to work and exhibit. It is located in downtown Aberdeen at 129 Exchange Street in the old Aberdeen Rockfish Railroad storage terminal.

Visit the Web site at www.artistleague.org. Call (910) 944-3979 or e-mail artistleague@pinehurst.net for information on membership, classes, workshops and monthly gallery exhibits.