SAA 51st Annual Art Show Awards

Show Judge Willo Balfrey selected Susan Nihan's water media entitled "Pacific Morn" as Best of Show and Chris Messer's "Siskiyou Gold" as Judge's Choice. Additional awards were presented for media and subject categories as follows:

Acrylics
Ron Richards Sulena Teaching Illegal Immigrants About Hoops First Place &
Best Portrait/Figurative
Didier Monath Little Nova Second Place
Annakatrine Harrington In His Element Third Place
Myr Skipper Leaf Creation Honorable Mention
Carving/Sculpture
Mary Carpelan Hadtean's Dragon First Place &
Best 3-D Art
Al Groncki Hummingbird and Petunia Second Place
Patt Causey Stone on Silk Third Place
Patt Causey Copper Tower Honorable Mention
Drawing
Joy Price The Artist At Work First Place
Roberta Mosher A Cat and Mouse Game? Second Place
Jewel DeMoss Innocence Third Place
Cheryl Petty Townsend House Honorable Mention
Mixed Media
Chris Messer Italian Corners First Place
Loree Dieckmann Bluebird Second Place
Ron Richards Great American Landscape, Circa Early 21st Century Third Place
Carol Wilder Santuary Honorable Mention
Oil
Rodney Birkett White Owl First Place
Victor Medrano Alaskan Meadow

Second Place

Cheryl Petty Flamingo Club Third Place
Diana Callahan Art Student Honorable Mention
Printmaking
Betty Watson Mountain Mahogany First Place
Betty Watson

Egrets

Second Place
Suzanne Nelson Copy Cats Third Place
Betty Watson Quartet Honorable Mention
Pastel
Barbara Stewart Joy's Cap First Place
Barbara Stewart Serenity by Boles Creek Second Place
Delberta Murphy Yvonne's Cat Third Place
Donna Sanders Cool Water Honorable Mention
Water Media
Susan Nihan Pacific Morn First Place,
Best Landscape/Seascape, &
Best of Show
Chris Messer Siskiyou Gold Judge's Choice
Joyce Kyle Lavender Farm Second Place &
Best Siskiyou Scene
Donna Sanders August Scene Third Place
Marilyn Ellis Then and Now Honorable Mention
Diana Wood Be Still And Know Best Animal
Loree Dieckmann Canna Best Floral/Still Life
Marilyn Ellis Dakota Moon Best Abstract