MAY SHOW
About
This show takes place every May and it is an all member show. All media is accepted! Nice perk for out member. This is not a juried show so all pieces are accepted and shown.
Judge’s Statement
I was pleased to be invited to participate in this exhibition as the awards juror. Last year, during my first visit to the Findlay Art Leage I was surprised at the overall high quality of the works displayed, and the general atmosphere that was inviting and professional, but not off-putting. This show was an opportunity for me to look and contemplate deeply what was presented, which I admit, I usually do not do, being surrounded at my job during the year by thousands of pieces of art. Thank you for that.
I was genuinely jealous of each of the artists’ experience in making their work, while also being grateful that they chose to share it with us.
It was a rewarding and difficult job; to decide what to award or not what to award. I chose to focus on the presence of professionalism in technique, in use of materials, in design, and in presentation. Beyond that, I was looking for a perfect marriage of style, content, and form which would make the viewer experience the world in a completely new way.
Unfortunately, there was not sufficient time and not enough awards to pay proper respect to all that I admired. In every piece I found something that intrigued me, and yes, really did inspire me, as an artist and as a person.
Thank you.
Clayton Peterson
Award Winners
Best of Show
Digging in the Dark
Andrew Vogelpohl
First Place
North Bound View
Dennis Zimmerman
Second Place
If You Have an Itch , You Gotta Scratch it
Gwen Kuenzli
Third Place
Stopping By Peony on a Summer Morning
Janealla Killebrew
Merit Awards
Old Irish Cottage, Dani Kruse
The Birth of The Birth of Venus, Harry Melroy. Elm Plume, Barbara Hahn. White Teapot, TR Steiner. Still Standing, Sharon Rapp
Honorable Mentions
Details
Artists Entered
26
Pieces Submitted
70
Works Shown. # Sold
70. 8
