Congratulations to the Spring 2026 Award Winners
Twenty-five artist-members of Penfield Art Association received recognition for their work featured in the 2026 Spring Show & Sale.
Distant Sand Dunes by Brenda Lyness received Best of Show. The Best Small Work award went to A Place called “Morning” by Kathy Lindsley.
Awards were presented at a reception June 2. The show, which featured 135 paintings by 41 artists,, yook place June 1-6 at the Penfield Community Center, 1985 Baird Road, Penfield
Many of the award-winning paintings are included in an online companion exhibit.
Best of Show: Distant Sand Dunes by Brenda Lyness
Best Small Work: The Place Called 'Morning' by Kathy Lindsley
Juror Award Winners
A Place of Shade and Shadow by Karen Bader
Red Flowers
by Claudine Bartlet
Anna of Cape Vincent No. 2
by Doris Hooker
Lovely Day by Kim Fink
Sunlit Silence
by Susan Fredericks Hodes
Cat Woman's Kitchen
by Corky Geck
The Yellow Wig
by Patricia Gough
Booyah
by Ann Hallick
Reverie
By Erika Hutch
Schoodic Cove, Maine
by William McManus
Spring
by Sharon Neveu
A New Hope
by Joe Simson
Merit Award Winners
Be Free
By Chloe Bennett-Larson
Triplets No. 2
by Betty Bird
Mystical
by Kat Cramer
Simple Joy
By Doris Hooker
Pop-up Garden
By Kelly Hunt
Emerging Buddha
by Kaye Licherdell
Lowcountry Valentine
by Kathy Lindsley
Misty Lake II
By Suzanne Markham
South Wabash
By Andrea Nadel
From Patio to Coast:
A Mural Mockup
by Tatyana Orlovich
The Orange Beauty
by Roger Rouse
Highland Park
By Carol Weidman