Category Archives: Shows & Competitions

Spring 2025 Show Winners

Information, Shows & Competitions May 5, 2025
Best of Show
“Spoonbill”
Acrylic, by David Kent

Here are the Winners From Our Spring 2025 Art Competition

Best of Show
Spoonbill, David Kent, acrylic

Division I
Oil/Acrylic Painting
1st Without a Net, Peggy Steup
2nd Quest, Peggy Steup
3rd Web Browsing, Peggy Steup
1st Honorable Mention Askance, Linda Achard

Watercolor/Acrylic Painting
1st Cooper, Sally Kullman

Drawing
1st American Egret, Greg Livingston

Mixed Media
1st Not Too Old, Sheila Stoll
2nd Morning Commuters, Greg Livingston
3rd Outcrop, Sheila Stoll
1st Honorable Mention Turn the Tide, Sheila Stoll

Division II
Oil/Acrylic Painting
1st Spring Blooms, Carol Showalter

Watercolor/Acrylic Painting
1st Sophie, Bonnie Butler

Drawing
1st Just to See You Smile, Bonnie Butler

Division III
Oil/Acrylic Painting
1st Davis, Selena Kindig

Watercolor/Acrylic Painting
1st The Dark Horse, Jennifer Cooper

Pastel
1st Beach Bloom, Victoria Kirk
2nd Still Lake Houston, Victoria Kirk
3rd Night Feeling, Victoria Kirk

Drawing
1st Carefree, Elena Gonzales
100 Petals, Elena Gonzales

Mixed Media
1st Conroe’s Switch on American Gothic, Elena Gonzales

Studio Fine Crafts
1st Star Squared, Victoria Kirk

Division IV
Abstract/Experimental/Non-Objective Art
1st La Suzoniere, Patricia Redman

Division V – MS
Oil/Acrylic Painting
1st Guiness, Helen Stoll

Division V – ES
Oil/Acrylic Painting
1st Spring Day, Lucy Berghman

Drawing
1st Valley Sunset, Norah Berghman
2nd Jaws, Charlie Haynes

Mixed Media
1st Magical Unicorn Kitties, Elizabeth Haynes
2nd The Spring Kitten, Elizabeth Haynes
3rd Dancing Ballerinas, Elizabeth Haynes

Congratulations, One and All! We loved seeing all your amazing work!

Spring 2025 Art Show and Competition and Art Gallery Show

Information, Shows & Competitions March 12, 2025

SHOW PROSPECTUS

LHAA Judged Show and Competition – April 26, 2025
Kingwood Community Center, 4102 Rustic Woods Drive, Kingwood, TX 77345

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Artwork Check In:  9:00 am – 10:30 am (show entry fee payment due at art work check in, cash and check only)
Judging:  11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Judge and Judge support team only)
Artists in Action:  12:30 pm – 1:30 pm (live art demonstrations)
Public Viewing and Reception:  12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Judge Introduction, Best of Show Award Presented, Judge Critique and Walk Through:  2:00 pm
Artwork Pick Up/Show Take Down:  3:30 pm

Show Entries Accepted through midnight:  Wednesday, April 23, 2025
All artists MUST pre-register on the LSAG database at lsag.wspub.com, no walk ins

ENTRY FEES (PER ENTRY): (No refunds for entries entered but not received)
LHAA members:  $10.00
LSAG members:  $12.00
School Students:  $2.00

Late Entries:  N/A, no late entries accepted

Please go to LakeHoustonAreaArtists.com for Online Registration Instructions, Divisions and Categories and Show Rules.

Fall 2024 Art Competition Winners

Information, Shows & Competitions January 14, 2025

We had our Fall 2024 Show and Competition on October 26, 2024. Listed below is the Best of Show recipient and the qualifying ribbon winners.

 Congratulations to you all!  Also a big thanks to all who came to and participated in the show.  Hopefully a good time was had by all and everyone learned and benefited from the critique and walk through with the judge.

We look forward to all of our members participating in the spring judged show and gallery show scheduled on April 26, 2025!

Best Of Show
“Sluggish Encounter”
Peggy Steup

Professional, Oil/Acrylic
First: Her Turn in the Limelight, Peggy Steup
Second: Let the Cabaret Begin, Peggy Steup
Third: Nice Tattoo!, Peggy Steup
First Honorable Mention: French Vineyard, Peggy Steup

Professional, Watercolor
First: City Garden, Peggy Steup
Second: Goose Harbor, Peggy Steup

Professional, Pastels
First: Banana Bench, Joel Salmons
Second: Fall Day at Turtle Point on the Guadalupe River, Joel Salmons
Third: Water Lilies Lions Park, Joel Salmons

Professional, Mixed Media
First: Primary Sweeps, Gregory Livingston
Second: Flora, Sheila Stoll
Third: Tempo 65, Sheila Stoll
First Honorable Mention: Sublime Resonance, Linda Hamilton

Professional, Studio Fine Craft
First: Spirit of Abundance, Linda Hamilton
Second: Date Night, Sheila Stoll
Third: Hip to be Square, Sheila Stoll
First Honorable Mention: The Watcher, Linda Hamilton

Semi-Professional, Oil/Acrylic
First: Purple Haze, Carol Showalter

Semi-Professional, Watercolor
First: Golden, Bonnie Butler

Semi-Professional, Drawing
First: Faithful Friend, Bonnie Butler

Semi-Professional, Mixed Media
 First: Flower Power, Carol Showalter

Non-Professional, Oil/Acrylic
First: Mountain Scene, David Kent
Second: Egret, Cathy Soberon
Third: Order of the Elk, Selena Kindig
First Honorable Mention: Eggplant, Cathy Soberon

Non-Professional, Drawing
First: Somebody’s Mother, Jennifer Cooper

Non-Professional, Mixed Media
First: Carlo, Gonzales

Non-Professional, Digital Art
First: Pink, Rebecca Hall
Second: Stripes, Rebecca Hall

Non-Professional, Studio Fine Craft
First: Heavenly Places, Linda Ezzell
Second: Fire and Ice, Linda Ezzell
Third: Still Water, Linda Ezzell

Middle School Student, Oil/Acrylic
First: Fields of Blue, Helen Stoll
Second: Miss Lavender, Helen Stoll
Third: Anonymous Figure, Emma Rodriguez
First Honorable Mention: Alien Nights, Emma Rodriguez

Grade School Student, Oil/Acrylic
First: One Fine Day, Charlie Haynes
Second: A Sunny Day, Elizabeth Haynes
Third: Pink Petals, Elizabeth Haynes

Grade School Student, Drawing
First: A Magical Pony Ride, Elizabeth Haynes

Grade School Student, Mixed Media
First: Space Cowboy, Charlie Haynes

Fall 2024 Art Show and Competition

Information, Shows & Competitions October 9, 2024

SHOW PROSPECTUS

LHAA Judged Show and Competition – November 16, 2024
Kingwood Community Center, 4102 Rustic Woods Drive, Kingwood, TX 77345

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Artwork Check In:  9:00 am – 10:30 am (show entry fee payment due at art work check in, cash and check only)
Judging:  11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Judge and Judge support team only)
Artists in Action:  12:30 pm – 1:30 pm (live art demonstrations)
Public Viewing and Reception:  12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Judge Introduction, Best of Show Award Presented, Judge Critique and Walk Through:  2:00 pm
Artwork Pick Up/Show Take Down:  3:30 pm

Show Entries Accepted through midnight:  Wednesday, November 13, 2024

All artists MUST pre-register on the LSAG database at lsag.wspub.com, no walk ins

ENTRY FEES (PER ENTRY): (No refunds for entries entered but not received)
LHAA members:  $10.00
LSAG members:  $12.00
School Students:  $2.00
Late Entries:  N/A, no late entries accepted

Please go to LakeHoustonAreaArtists.com for Online Registration Instructions, Divisions and Categories and Show Rules.

May 2024 General Meeting

Artwork Displays, Creative Challenge, General Meetings, Information, Shows & Competitions May 17, 2024

Our General Meeting for May Will Be on Tuesday, May 21, 2024

 Meeting Place:
     Homewood Suites
     23320 Hwy 59N
     Kingwood, TX 77339
     6:30pm Meet & Greet
     7:00pm Meeting & Demo

Demo Artist for May is Kristin Dumas – Colored Pencil

Come for our last meeting of the season to learn how Kristin Dumas
creates her intricate designs using  Ink and Colored Pencil.

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Also on Tuesday, May 21 – Paint-Out at Mercer Botanical Garden

Sheila Stoll will be at Mercer, teaching a drawing class. Come join her! The focus will be on sketching, contour, and gesture. Will meet at Mercer at 10:00 a.m., and continue our work until noon.

Creative Challenge

Don’t forget – the Creative Challenge theme for May is “Infinity”. Submissions are due at the May meeting, and the winner will receive an art gift certificate.

Art Changeout – Kingwood Public Library

On May 10 we switched out the artworks on display at Kingwood Public Library. Under the direction of Victoria Kirk and Elena and Richard Gonzales, we installed a brand new wall of beautiful art, as well as decorating the downstairs display case! The changeout was followed by lunch at Chachi’s in Town Center.

LSAG Summer Art Show

The LSAG Online Show will be on June 15, 2024. If you won a BOS, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or First Honorable Mention in our Fall 2023 or Spring 2024 shows, you are eligible to enter those pieces in the show. You should have received your notification and instructions by now. If you have questions, please contact Amy Conroy at amymcleod.conroy@lakehoustonareaartists.

Another Art Display Opportunity

There will be another display of our art installed at St. Luke’s Methodist Church on Westheimer from July 1 to July 31. Details to follow.

Next Season

May is our last meeting of our 2023/24 season. Have a wonderful summer, but don’t forget us! Our new art season will begin with our general meeting on Tuesday, September 17, 2024! Make lots of art and bring some to share with us!