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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

November 2024 General Meeting

General Meetings, Information November 15, 2024

Our General Meeting for November Will be Tuesday, November 19, 2024

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

Demo Artist for November Will be Stacy Gresell – Found Object Art

 I love objects with multiple personalities- recognizable things that change when incorporated in a piece of artwork.  I see that in my work- where vintage & recycled or found objects suggest one thing while the image may suggest another.  I love how the layering of encaustic wax reflects the light differently depending on your viewpoint- like water and glass do.

I teach communication at a local community college where I encourage students to look at all sides of the story and I believe my artwork does the same.  I am largely a self-taught encaustic painter and I enjoy thinking about the whole piece- the frames in my work, all handmade by me, are usually recycled from some former life and integral to the piece.  I have experience with a wide range of artistic mediums:  lampwork glass, stained glass, oil, acrylic & watercolor painting, jewelry making, silver smithing, sewing, and leather work? and they all end up in a painting at some point.  I teach encaustic classes and work out of my studio in down town Houston in the Sawyer Yards Complex (one of the largest art communities in the US)  -Winter Street Studios A4 which is open for visitors the 2nd Saturday of every month. 

Creative Challenge – Patterns

Don’t forget – Your interpretations on the theme “Patterns” are due this meeting. Attendees will vote on the winner. And a new theme will be announced for the next challenge!

Art Show on Saturday

Our 2024 Fall Art Show and Competition is Saturday, November 16. Entries should already be in, but do remember to bring any art pieces you would like to share with us to display in the Community Art Gallery. No pre-registration necessary, and 3D art is accepted as well as 2D.