The Competition & Exhibition
4th Annual
Scenes From the Park

All the paintings for the 4th annual "Scenes from the Park" were created within the Scioto Audubon Metro Park on August 2-3.  Forty-two artists participated submitting over fifty-five works.  The paintings were judged by professional artist, Mark Gingerich who selected the following awards: 

1ST PLACE AND $500 AWARD:  Sandy Brandt for Scenic View-Grange Insurance Audubon Center
2nd PLACE AND $300 AWARD: Linda Shepard for Bird Garden 
3rd PLACE AND $200 AWARD:  Melodie Thompson for Boogie Woogie in the Wildflowers
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD ($150):  TBD

Most exhibition pieces are for sale with a portion of proceeds benefiting the Grange Insurance Audubon Center

JUROR STATEMENT

I enjoyed looking at all the plein air pieces. I could tell there was a time of cloudiness, and I picked pieces that had the feeling of the atmosphere of the day. There was a lot of variety in the paintings depicted and I appreciated the hard work put into these. I like the attention to close ups of various foliage and flowers, colors, and shapes.

It was a hard decision to nail down the final three winners, but as a landscape painter myself I look for certain elements that draw you in like a clear center of interest that is well placed, good supporting characters, a variety of edges and color harmony. I also like to see some of these four elements: foreground, midground, background and sky. Good job everyone!
-Mark Gingerich

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Maggie Barnes               Susan Krauss
Mary Bauer                     Jan Kustron
Meira Berger                  Claire Long
Barbara Blanke              Dierdre Long
Michelle Boerio              William Masters
Carrie   Boerio                Jen McCracken
Laura J.Bova                   Joellyn McSorely
Sandy Brandt                 Jo Anne Nay
Ann Bussey                    Stephen Petty
Barb Chuko                    Charlotte Ritzman
Susanne Dotson           Robin Schuricht
Alexander Ferree         Linda Shepard
Valerie French              Angie Siefring
Kathy    Grannan          Valerie Taskey
Michele Hamsher        Melodie Thompson 
Pamela Hartford          Laura Wetz
Elizabeth Hensley        Andrea Wolfe
Carolyn Hoffman
Julia Jones
Amanda Knapp
Leah Kranstuber

Contact Sandy Libertini for more information on Art at Audubon.