Since it was a common belief among Kyoto modern painters at that time that receiving an award at an exhibition sponsored by the government was the starting point of a painter's career, he entered his works in the exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education while he was still at school, though none of them won an award.
当時の京都画壇では、官展に入選することが画家としての第一歩と考えられていた為、当然神泉も学校在籍時から文展へ出品するが、ことごとく落選。