Art Awards Archive

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
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Best Watermedia Award
Lydia Host, Miss Shirley

Best Graphic Award
Barbara Thomas, Scape III

Bea Tucker Memorial Award
Lynda Smith Touart, Deep End

Alabama Art Supply Award
Allan Butt, Canal Sunset

Honorable Mention
Ainsley McNeely, Gypsy Selling Flowers

Honorable Mention
Peg Udall, Chum Skiffs II

60th Anniversary Members Exhibition Winners:

Best of Show, Morris Gallery / Bea Tucker Memorial Award
Allan Butt, Cinque Terra

First Place Watercolor / Ruth Bruckmann Memorial Award
Sandra Krause, Scarlet Amaryliss

First Place Graphic / WGAS Award
Veronica Galey, Hali

Second Place / Jean Zaremba Memorial Award
Susan Wallace, Butterfly Ginger

John Fay Memorial Award
Michael Brugh, Harlequin Romance

Alabama Art Supply Award
Nancy Hanrath, Erfurt, Germany

Honorable Mention
Lynda Smith Touart, Strung Out

Honorable Mention
Penny Lewis, Sandi, My Sandi