Congratulations to the Spring 2025 Award Winners
Eighteen artists received awards for outstanding work at the Penfield Art Association Spring 2025 Show & Sale.
The judge for this show is award-winning artist, Lanna Pejovic. She studied art at Rochester Ins0tute of Technology, the Accademia di Belle Art in Florence, Italy, and Tyler School of Art in Rome. She received her BFA and MFA in painting at Tyler School in Philadelphia and taught at Rochester Insti0tute of Technology for more than 30 years, retiring in 2020. She has also taught drawing and painting at the Creative Workshop of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery and at SUNY Geneseo and currently teaches and serves on the board of directors at the Mill Art Center & Gallery in Honeoye Falls, NY. She has exhibited widely in the Rochester region and internationally and her work is in numerous private and public collections.
The show, which included 122 paintings by 39 members, took place June 2-7 at the Penfield Community Center, 1985 Baird Road, Penfield.
To see the PAA 2025 Spring Online Show, click here.
Best of Show: Sea Dreams by Kim Fink
Best Small Work: Mendon Pond Peek by Jamie Temple
Juror Award Winners
Blue Barn by Karl Corder
Storm Coming, Nevada
by Suzanne Markham
Copper Rocks Falls by Doris Hooker
Apples by Patti Same
Keuka Sunset by Andrea Nadel
Etna in the Clouds by Andrea Nadel
Untitled by Gail Rivera
Bouquet by Patricia Gough
OM by Ann Hallick
Tree — Field’s Edge by Victoria Brzustowicz (left).
Not shown: Easy to Love by Erika Hutch
Merit Award Winners
Mom’s Bouquet by Karen Bader
Radiant Love by Kaye Licherdel
Morning Sail by Kim Fink
Next Door by Claudine Bartlett
Budgies by Patricia Gough
Tree by Patricia Gough
Adirondacks by Brenda Lyness
Harmony Valley by Brenda Lyness
Tulip Shapes by Joan Krauszer
Winter Sunset by Bob Winter (left)
Not shown: A Penny for Your Thoughts by Erika Hutch