2014 Art Show

Winners for this year are:

Beginner Category
1st place: “Lighthouse” by Mary Jane Platte
2nd place: “Wisconsin Shed” by Phyllis Anderson
3rd place: “John”  by Lore Lee Jenson
Honorable Mention: “Pond at Sunset”  by Margie Gilbert

Intermediate Category
1st place: “Old Fire Truck” by Marie Kline
2nd Place: “Falling Leaves” by Andrea Hill
3rd place “Saguaro at Saguaro” by Russell Mathias
Honorable Mention: “Coffee Camelia” by Andrea Hill

Advanced Oils Category
1st place: “Lazy Days, Cypress Swamp” by Phyllis Boughton
2nd place: “Moose in a Colorado Pond” by Ruth Cline
3rd place: “Encampment” by Carol Morrow
Honorable Mention: “Lobo” by Kay Nordberg

Advanced Watercolor Category
1st place: “Desert Flowers” by Jeannette Florom
2nd place: “Spain House” by Becky DeFord
3rd place: “My Gala Apples” by Patricia Eagan
Honorable Mention: “Desert Bloom” by Joan Lockwood
            
Advanced Mixed Media/Other Category
1st place: “Gotcha” ink and watercolor by Jeannette Florom
2nd place: “Stargazer Lily” pastel by Donna Kunkel  
3rd place: “Many Moons Ago” mixed media, acrylic and oil by Jill Holleque  
Honorable Mention: “Streets of London” mixed media, oil and acrylic by Kay Nordberg

Advanced Acrylic Category
1st place: “Chairs on the 9th” by Vivian Ward-Golletz
2nd place: “Flour Mill,” by Becky DeFord
3rd place: "Church and Flowers” by Donna Kunkel
Honorable Mention: “Fall Colors” by Kay Nordberg

Portraits
1st place: “Gary Messeck” by Becky DeFord
2nd place: “Larry” by Phyllis Boughton
3rd place: “Taryl” by Ramona Beringer
Honorable Mention: “Taking Teddy For a Ride” by Jeannette Florom   

Semi-Pro category
1st place: “Grapes Aplenty” by Alicia Short
2nd place: “Endangered Species,” by Bob Brum
3rd place: “Montana Elk” by Ila Wandtke
Honorable Mention: “Untitled” by Bob Brum
 
Go to the follow links to see the pictures of these works.

Judging for the show was done by Bud Heiss, a very accomplished artist, whose acrylic paintings have won many awards.  He is also a teacher in the Mesa area, who recently had a successful show at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum.