Awards Presented at PAA’s 2024 Spring Show

Jun 3, 2024News

'Castle Hill Light, Newport, RI' by Doug Bloom

‘Castle Hill Light, Newport, RI’ by Doug Bloom

Twenty-one artists were honored for outstanding work at the Penfield Art Association 2023 Spring Show.

The show, which runs through June 9 at the Penfield (NY) Community Center, 1985 Baird Road, features 126 works by 37 PAA members.

The award winners were selected by this year’s  judge, award-winning Rochester artist and teacher David Gardner.

Many of the award-winning paintings are included in the 2024 Spring Online Show

 

Here’s a list of all of the award recipients. (Please note: Some artists declined to show their work here.)

Best Abstract: Solitude (acrylic) by Brenda Lyness

'Rolling Down the Rivert' by Ann Hallick

‘Rolling Down the River’ by Ann Hallick

Best Collage: Rolling Down the River (watercolor/collage) by Ann Hallick

Best Floral: $4 Flowers (pastel) by Victoria Brzustowicz

Best Landscape: Moon Glow (oil) by Patricia Gough

Best Mixed Media: Night Time by Sharon Vito

Best Oil: Sunrise, Kennebunk, ME by John Tolley

Best Portrait: Triscilla’s Hat (pastel) by Erika Hutch

Best Small Work: At Home (mixed media collage) by Gail Rivera

Best Watercolor: Castle Hill Light, Newport, RI by Doug Bloom

Juror Award, Abstract: Misty Lake (oil) by Suzanne Markham

Juror Award, Floral: Joy (acrylic and cold wax) by Kim Fink

Juror Award, Landscape: Channel Sunset (watercolor) by Mary Lynn Miraglia

Juror Award, Landscape: Paradise Found (oil) by Andrea Nadel

Juror Award, Oil: Grimes Glen by Victoria Brzustowicz

Misty Lake by Suzanne Markham

Suzanne Markham’s ‘Misty Lake’ received the Juror Award, Abstract,

 

 

Juror Award, Portrait: Swans (watercolor) by Claudine Bartlett

Juror Award, Watercolor: Clouds in the Treetops by Sandra Auriemma

Merit Award, Abstract: Breezy (acrylic) by Doris Hooker

Merit Award, Floral: Magenta Magic (watercolor) by Kathy Houston

 

 

'Taughannock Falls' by John Winter

‘Taughannock Falls’ by John Winter

Merit Award, Landscape: Taughannock Falls (oil) by Bob Winter

Merit Award, Oil: At Rest in a Happy Place (oil) by John Heister

Merit Award, Portrait: One of these is not like the Other (watercolor) by Nancy Mix

Merit Award, Watercolor: Living Room Train (watercolor) by Karl Corder

 

 

 

Channel Sunset by Mary Lynn Miraglia

‘Channel Sunset’ by Mary Lynn Miraglia received the Juror Award, Landscape

 

Joy by Kim Fink

‘Joy,’ by Kim Fink, received a Juror Award

 

Magenta Magic by Kathy Houston

Kathy Houston received a Merit Award for ‘Magenta Magic’