2019 Spring Award Winners

2019 Spring Show – Award Winners
May 17-19 2019 in Duluth, MN

Judging the Spring Show was Sarah Brokke, Artist from Duluth MN

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BEST OF SHOW

“Lydia’s Kid”
Dale Lucas,  Duluth

BARTON AWARD (aka “Peoples Choice”)

“Storm Warning”
Rick Lundsten,  Park Rapids

Category 1: Opaque Intermediate – (oil, acrylic, gouache, tempera)

First Place:
“Dead Birch Society”
Cynthia Bradley,  Duluth		 Second Place:
“Connections”
Linda Glisson,  Duluth		 Members Choice:
“Waiting for the Storm in the Barn”
Barbara Preusser,  St. Cloud
Merit:
“Shades of Summer”
Marsha Yates,  Badger		 Merit:
“Vase of Flowers”,
Cynthia Bradley,  Duluth		 Merit:
“A Walk in the Park
(Munsinger)”
Barbara Preusser,  St. Cloud

Category 2: Opaque Advanced– (oil, acrylic, gouache, tempera)

First Place:
“Glowing Apples”,
Marilyn Clements,  St. Cloud		 Second Place:
“Mars, the Mysterious Planet”
Margaret Ehling,  Red Lake Falls		 Members Choice AND Merit
Once in a Blue Moon
Janice Morris,
Rice Lake, WI
Merit:
“Stormy Journey II”,
DeeAnne Najjar,  Bemidji		 Merit:
“Hiking Trail #1”
Scott Moen,  Duluth

Category 3: Transparent Intermediate – (watercolor, acrylic used as watercolor)

First Place:
“In the Yellow Woods”,
Kelli Lien,  Bemidji		 Second Place:
“Utopia”
Mary Azmitia,  Lake Nebagamon WI		 Members Choice:
“Hannah and Tucker”,
Carole Euerle,  Shevlin
Merit:
“At Home in the Fjord”
Myrna Putnam,  Cloquet		 Merit:
“Mountain Moonlight”
Myrna Putnam,  Cloquet		 Merit:
“Port at Dawn”
C.Patrick Sowl,  Duluth
Merit:
“Splash of Color”
Linda Gerga,  Duluth		 .

 

Category 4: Transparent Advanced– (watercolor, acrylic used as watercolor)

First Place:
“Petals of Hope”
Margie Helstrom,  Duluth		 Second Place AND Members Choice:
“Sisters”
Karen Anderson,  Duluth
Merit:
“Moose”
Karen Anderson,  Duluth		 Merit:
“Monet’s Sitting Room”
Tom Hoff,  Duluth		 Merit:
“Roosting for the Night”
Marilyn Clement,  St. Cloud

Category 5/6: Pastel, Drawing & Graphics Intermediate – (pastel, ink, pencil, charcoal, crayon) were combined this year.

First Place:
“Out of Bounds: Nature Print”
Mary Kloss,  Blaine		 Second Place AND Members Choice
“December magic: Lester River, Duluth”
Randy Roff,  Duluth
Merit:
“Specks of Gold: Nature Print”
Mary Kloss,  Blain		 Merit:
“Strong Leadership Brings Unity:
Abraham Lincoln”
Randy Roff,  Duluth		 Merit:
“Charcoal Drawing, Patrick”
Bill Wise,  Duluth

 

Category 7/8: Mixed Media Intermediate AND Advanced (more than one medium, collage) were combined
Also Combined was Category 11: Three-Dimensional

First Place AND Members Choice:
“Sisters”
Sue Rauschenfels,  Duluth		 Second Place AND The Barton’s Award:
“Storm Warning”
Rick Lundsten, Park Rapids		 .

 

Merit:
“Birches in Blue”
Sue Rauschenfels,  Duluth		 Merit:
“Birds of a Feather”
Janice Morris,  Rice Lake, WI		 Merit:
“Destination Blue”
Judy King,  Duluth

Category 8: Mixed Media Advanced. Combined with Category 7 and 11.

Category 9: Super Gold (All media judged together) AND Category 10: Professional (All media judged together)

First Place AND Best of Show
“Lydia’s Kid”
Dale Lucas,  Duluth		 Second Place AND Members Choice:
“Ancient Spirit”
Sue Brown Chapin,  Carlton		 .
Merit:
“Cairn and Cattails”
Kris Nelson,  Cloquet		 Merit:
“Serenity”
Edna Blanchard,  Duluth		 Merit:
“Playground”
Rosemary Guttormsson,  Duluth

Category 10: Professional (All media judged together) Combined above.


Category 10: Beginner (All media judged together)

First Place AND Members Choice:
“Winter Reflections”
Lynne Forbragd,  Anoka		 Second Place:
“Polar Glow”
Dawna Erickson,  Duluth
Merit:
“Mystery”
Lily Atwell,  Brainerd		 Merit:
“My Brain”
Lily Atwell, Brainerd

 

Demo Artists

Sarah Brokke
Show Judge
Sarah Brokke Web page		 . Sarah Brokke’s Demo Painting ©
Louise Laakso Lundin,
Demo artist		 Wendy Rouse
Demo Artist .		 .

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