ANYTHING
MAY 2024
BEST IN SHOW
BOB MOSKOWITZ
"ROSIE AT HER EASEL"
Oil
“If there is power in the mundane, I attempt to record moments of human significance in the commonplace. The work suggests aspects of the human condition in context with the subject’s culture which can be revealed through observation and a peeling back of the layers. Although the subjects mask their emotions and feelings, close observation begins to reveal the specifics of content and meaning. The viewer is a participant in the un-masking of the innermost and universal motivations of people who would be otherwise be un-observed and ignored.”
— BOB MOSKOWITZ
GOLDEN TRIO AWARD
LEE WILLETT
"ALL THESE MILES 210911"
"ALL THESE MILES 240409"
"ALL THESE MILES 240413.5"
Photography/mixed media
“The images in the All These Miles series document a physical approach to creating art combining information and images taken from trail runs — the distance, elevation, route, time, landscape photography and objects. The inception of each piece is the physical act of running, creating the course that is represented in each composition which can range from 1 to 100 miles. Before, during or after each run, photographs are taken of the landscape and objects found and these are combined with the data from the run into unique collages that serve as visual journal entries. The digital artwork is then printed on 30×30 stretched canvas and additional media — paint, pencil, crayon — is applied to create unique mixed-media pieces.” — LEE WILLETT
GOLDEN TRIO AWARD
MARJORIE MOSKOWITZ
"ENGLISH LAVENDER WITH POPPIES"
"KANGAROO PAWS NEAR SALDAGA"
"POPPIES AND KANGAROO PAWS III"
Oil
“My current oil paintings of colorful, engaging but otherwise overlooked and isolated flora are magnified to reveal their importance. My subject matter is discovered from remote to obvious locations across the country. Coming from an orientation in abstraction, my choice to work in a close-focus, hyper-realistic style remains ever mindful of the abstraction that exists in nature. These paintings examine mark making and the nuances of color and light in nature. This process involves the close observation of many aspects of landscape and the amplification of these images. They magnify a moment in time and in nature, when plants are at the peak of their reproductive cycle and are fully asserting their seductive beauty/perfection/ splendor/ripeness. The focus has been on select blooms to show the importance of their smallest components.” — MARJORIE MOSKOWITZ
SAPPHIRE AWARD
NORM ELLIS
EMERALD AWARD
JOHN DIEPHOUSE
**CRYSTAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2023**
RUBY AWARD
LINDA MCCORD
**SAPPHIRE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2022**
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