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2018 Spring Online Juried Show Winners Announced

With 995 entries in our 2018 Spring Online Juried Show, the exhibition winners should be extremely proud of their accomplishment.  The final 117 entries that make up the Online show were selected by artists Dyana Hesson, Cathryn Jenkins and Elizabeth Pollie (view the full show HERE). The award winners were chosen by Elizabeth Pollie, AWA Master Member and owner of Elizabeth Pollie Fine Art Gallery in Harbor Springs, Michigan.  “The American Women Artists,” wrote Elizabeth about the show, “with it’s mission to inspire, celebrate and provide exposure for women working within the visual arts, welcomes a very broad variety of genres, mediums, and styles. This spirit of inclusivity is easily illustrated in every AWA exhibit and I found the 2018 Spring Online Juried show to be no exception.  Each of the award winners “owns” their particular style. The work is thoughtfully and successfully executed and each has a level of mastery that transcends the cliches that can tend to weaken some work.”

Sincere Congratulations to the winners of each of the following awards:

GRAND PRIZE – $1,000 cash prize!
Liberated Dreams by Shana Levenson
Levenson Shana Liberated Dreams Oil 26 x 35


SECOND PRIZE

Bridges Turn #1 by Stanka Kordic
Kordic Stanka Bridges Turn 1 Oil 36 x 48


THIRD PRIZE

Pretty-Girl by Ellen Woodbury
Woodbury Ellen Pretty Girl Carrara Marble on Granite 17x11x7


HONORABLE MENTION

Can You See Me Now by Ginger Gehres
Gehres Ginger Can You See Me Now Scratchboard 21 x 27


OUTSTANDING STILL LIFE AWARD

It’s Bittersweet by Loren Dibenedetto
Dibenedetto Loren Its Bittersweet Oil 20 x 30


OUTSTANDING LANDSCAPE AWARD

Day Break by Elaine Bowers
Bowers Elaine Day Break watercolor 8 x 22


OUTSTANING FIGURATIVE AWARD

Roots and Wings by Tanya Isaacson
Isaacson Tanya Roots and Wings Oil on linen 36 x 36

AWARD OF MERIT 
Parker’s Protector by Nancie King Mertz
Mertz Nancie King Parkers Protector Soft Pastel 14 x 11

AWARD OF MERIT
Cottonwood Marsh by Allie Zeyer
Zeyer Allie Cottonwood Marsh Oil 20 x 20


AWARD OF MERIT

Wild Rose by Kathryn Vinson
Vinson Kathryn Wild Rose Peach alabaster and black slate 10x30x14

 

AWARD OF MERIT
First Day of Spring by Barbara Summers Edwards
Edwards Barbara Summers First Day of Spring Oil 24 x 30

AWARD OF MERIT
Rebirth – Sunflower by Soon Warren
Warren Soon Rebirth Sunflower Watercolor 22 x 30

AWARD OF MERIT
Masai Warriors by Sandy Delahanty
Delehanty Sandy Masai Warriors Watercolor 14 x 18

 
AWARD OF MERIT
Daisy Dance by Phyllis Mantik deQuevedo
Mantik deQuevedo Phyllis Daisy Dance Bronze 14 x 10 x 9

AWARD OF MERIT
Chorus Line by Deanne McKeown
McKeown Deanne Chorus Line Bronze 21 x 58 x 10