2017 Spring Show – Award Winners
May 19-21, 2017 in Duluth, MN
Judging the Spring Show was oil and watercolor Artist, Rick Kochenash, from Chaska MN
BEST OF SHOW
Blazing Maples
Lisa Stauffer,
Duluth
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BARTON AWARD (aka “Peoples Choice”)
Dog Daze
William Wise,
Duluth
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Category 1: Opaque Intermediate – (oil, acrylic, gouache, tempera)
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| First Place Wooly Boy, Marsha Yates, Badger |
Second Place Midnight Cowboy Per Wikstrom, Duluth |
Merit East 19th and 9th, Virginia Alexander, Duluth |
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| Merit Abe Lincoln, Sandra Pederson, Cloquet |
Members’ Choice Eighteen Wheels at Dawn, Per Wikstrom, Duluth |
Category 2: Opaque Advanced
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| First Place Fish Lake Church, Joanne Frank, Taylors Falls |
Second Place Retirement, Ronald Lyman, Bemidji |
Merit Moon Dogs, DeeAnne Najjar, Bemidji |
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| Merit But I Don’t Want a Ride, Marlys Shirley, Farmington |
Members’ Choice: White Heron on Watch, LaVonne Forsberg, Thief River Falls |
Category 3: Transparent Intermediate – (watercolor, acrylic used as watercolor, inks, washes)
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| First Place Hawaiian Siesta, Mary Azmitia, Lake Nebagamon WI |
Second Place & Members Choice Dog Daze, William Wise, Duluth |
Merit Poppies & Vase,” Elizabeth Holt, Duluth |
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| Merit Hazel, Linda Naughton, Duluth |
Merit Farmer Bob, William Wise, Duluth |
Category 4: Transparent Advanced
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| First Place Old Mill, Marilyn Clement, St. Cloud |
Second Place City Scapes, Gayla McElroy Orr, Nevis |
Merit: “Beyond the Apple Tree – The Woodshed Barbra Rogan |
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| Members’ Choice: Still Standing, LaVonne Forsberg, Thief River Falls |
Category 5/6: Pastel, Drawing & Graphics Intermediate – (pastel, ink, pencil, charcoal, crayon)
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| First Place Queen Anne’s Lace: Symbol of Catching Dreams, Mary Kloss, Blaine |
Second Place & Members’ Choice: Lacing Up II, Barbara Jolly, Bemidji |
Merit Ginkgo: Symbol of Hope & Peace, Mary Kloss, Blaine |
Category 7: Mixed Media Intermediate (more than one medium, collage, sculpture, pottery, wood carving, weaving, paper)
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| First Place A Mouthful, Joan Hallada, Crosby |
Second Place Viola and Selvin 1956, Virginia Alexander, Duluth |
Merit The Killing Chair, Kris Nelson, Cloquet |
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| Merit & Members’ Choice: Kindred Spirits, Sue Rauschenfels, Duluth |
Category 8: Mixed Media Advanced
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| First Place Magical Miles of Jazz, Barbara Jolly, Bemidji |
Second Place From the Beginning, Margaret Ehling, Red Lake Falls |
Merit Beach Treasure Diptic, DeeAnne Najjar, Bemidji |
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| Merit Twiddle, Gayla McElroy Orr, Nevis |
Members’ Choice Up the Bayou, Sherri Wagner, Brainerd |
Category 9: Super Gold (All media judged together)
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| First Place & Members’ Choice: Midnight Memory, Sue Brown Chapin, Carlton |
Second Place Transformation, Dale Lucas, Duluth |
Merit Storm on Superior, Sue Brown Chapin, Carlton |
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| Merit Portrait of Miss Abigail, Dale Lucas, Duluth |
Category 10: Professional (All media judged together)
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| First Place Rococo Expression, Mary Beth Downs, Duluth |
Second Place & Members’ Choice: Barns and Bales,” Lisa Stauffer, Duluth |
Merit: A Life Well Lived, Mary Beth Downs, Duluth |
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| Merit My View Phyllis Frankum, Brainerd |
Best of Show: BLAZING MAPLES Lisa Stauffer, Duluth |
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Category 12: Beginners
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| First Place Spring Interlude, Erin Renier, Duluth |
Second Place First Love (I), Charlene LaFon, Crosslake |
Merit The Wader, Claudia Prelgo, Shoreview |
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| Merit North of Fergus, Scott Moen, Fergus Falls |
Members’ Choice: Cat Sighting, Erin Renier, Duluth |
Demo Artists
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| Rick Kochenash, Show Judge rkochenash.com |
Rick Kochenash Demo | Rick’s Subject and Results | ||
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| Sarah M. Brokke sarahbrokke.com |
Aaron Kloss aaronkloss.com |
William Wise williamwiseart.com |