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Current Exhibit
2024 Small Things, Curated by Ken Ronney & Eric Renard
Best of Show: Velda Ruddock - Beauty Pinned by Rock
1st Place: Natalie Obermaier - Kitty
2nd Place: Virgina Kamhi - Twofer
3rd Place: Laura Green - BinocularsHonorable Mentions: Steve Lawrence, Blue Mobius, Mike Major, Heisler Sunset, Lynn Dodge, Continuum 5
Theodore Herman Award: Maureen Haldeman, Pace of Nature I
Past Exhibits
2023 GOLD MEDAL EXHIBITION - THE CALIFORNIA SCENE, JURIED BY JENNIFER HEIGHTON
Best of Show: Tyler Abshier "Orange Grove Hacienda, Ojai"
1st Place: Harvey Cusworth "PCH Morning"
2nd Place: Holly Beals "Moonrise at Spyglass"
3rd Place: Jim Wilson "Motel Pool at Night"Honorable Mentions: Michele Chapin "Monarch", Jonathan Farber "San Francisco", Bonnie Taylor "Sundog on the Carrizo"
Theodore Herman Award: Eric Renard "Death Valley Yin & Yang"
2023 ARTISTS' CHOICE, JURIED BY BEVERLY LAZOR
Best of Show: Yi-Ching Lee - Felluca Sailor on Nile ‐ Oil ‐ 29 x 23 ‐ $1900
First Place: Vickie Pellouchoud - Dreamer ‐ Oil ‐ 14 x 17 ‐ $600
Second Place: Janet Johnson - Bound But Not for Glory ‐ Soft Pastel ‐ 24 x 20 ‐ $625
Third Place: Dan Katz - Creation ‐ Photography ‐ 16 x 16 ‐ $350Honorable Mentions: Peter Schuller; Joanne Chase-Matillo; Anette Power
Theodore Herman Award: Joe Doherty
2022 MANKIND NATURE, JURIED BY HULYA KARADENIZ
Best of Show: Diann Klink - Wind & Rain ‐ Mixed Media ‐ 8 x 10 ‐ $350
First Place: Shicheng Zhao - Back to the Mountain ‐ Charcoal ‐ 9 x 24 ‐ NFS
Second Place: Jinyue Gu - Mongolian Horse and Warrior ‐ Sculpture ‐ 24 x 22 x 10 ‐ NFS
Third Place: Annie Robinson - Transmigration ‐ Charcoal ‐ sanded paper ‐ 24 x 36 - NFS
2022 REFLECTIONS, JURIED BY CHRIS DAVIES
Best of Show: Ziyi Chen - The Temperature of Memory ‐ Watercolor ‐ 27 x 43 ‐ NFS
First Place: Haoran Chang - Namucuo's Reflection ‐ Oil ‐ 24 x 20 ‐ $600
Second Place: Eric Renard - Mist at Sunset Yosmite ‐ Photography ‐ 10 x 15 ‐ $550
Third Place: Megan Frances - Subtropical Tangle II ‐ Acrylic ‐ 48 x 30 ‐ $4,000
2022 California Dreams, Juried by Brooke Harper
Best of Show: Eric M Renard - Walk of Fame - Photography $550
First Place: Natalie Smythe - Vision of Dignity and Pride ‐ Mixed Dry Media $1200
Second Place: Michael Wicks - Kelp 2 ‐ Photography $1000
Third Place: Kyoko Ishigami - Big Sur Reverie ‐ Oil $1200
2021 Gold Medal Exhibit “Delights and Shadows”, Juried by Angela Phillips
Best of Show:Maxwell Miller- Self Portrait 2020 ‐ Charcoal ‐ 10 x 8 ‐ Not For Sale
First Place: Paul M. Murray- Morning Trek to Water ‐ Color Photography ‐ 15 x 30 ‐ $695.00
Second Place: Tricia Hoye- What's on the Horizon ‐ Acrylic ‐ 18 x 24 ‐ $475.00
Third Place:Judy Knott- Chasing the Light ‐ Oil ‐ 24 x 30 ‐ $1800.00
2021 Sublime, Juried by Virginal Causton-Keene
Best of Show: Dai, Gang - Baslica di San Marco ‐ Oil
First Place: Rusczyk, Vanessa - Sacred Datura at Sunrise ‐ Oil
Second Place: Gardner, Dina - Reprise
Third Place: Just Breathe ‐ oil and cold wax with collage
2020 Gold, juried by Victor Picou
Best of Show: Siren by Kinsey Lane ‐ Colored Pencil
First Place: Annihilation of Innocuous by Alireza Amadi ‐ Watercolor
Second Place: The Future is in My Hand by Doriana Sinnett ‐ digital
Third Place: Brunhilde in the Netherlands” by Ken Kochakji ‐ Photography
2020 Holiday Exhibit, juried by Ken Ronney
- Best in Show: Eric Renard - El Capitan and Merced River, Photography
- 1st Place Award: Theodore Herman - Rooster In The Window, Photography
- 2nd Place Award: Barbara Tabachnick - Reflecting Clocks, Digital Art
- 3rd Place Award: Margie Murray - I See You, Ceramic
2020 Change, juried by Preston Craig
Best of Show: Trilogy 1 - Brazilian Rain Forest 1960 by Karen Schroder
First Place: free will by Gregory Radionov
Second Place: Enormity by Paul M. Murray
Third Place: Traffic Solutions? by Karol Blumenthal
Merchant Awards:
Crowned In Gold by Jane Thorpe
Lucerne, Switzerland fantasy by Ken Kochakji
Honorable Mentions:
Warming & Cooling Trends by Debra Hintz
Fading Colors by Eric Renard
High Tide by David Aswad
Freedom Fighters by Sylvia H. Goulden
People's Choice: Whimsical by Janet Yoo
2019 Gold Medal Exhibit, Motion
Best of Show (Gold Medal): Music in Motion by Natalie Smythe
First Place: On the Run by Martha Chapin
Second Place: Sweet Death by Zahra Pezeshk
Third Place: Diana, Aim High; Let Your Arrow Fly by Nora Koerber
Merchant Awards:
Power Within by Michael Wicks
Mistry Forest by Martha Chapin
Met Tour by Gregory Radionov
Honorable Mentions:
Dancing by Michael Wicks
Lamb Chops a Go Go by Dottie Korn-Davis
Reaching Upwards by Nicholas Kennedy
Garden Delight by Karol Blumenthal
2019 Renewal
Best of Show: Joy by Lore Eckelberry
First Place: Welcome the Day by Nora Koerber
Second Place: Green Beauty by Elizabeth Covington
Third Place: The Golden One by Damon Reinagle
Merchant Awards:
Beach After Storm by Joanne Chase-Mattillo
Butterfly by Natalie Smythe
Taryn by Lilong Shi
Remaking the Music by Brenda Welsh
Honorable Mentions:
Awakening by Marian Fortunati
Dissolve by Holly Highfield
Restoration by Brenda Welsh
Coming Out by Michael Wicks
2019 Blue
Best of Show: A Shade of Blue by Natalie Smythe
First Place: Rach 2 by Joanne Aloni-Boldon
Second Place: Thailand, River Kwai, No. 2 by Joanne Chase-Mattillo
Third Place: Sky Wall by Jane Thorpe
Merchant Awards:
Get a Grip by Tricia Hoye
Spanish Shawl by Michael Wicks
Moody Lake and Fog by Elizabeth Covington
No Access by James A. Fraser
Honorable Mentions:
Uni (Urchin) by Michael Wicks
Misty Mountain by Sharon Weaver
Magical Mountains by Sharon Weaver
Blue Room by Gregory Radionov
2018 Gold Medal Exhibit, Fantasy
Best of Show (Gold Medal): Stella by Brian Zheng
First Place: Boy on the Edge by Michael John Pittas
Second Place: Mia by Brian Zheng
Third Place: California by Gregory Radionov
Merchant Awards:
Murder of Crows by Judy Winard Hirsty
The Word by Margie Russomanno Schunk
Allegory of 2016 by Rosina Maize
Water Way by Lynne Schneeman Fearman
Honorable Mentions:
Thou shalt build an altar unto me… by Kuniko Ruch
Bachelor And 3 Graces by Michael Wicks
Sight Unseen by Natalie Smythe
Red Kimono by Yona Rapoport