JUROR'S STATEMENT
When I look at art, there are multiple constructs in which I take into consideration. Aside from a work’s apparent beauty, I am keenly intrigued by the media and the method. I am drawn to compositions that speak to me either in their concept, context, diversity or process, in addition to the overall quality. I also consider if it is a piece that I would want to add to my personal art collection or suggest to a client. As an art professional for over thirty years, I understand the struggles that confront artists as they strive to be innovative, creative and unique in order to set themselves apart from other artists and to gain critical acclaim and success. With that in mind, I truly love each of the works I selected for the Autumn Juried Show and choosing the awards for the exhibition was quite hard.
While the current state of affairs throughout 2020 were not included as part of the prospectus for this exhibition, it was nearly impossible to not to take the relevant issues into consideration – COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, and the division within our country. While the works in the exhibition aren’t conspicuously addressing the issues related to 2020, I was definitely drawn to certain subjects, color schemes and mediums. I believe we all see the world through a different lens today than we did seven months ago – whether it’s by discovering new beauty in nature or in the most quotidien moments which we have taken for granted. There is also an element of nostalgia that is also omnipresent in our new normal. This new lens definitely influenced how I viewed the entries and made my selections and juried this exhibition.
—Kristin Peterson Edwards
Click here for judge's bio and a list of the participating artists and prize winners
Ken Kosakoff
Angulus in C major #32
Giclee print
17" x 22"
$600
BEST IN SHOW
Marcy Juran
Queen Ann's Lace, Bindweed | Imagined Gardens
Archival digital print with encaustic on wooden panel
24" x 24"
$1,200
Janine Brown
Pattern Play VIII
Acrylic
13.5" x 13.5"
$500
Maria Friscia
Road Trip
Oil on canvas
24" x 36"
$1,900
Nancy Breakstone
Leaf Imprint #2 In the Path
Color photograph
36" x 28"
$325
Melissa Orme
Inspiration
Acrylic on linen canvas
30" x 30"
$1,850
Roger Martensen
White House at Sundown
Watercolor
9" x 14"
$450
Angela Rustici
Counting
Encaustic, pigment stick, graphite on panel
24" x 24"
$1,100
Katharine Draper
Celebration
Ink monotype
28" x 28"
$900
Beth M. Reifers
Lavender Flowers
Watercolor
12" x 16"
$220
Nina Daryanani
Three Medium Sunflowers
Oil on cradled birch board
12" x 12"
$650
HONORABLE MENTION
John Gould
Cafe
Oil on canvas
24" x 30"
$500
Rosa Sclafani
Quarantine
Watercolor
10" x 14"
$400
Loretta Weitzel
The Passage
Watercolor
29.5" x 27"
$850
Julie O'Connor
Secrets of the Doge's Palace
Digital archival photo sublimated to aluminum
12" x 12"
$180
FIRST PRIZE
Karen Popp
Grand Entrance
Pen and ink with watercolor on cradled panel
10" x 8"
$450
Joyce Grasso
Harbor Mist #1
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 24"
$1,600
Bobbi Eike Mullen
Bow Season
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 27"
$1,200
Andrea Letters
The Copse, Speyside
Archival pigment print
18" x 18"
$300
HONORABLE MENTION
Lynne Byrne
Queen Ann's Lace Reflections
Photography
33" x 22"
$750
Lynn Sadlon
Autumnal Marsh
Acrylic
11" x 14"
$250
Jane LaMotta
Patchwork
Acrylic paint, mortar
20" x 26"
$500
Ronnie Gold
Hidden Treasure
Pastel on Uart with underpainting
16" x 12"
$900
THIRD PRIZE
Lenny Moskowitz
Garden at Edgerton Park
Acrylic on canvas
36" x 36"
$3,600
Kirsti Holtan
Prickly
Photograph
16" x 16"
$300
Ginny Waters
Death Fairy Teapot
Porcelain with sprigging and underglaze
7" x 10"
$160
Julia Rose
SF Sky 2020
Acrylic on canvas
16" x 20"
$550
Pamela Stoddart
Daisy Evolution I
Acrylic
30" x 24"
$900
Eunice Roy
Cityscape
Oil on board
12" x 12"
$225
Elena Abrahams
Pool
Cut paper on acrylic
20" x 24"
$500
ReBeL ReBeL
Sunsoaked
Giclee print of digital photograph
16 x 20"
$777
Margaret Jolly
Oceaneer
Williamsburg oil on Belgian linen
30" x 30"
$1,000
Jennifer Mone Hill
Blue Wash No. 2
Acrylic on canvas
8" x 24"
$330
Susanna Long
Finding Peace Together
Oil over acrylic on canvas
36" x 36"
$972
Marian Doherty
Flame
Painted metal
16" x 7" x7"
$350
Robert Carley
Untitled 3
Pen and ink
30" x 24"
$900
Barbara Boeck
Hens & Chicks II, Deconstructed
Pastel on raw canvas, wood substrate
31" x 21" x 3/4"
$1,400
Allison Cary
High Hopes
Alcohol ink and acrylic on canvas
18" x 18"
$350
Ceal Swift
Nightfall Day 48
Acrylic on canvas
16" x 20"
$675
Kat Evans
Embrace Passion
Acrylic on mounted canvas
40" x 40"
$6,400
Daniel Barrett
Undisclosed
Acrylic
12" x 8"
$275
Heidi Lewis Coleman
Just Ahead
Acrylic and pastel on watercolor paper
22" x 22"
$850
Linda McMillan
Floating on the River
Wet Cyanotype
15" x 12"
$175
Julie DiBiase
Fall in Love
Archival pigment print
14" x 14"
$300
Norm Jensen
Window Display-6
Photography
13" x 20"
$350
Bevi Bullwinkel
Harmony 2
Water mixable oil
30" x 24"
$1,500
Katie Samuelson
In Deep I
Oil and cold wax on gesso board
18" x 24"
$450
Nancy C. Woodward
Daydreaming
Digital photography, archival inkjet print
24" x 20"
$400
Vicki Smith
All Flights Cancelled
Painting on metal
24" x 24"
$2,400
Lisa Keuker
Weathering the Storm
Archival pigment print
16" x 20"
$225
Susan McHale
A Conspiracy of Ravens
Stoneware, driftwood, wire
20" x 36" x 3"
$400
Susan Lippman
HOPE
Acrylic on canvas
36" x 24"
$750
Nancy Gramps
Green Owl
Acrylic, paper and resin
7.5" x 7.5"
$750
Cynthia Dobie
Look to the Sky
Oil
30" x 15"
$450
Soledad Bence
Inspiration I
Acrylic and oil on canvas
20" x 16"
$200
HONORABLE MENTION
Joanna Bridges
River Reflections Mosaic
Archival print face mounted on 1/4" Plexiglas
24" x 36"
$550
Merilee Main
Inclination
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 24"
$500
Sarah Schneider
Liminal Space I
Acrylic on paper
11.5" x 8.5"
$375
SOLD
Sean Murtha
Oysterbed Lullabye
Oil on canvas
32" x 32"
$2,200
Elena McCoy
LOVE
Acrylic on canvas
40" x 30"
$3,200
Charlotte Sabbagh
Turbulence
Mixed media
24" x 30"
$1,250
SECOND PRIZE
Kerry Long
Constellation #1
Color, medium format film scan
16" x 16"
$200
HONORABLE MENTION
Jennifer Williams
Lady in Waiting
Brushed silver aluminum panel
24" x 30"
$1,800
Jay Wilson
Built to Last
Photograph on lustre paper
18" x 12"
$350
Paul Shampine
Surfacing
Acrylic and aluminum on canvas
14" x 14" x 2.5"
$975
Catherine Easton
Sheffield Light Dawn Storm
Oil on canvas
20" x 30"
$375
Almudena Fernandez Vicens
Unfolding
Mixed media–acrylic on board
12" x 12"
$500
Julie Jones
Burdened
Photo, aluminum diamond
32" x 24"
$1,000
Chris Timmons
McDevitt
Various papers, acrylic paint
13" x 18" framed
$600
Emily Kelting
Seeing the Light
Digital photograph
13" x 10.5"
$750
Marta Beltramo
Rainbow River
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 30"
$2,500
Marc VanDermeer
Red
Photo silkscreen printed on Arnhem paper
24" x 24"
$500
Amy Schott
Butterfly Days
Vintage found material, wire and nails
16" x 12" x 1/2"
$1,200
Joanie Landau
The Monarchy B&W Version 3
Archival inkjet print mounted to Plexiglas
40" x 30"
$2,000
Laure Dunne
Never Parted
Pigment print on archival paper
9.5" x 15"
$400
David Montgomery
Morning Dew Pearls
Photograph
10.5" x 13.5"
$200
Gyorgyi
Complementary Plaid
Oil on canvas
12" x 12"
$700
Ric Kallaher
Lost Railway #2–Caboose #9953
Acrylic print
7" x 12"
$100