May 1 – June 30, 2025
Our 2025 Annual Membership Show is on display now in our rotating gallery space at the Art Lounge. Members were invited to “Bring Your Best!” for this year’s exhibit. Oils, watercolors, acrylics, pottery, papers art, jewelry, wood—all mediums were accepted and encouraged.
We welcomed back Tom and Suzanne Shea as our guest judges. They awarded top honors of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Places at our reception and awards ceremony the evening of May 27, 2025. Tom and Suzanne reminded us that judging is ultimately subjective, but they considered three factors in their choices: technique, individuality/creativity and elements (color, composition). Two Honorable Mentions were also determined by votes from the public and the other from our membership.
Our judges recognized these winners:
| 1st Place “Cool Summer Evening” by Jerry Higgins (oil) Our judges admired these qualities in Jerry’s painting: – mostly dark with a few hot spots that evoke a feeling of warmth – overall nice composition – zigzag of purple is a welcome, bold, highlight | 2nd Place “Shelter from the Storm” by Laurie Runnoe (watercolor) Tom and Suzanne appreciated these characteristics of Laurie’s watercolor: – warm shapes with lovely variation between them – wonderful negative shapes – abstract background appears to be a “design by accident” that definitely belongs | 3rd Place “The Earth Whispers” by Kathy Gebauer (watercolor) In Kathy’s watercolor, The Sheas recognized: – flowing feeling – hazy quality – subtleness in not defining all the details |
Ballots cast by the general public and our own membership resulted in two deserving Honorable Mentions.
| Honorable Mention – Members’ Choice “Reflection” by Tim Savino | Honorable Mention – People’s Choice “Amazon Eyes” by Ronny Trabeau |
Congratulations to all!