Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Congratulations !!!!

Vanguard Artists bring home ribbons at the Sun City Annual Fine Art Show which was held on Feb 11-12 

   

     Aileen Garvey -    
"The Ride"
Honorable Mention (Portraits/Figures Prof/Instructor Div)

     Georgia Feiste -    
"Future Firefighter"
2nd Place (Portrait/Figures Gallery Div)

     Helen Tomich -    
"Bloomin" 
1st Place (Still Life or Floral Advanced Div)

                                 
"Shadowy Bob"
1st Place (Portrait/Figures Advanced Div)
                                 
"Deep Thoughts"
2nd Place (Portrait/Figures Advanced Div)

     Jerry McGinness   
"Rocky Mountain Splendor"
1st Place (Land or Seascape Advanced Div) and Judge's Choice
                                 
Image not available - 2nd Place (Land or Seascape Advanced Div) 
                                    Image not available - Honorable Mention (Land or Seascape Adv. Div)
                             

     Kelly Abraham
     
"Puzzle of Intrigue"
2nd Place (Abstracts/Collage Prof/Instructor Div.)

     Marion Wishnefski
                               
"Autumn Leaves"
1st Place (Abstracts/Collage Prof/Instructor Div)

"Fruit in a Copper Pot" (below) 
Honorable Mention (Still Life/Floral Prof/Instructor Div)

     Ruth Little           
"Jackrabbits and Cactus"
1st Place (Animals/Birds - Prof/Instructor Div)
                                 
"Pottery and Monument Valley"
3rd Place (Still Life/Floral - Prof/Instructor Div)

     Susan Denison     
"Sunny"
1st Place (Still Life/Floral - Prof/Instructor Div)
                                 
                                "Selfie HaHa"                                    
1st Place (Portraits/Figures - Prof/Instructor Div)
Judge's Choice

  "Persimmons" 
Honorable Mention (Still Life/Floral - Prof/Instructor Div) 
                          



Monday, February 13, 2017

40 Years of Excellence!!!

To help celebrate our "Forty Years of Excellence" we kicked off the year with a juried art show held in January at the spectacular West Valley Art's Council Gallery in Surprise, AZ.

BEST IN SHOW

Threads of the Earth
by
Dyanne Locati


FIRST PLACE

"After Eve "
Joan Hahn Widman

SECOND PLACE

"Peacock"
Ruth Glenn Little

THIRDPLACE
 "Lily Liang"
June Brantner

HONORABLE MENTION
 "Can I Come?"
Pat O'Brien

HONORABLE MENTION
"Seated Giraffe Bronze"
Gisela Spence

HONORABLE MENTION
"Early Spring in the Bottom"
Sandy Burke