“The Critics,” an oil painting by M. Kathleen Wagner, won Best of Show.
Outstanding work in the Penfield Art Association’s 2016 Spring Show was recognized at a awards ceremony and reception June 7. The one-week show at the Penfield Community Center featured 168 works by 60 PAA members.
Best of Show went to Kathy Wagner for her oil painting, The Critics.
Best Small Work went to Joy Argento for Just One.
Juror’s Awards went to:
Joy Argento, Time Out
Doug Bloom, Lake Effect
John Brincka, Mt. Evans Aspen
Nancy Colsman, Sailboat in Waters
Karl Corder, Burning Trash
Bev Cronkite, Maine Woods
Terri Geen, Savannah Steps
John Heister (three awards), Winter Magic, No Trespassing and Tranquility
Kathy Houston, Strawberry Castle
Erica Hutch, Awakening
Ella Noble, By the Sea
Marilyn Nosky, Hibiscus in Yellow
Ginny Palumbos, Summertime
Diane Tank, This Way!
Merit Awards went to:
Teresa Barlis (two awards), Summer Read and Isabella’s Atrium
Betty Bird, Untitled
Alice Chen, Retreat
Linda Delaney, Beach Rocks
Janet DiMaria, Boxed Pansies
Sue Griepp, White Rabbit
Erica Hutch (two awards), Girl at the Window and Reverie #2
Lee Little, Harmony
Marilyn Nosky, Solstice Blooms
Ginny Palumbos (two awards), Whitewashed Bicycle and Queen Anne’s Lace
Fred Smith, Racer
Kathy Warren, Gate to Beauty
The judge for this year’s show is Ron Netzsky, professor of art at Nazareth College, Pittsford, where he has taught printmaking since 1975. He also teaches printmaking at the Woodstock School of Art. He received his BFA from Philadelphia College of Art in 1973 and his MFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1975.
Chair of the show is Joey McCall and co-chair is Betty Bird.
Joy Argento’s “Just One” received the Best Small Work award.