1st Place (Laura Mossman Memorial Award): “Borrowed Dream” by Daniela Werneck This is beautiful, figurative work. Great colors and lighting. It is well designed. It has emotional impact and tells a great story. The warm and cool colors, hard and soft edges, all the elements of a good painting.

2nd Place: “Sindhi Farmer” by Mohammed Ali Bhatti The deep emotional expression tells a story and makes the viewer think. This painting has good light and shadow. It is a very impactful painting!

3rd Place: “Lost Shoes” by Pamela Ferworn This painting is well anchored. It has good dry brush technique, and use of color. There ’s beautiful contrast in this painting.

Shirley Sterling Memorial Award: “Morning Delight” by Linda Jarnagin      This painting has beautiful use of warm and cool color as well as design and contrast. It reads beautifully. A pleasure to look at.

Laura Mossman Memorial Award: “Songs from Summer Camp” by Kim Granhaug This painting is well designed and has a good use of color. It tells an imaginative story. We are all storytellers and this painting allows me to participate in the story and make it my own.

Honorable Mention #1 (Art Supply on Almeda Road): “Emmy” by Diane Peter  This is very sensitively done. She has a beautiful expression. The warm and cool colors create great emotion.

Honorable Mention #2 (Art Supply on Almeda Road): “The Divine Ms. Teddy” by Cheryl Evans  This painting just makes me smile! It ’s very emotional. The detail and color are flamboyant and beautiful.

Honorable Mention #3 (Art Supply on Almeda Road): “Buchanan Cabin Landscape” by Michael Boykin This is simple and perfect. It has great shapes, harmonious, color, and spontaneity. This is what Watercolor should look like.

Merit Award (M. Graham & Co): “Focus” by Rona Lesser The expressions in this painting, intrigue me. The artist obviously knows how to use color and does it well. I could see this on my wall.

Merit Award (Texas Art Supply): “Breaking Through” by Mary Klug This painting has beautiful depth and harmonious color. I love the sky. You can see water doing the work here.

Merit Award (Blick Art Materials): “Adobe Skyline” by Carol Andrews This is very well designed. All the principles of painting are here. It has beautiful shapes and is interesting to look at.

Merchant Award (Texas Art Supply): “Designed by Nature” by Helen Stanley      These are very interesting shapes and well placed. The colors and the collage effect around the edge are beautiful. A pleasure to look at.

Merchant Award (Texas Art Supply): “Lone Texas Ranger” by Christie Harrison Obviously, a Texas story! A very traditional expression and well designed. I love the use of hard and soft edges, as well as light and shadow.

Merchant Award (Ampersand): “Big Blue Peacock” by Katherine Rodgers       This peacock is beautifully done. Nice monochromatic with great contrast. It ’s well designed so your eyes flow through the painting in an interesting way.

Merchant Award (Art Supply on Almeda Road): “Storm Over Sandia” by Susan Steinberg This painting has beautiful depth and perspective with well done shapes. It makes me see the vastness of the area. I can imagine way beyond the boundary of this painting.

Merchant Award (Rosemary & Co.): “Hiding Koi” by Carla Gauthier There is a serenity to this painting. I can imagine this place. The fish comes as a surprise! Very well done.

Merchant Award (Dromgooles): “Autumn 02” by Jinglin Zhao This painting has a very delicate botanical look. There ’s a sensitive use of color, light and shadow.

Merchant Award (Dixon-Strathmore Paper): “He Preaches” by Larry Spitzberg There ’s a lot of wet-on-wet work in this painting. It has beautiful shapes. Reminds me of Milford Zones’ work. There ’s a good use of warm and cool color that gives it mood.

Merchant Award (Holbein): “Tideworn” by Tamara Kontrimas This woven collage is truly a work of love! Its interesting design intrigued me and directs the eye with warms and cools. Very thoughtfully done.

Merchant Award (Holbein): “On the Move” by Linda Southern Vanek I see the motion of water in this. The tiny touch of its complementary color is very attractive and well designed.

Merchant Award (Caron D’Ache): “Squirrel Mom” by Mandie Miller  his is very intriguing. It makes me wonder what the story behind it is. The surprise color of the dish works beautifully. Well executed.

Merchant Award (Dynasty): “Treehouse in Bridgeland, Texas” by Changshan Huang This painting is well designed with a good use of color. It makes me wonder what the story behind it is.

Merchant Award (QOR): “Sonoran Moonrise” by Ron Bigony This painting has beautiful mood and contrast. It is well designed, leading me through the painting.

Merchant Award (Sennelier): “Summer Storm 2” by Susan DeCourcy This is a beautiful use of color. The watery look depicts the best of this Watercolor medium. I could look at this forever.

Merchant Award (Winsor & Newton): “Stop. Lick. Go.” by Bridgett Kasten     This painting is well designed with good contrast and lighting.

Merchant Award (Daniel Smith): “Tides Breathe Time” by Janet Hassinger       This has a beautiful use of color and shape. It is well designed and a pleasure to look at. The more I look, the more I discover in this painting.

Merchant Award (Jerry’s Artarama): “Nature’s Royalty” by Michele Tabor Kimbrough Flowers are always a pleasure to look at. I like the sense of light in this painting. It is well designed and the flowers are well placed.

Merchant Award (Silver Brush): “Checkmate” by Paula Fowler I love the story of this painting and the face of that cat. She looks guilty! It is well executed with excellent lighting.

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Judge and Juror:  Stella Canfield

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