Ariane Edmundson’s mixed media triptych “Three Days to PA” was awarded Best of Show in the Galveston Art League’s Spring 2022 Juried Show.
Her colorful three-piece art will be on exhibit in the league’s gallery, 2117A Postoffice St. in Galveston, from noon to 6 p.m. Fridays-Sundays throughout May. More than five dozen other artworks that were accepted into the juried show also are displayed in the gallery (with most for sale); they also are displayed and sold on www.GalvestonArtLeague.com.
Other artworks receiving awards, listed by competition category, are:
• Works on canvas and panel – first place, Peggy Kingsbury for “Rain Forest Color”; second, Robb McGee, “My Pretty”; honorable mentions: Jerry Bachman, “Beyond the Looking Glass”; Kathy Bolton, “Canyon Pond 2”; Ariane Edmundson, “Mornin’ ”; Annika Farmer, “Costa Maya Pink” and “Colors of Summer”; Kathy Hammond, “Capt. Beaux”; Don Henderson, “Eternal Queue”; Danielle Lang, “Body Politics”; Robb McGee, “Altar Boys and Thieves.”
• Works on paper – first, Jackie Liddell, “Paper Flower Shop”; second, Fontaine Jacobs, “Abstract Exploration”; honorable mentions: Mary Klug, “New Mexico Nights”; Maureen Lewis, “Prickly Blossoms”; Jackie Liddell, “Galveston Breakers”; Dianne Owen, “Mag-nificent”; Richard Scruggs, “Prom Date.”
• Photography – first, Annika Farmer, “Where’s the Beef, Antonio?”; second, Matt Logmann, “What Lies Beneath?”; honorable mentions, Pat Jakobi, “Almost Primeval”; Jaime Ladysh, “First to See the Sun”; Matt Logmann, “Beauty and the Beast (Look Closer)” and “Cypress Sky”; Sharon McClung, “The Swing.”
• Digital art – first, Sharon Jones, “Elephant Tea”; second, Susan D. Moody, “Lazy Lemur”; honorable mentions, Steve Jones, “Moon over the Cemetery”; Sharon Jones, “Banana Mystery”; Rebecah Thompson, “Reflections.”
• Mixed media – first, Rosslyn Bernard, “Triumvirate”; second, Marsha Krohn, “Honey, We’re all Gonna Rust”; honorable mentions, Jackie Liddell, “Breezy Day”; Pam Preston, “The Student” and “Tulips in the Window”; Suzette Tardif, “Arthropophilia.”
• 3-D – first, Sheila Baimbridge, “Sunset on the Beach”; second, Becky Jolin, “Still Dancing”; honorable mention, David Harmon, “Tomb Raider.”
The judge for this contest was Amanda Barry Jones, a mixed-media visual artist who works with a wide range of materials, but her foundation is in ceramics. She runs the ceramics program at Galveston College and has taught ceramics since 2014. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Houston Baptist University.
Galveston Art League, a nonprofit organization, holds three juried competitions every year; the next one will be in September, with entries due Aug. 29. Guidelines for each competition are posted on www.GalvestonArtLeague.com (click on Exhibits) in a prospectus a few weeks before each competition.
Artists do not need to be a member of Galveston Art League to enter these competitions, but members do receive a discount off their entry fees. League membership fees are tax-deductible; to see a list of membership levels and fees, visit www.GalvestonArtLeague.com and click on “Get Involved.”
Galveston Art League was founded in June 1914 for the purpose of promoting visual arts and art education in the county and larger region. The league has never had a salaried employee on staff; volunteers take care of all functions, from staffing the gallery, hanging exhibits that change each month, governing the organization, and fundraising. The Art League depends on membership fees, gallery sales, contributions, and an annual fundraiser gala to finance its operations.
