Juried Member Show - Awards and Reception (Part Two) - the Winning Paintings!

(photo courtesy of John Cusick)

After spending about seven hours on the blog the other day I decided to take a break from blogging yesterday. But here is the next post finally - photos of our winning artists with their paintings! The artwork was amazing and I can see why our judge or juror, Ann Manry Kenyon, had this to say about our show:

Oh the pain of it all - to try to choose between all these lovely pieces.There are those shimmering with color that beg "pick me, pick me", yet the next painting's composition is exquisite. Each piece allows me a tiny peek inside the artist's soul...Alas, having been given my orders to chose only eight pieces, I agonized. For really each of the 76 pieces had their own element of Beauty.

(note the number 76 is for all those entered in the show, including those juried out, not the number actually hung).

The next post in the series will show *all* of the paintings that were hung in our show, including better shots of the winning works! Meanwhile, here again are our winners, this time with their winning paintings. Again a big congratulations to ALL of them.

Best of Show:

 ‘Hijinx at the Helm’, by Corinne Samuels

First Place:

 ‘East Point’ by Wendy Devarieux

Second Place:

 ‘Last Day of Summer’ by Patrick Mahoney

Third Place:

 ‘Just After Dawn’ by Lyn Asselta

Merit Awards:

‘Nightfall Hunting Island’ by Eve Miller

‘South Creek’ by Steve Johnson

‘One Pair, Both Red’ by Rick Peterson

‘Ximenez-Fatio House’, by Cindy Pierson

Lyn Asselta Founders Award:

            ‘New Day, New Year’ by Sherri Lewis-Seals

People’s Choice Awards:

            ‘Handyman’ by Cindy Pierson

‘Kelsey’ by Corinne Samuels

Stay tuned for the next installment.