FALL 2010 MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION (With Judge's comments)
Lee Hoffman Memorial Best of Show Award ($500) – Benjamin Shamback, Hagen Head, Etching.“Excellent in craftsmanship, content & composition. Provocative & inspirational!!! Congratulations!”
Ruth S. Bruckmann Memorial Award for Best Aqua Media ($200) – Marie Nickerson, Touch of Fall, Water Media on Paper. “Excellent use of color & media. Outstanding shapes & use of opaques. Love this painting! Congratulations!”
Watercolor & Graphic Arts Society of Mobile Award for Best Graphic Arts ($200) – Kate Seawell, Asiatic Lily, Mixed Media Monotype. “Lovely piece! Excellent value & shapes. Vertical format works perfectly & and so does framing. Great painting!”
Jean Zaremba Memorial Award ($100) – Janie Brown, Daisies in Old Pitcher, Watercolor on Yupo Paper. “Superior handling of watercolor on Yupo! Values perfect. Excellent piece!”
Bea Q. Tucker Memorial Award ($100) – Barbara T. Thomas, Andy II, Charcoal on Paper. “Strong piece. Great value & line work. Mysterious & thought-provoking. Great!”
Lee Hoffman Memorial Honorary Merit Award (Estimated Value $150) – Family Gift of unused Windsor & Newton Series 7, No. 8 Sable Brush & unused Grumbacher Watercolor Tablet – Martha Ann Rowan, Renewal, Acrylic on Paper. “Mark making is outstanding & and so is the use of color. Dynamic painting!”
Southern Art and Framing Award ($150 Gift Certificate) – Jo Patton, Spring Break, Watercolor on Paper. “Great handling of watercolor and composition. Provocative. Great painting!”
Alabama Art Supply Award ($100 Gift Certificate) – John Cleverdon, Windows, Woodcut Print on Paper. “Very interesting & thought-provoking piece. Great shapes, values & composition. Wonderful ability at woodcutting/paper.”
Watercolor & Graphic Arts Society Honorable Mention Award ($50) - Judy Aronson, Whose Shadow?, Watercolor on Paper. “Mysterious & wonderful play of color in shadows.”
Watercolor & Graphic Arts Society Honorable Mention Award ($50) - Lydia Host, Body Process, Relief Print.“Beautiful piece. Wonderful mark making.”
Members’ Choice Award ($100), Selected by the WGAS Membership: First ever three-way tie! - Karen McGahagin, Bill Morris, and Lynda Smith Touart
Winners at the Spring 2010 Juried Exhibition at the Eastern Shore Art Center: Ann Chatel Memorial Best of Show Award Allan Butt, City Reflections (watercolor)
Best Aqua Media Award Marie Nickerson, Tree Tops in Autumn (water media)
Best Graphic Arts Award Benjamin Shamback, Horse Head (etching)
Bea Tucker Memorial Award Lynda Touart, Clip Art (ink on paper)
Southern Art and Framing Award Martha Ann Rowan, Mobile Delta Revisited (acrylic on paper)
Alabama Art Supply Award Bill McCracken, Shelby (charcoal on illustration board)
Honorable Mention Award Frances Ashcraft, Tuckered Out (watercolor)
Honorable Mention Award Judy Aronson, Elephant Walk: Chiang Mai (watercolor)
Members' Choice Award Derald Eastman, Little Red Boat (mixed aqua media)
Winners in the Fall 2009 Exhibition at the West Regional Library:
Best of Show Barbara Thomas, Two's Company (pastel on paper)
Best Watercolor Penny Lewis, Up Close and Personal (watercolor on paper)
Best Graphic Leslie Thompson, The Richards - DAR House (pen and ink)
Bea Tucker Memorial Award Peggy Lawrence, Sistas (acrylic on paper)
Alabama Art Supply Award Lydia Host, Cynthia (watercolor on paper)
Southern Art and Framing Award Jo Patton, Early Birds (watercolor on paper)
Honorable Mention Lynda Smith Touart, Please Wait to be Seated (ink on rag paper)
Honorable Mention Ann Chatel, Pear II (watercolor on paper)
Member's Choice Veronica Galey, Morning Reflections (watercolor on paper)
Winners in the Southern Art and Framing Exhibit:
Best of Show Allan Butt, 3 Waiters
Best Watermedia Bill Morris, Air Surfing
Best Graphic Barbara Thomas, Susan I
Bea Tucker Memorial Award Satomi Kamei, Morning Market
Alabama Art Supply Award Norma Ensminger, Grey Sky - Yellow Water
Southern Art and Framing Award Lynda Smith Touart, To Joe
Honorable Mention Ainsley McNeely, Mountain Man
Honorable Mention Ernest Kirkland, Glorious Morning
Winners in the Shared Expressions Exhibit:
Matt Brown Memorial Award / Best of Show [RESCINDED]
Best Watermedia Award Lydia Host, Miss Shirley
Best Graphic Award Barbara Thomas, Scape III
Bea Tucker Memorial Award Lynda Smith Touart, Deep End