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National Member Show & Juried Exhibition Award Winners Announced

Congratulations to all the talented women artists who participated in this year’s National Member Show & Juried Exhibition at Bonner David Galleries in Scottsdale, AZ, a part of our 25th Anniversary Celebration. We would like to recognize our 2015 award winners:

 

NATIONAL JURIED SHOW

Awards of Merit:

Peaches & Her Calf by Nancy Bass

 

 

The Refuge by Kathleen Bergstrom

 

Keen on Jelly Beans by Marsha Chandler

 

My Mother’s Doll by Ginger Gehres

 

Faire Lady by Tina Moore

 

Grasshopper Vase by Diana Reuter-Twining

 

Kalvin, Portrait of a Young Man by Robin Wellner

 

Rogue Guirey Simpson Memorial Award for Excellence in Animal Art

Manhattan’s Glory by Elaine Lierly Jones

 

Marilyn Newmark Foundation Award for best sculpture done in realistic, traditional manner

The Garden by Suzie Chisholm

 

 

American Art Collector Award of Excellence

Autumn Canyon Glow-Sabino Canyon by Darcie Peet

 

 

Fine Art Connoisseur Award of Excellence

Zulu by Amy Larson

 

Award of Recognition – 2D  

Time Out! By Farshid Namei

 

 

Award of Recognition – 3D  

Sisters by Mary Buckman

 

 

Best 2-Dimensional  

Arizona Wink by Dyana Hesson

 

 

Best 3-dimensional  

Ningyo by Pamela Mummy

 

 

Best of Show – National Juried Exhibition    

Pony Tails by Cathryne Trachok

 

 

Arizona Art Supply Award for outstanding artwork from Arizona artist in overall show

Reflections by Anita Pinkerton

 

 

Friends of Western Art Award for best work with western theme

Thunder Horse-Nez Perce by Krystii Melaine

 

 

 

MASTER & SIGNATURE SHOW AWARD WINNERS

Signature Bronze  

Lift Her with Butterflies by Angela Mia de la Vega

 

 

Signature Silver  

Two Quail by Jane Hartley

 

 

Signature Gold  

Desert Magic by Grace Schlesier

 

 

Master Signature Bronze  

A Mother’s Fetish by Liz Wolf

 

 

Master Signature Silver  

Where Ravens Fly by Ann Larsen

 

 

Master Signature Gold  

Meet Me Under the Sky by Nancy Boren

 

 

Bonner David Galleries Purchase Award – Gift to Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West

Settled In by Rosetta