I'm gobsmacked as well, but only because I can't believe you're only now being chosen for GOM!  I would have thought you'd have been honored long before this.  Your gallery is a master class in portraiture, nature, light and composition.  The way you combine traditional art with photography (ie postwork techniques) is a revelation and an inspiration!  I'm so pleased for you.  As Carin says, the honor is well deserved and long overdue.

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa