National Exhibit 2009

Award Winners - National Exhibit 2009 - June 18 - July 13

Best of Oil and Acrylic
First Place - Jonathan Gladding - Madras II
Second Place - Debra Lee Valeri - Hazy Summer
Honorable Mention - Anthony Tomaselli - Evening Snow Stroll
Honorable Mention - Gail Armstrong - A Good Summer's Read
Honorable Mention - Phyllis Dobbyn Adams - White Crocus
Honorable Mention - Paul Leveille - Bus Stop

Best of Water Media
First Place - Douglas Gillette - American Kestrels
Second Place - Michael Bignell - Crazy Love
Honorable Mention - Richard Sabin - Sisters
Honorable Mention - Karol Wyckoff - Building Sand Castles
Honorable Mention - Andrew Kusmin - Early Light
Honorable Mention - Adele Huestis - The Courtyard
Honorable Mention - Keith Davidson - I'd Rather Be Fishing

Best of Photography
First Place - Stephen Rostler - The Roundup (Prize sponsored by the CCAA Camera Club on behalf o Cape Abilities)
Second Place - Roberta Anslow - Purple Entwined
Honorable Mention - Tom Spring - Dunes in the Morning
Honorable Mention - Russ Price - Shocker Lily
Honorable Mention - Jim Pennypacker - Splash of Wine

Best of Pastel
First Place - Jeanna Sturim - Hanging Artichoke II
Second Place - Shauna Shane - Siesta
Honorable Mention - Jeanne Smith - Big Greens
Honorable Mention - Susan Sigel - Fencing
Honorable Mention - Shizue Cooper - Help Me

Best of Mixed Media and Drawing
First Place - Anne Diamond McNevin - The Journeyman
Second Place - Mary Felton - Preening Time
Honorable Mention - Kendra Bidwell Ferreira - Flotsum and Jestam
Honorable Mention - Teresa Blatt - Leaning Against the Sun
Honorable Mention - John Krenik - Lunch at the National Gallery

Best of Sculpture
First Place - Marilyn Coon - Leda's Love (Award Sponsored by Jim and Elise Pennypacker)
Second Place - Dennis Vinsun - Dionysus
Honorable Mention - Fred Manasse - My Diaspora
Honorable Mention - Carl Raven - Good Father

Special Awards

Best Black and White Photograph - Sponsored by Nina Callahan
Alix Cross Maloney - Carving Through the Sand

Best Contemporary - Sponsored by Doris Koch
Istuan Brinza - Pet Heaven/The Game

Best American Landscape - Sponsored by Willow Shire
Michael Guertin - National Treasure

Best in Show - Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. John Buckley
Robert Mesrop - Low Tide, Main
Juror's statement - "This is a very painterly watercolor, a beautiful composition, strong values and confidently executed."

Jurors - Gracia Dayton, James Maddocks and Geoff Smith