Last Friday evening, the Monroe Art Guild, with support from Just Right Auto Sales, was pleased to welcome a full house of local artists and members of the community to our Annual Winter Juried Art Show opening reception. After studying more than 130 entries in a wide variety of media, judge Irene Dodge selected the following winning art entries announced at the event:Best of Show
Deborah Holtzscheiter ‘Melon Man’
Painting and Drawing
1st Bill Barnes ‘Drying Nets’
2nd Susan Pelham ‘Mountain Trail’ (pictured above, second from left)
Photography
1st Jack Martin ‘Mountain Light’
2nd John Weber ‘Reflection’
Ceramics and Sculpture
1st Myrna Trapp ‘Mermaid's Pool’ (pictured above, first from right)
2nd Thomas Glenn Pelham ‘Dilemma’ (pictured above, fourth from left)
Mixed Media
1st Carol Veliotis ‘Paint by Number’ (pictured above, first from left)
2nd Laurette Reeves ‘In the Rounds’ (pictured above, third from right)
Honorable Mentions
Leslie Moody ‘Philip’ (pictured above, second from right)
Nita Bakay ‘A Walk in the Woods’ (pictured above, third from left)
Brenda McDaniel ‘For Richer or Poorer’
Youth
Billie Pearce ‘Beatle Book’ (left)Adalie Eudora Corrigan ‘Sally’ (center)
Wyatt Jackson ‘Geometrical Rainbow’ (right)
Purchase Award Sponsored by Great Oaks
Great Oaks Purchase Award Sponsor, Melinda Dally (left)Stephanie Hoffman (second from left) ‘Untitled’
Rachel Wimberly (second from right) ‘Japanese Tea Garden’
Ginger Gault (right) ‘The Meandering River’
Many thanks to pianist Suzanne Polk Roberts and flutists Carol and Alan Horne for providing beautiful sounds for the event, and to Twisted Oak for serving delicious tastes.
All works are on display and available for sale in the main gallery through February 29, 2008. This is a great opportunity to expand your art collection with stellar works from our regional artists.
