The following were awarded ribbons at the recent Annual Spring Exhibit held at St. Leo’s Auditorium in Leominster, MA. The show was judged by Jill Pottle, Lauren Szumita, Stephen Jareckie, and Barry Van Dusen.
Special Awards
Claude H. Munson Award: Renee Place, Pears
Mayor’s Award: Patricia Ardinger, Old Mill Street RR Bridge
John Delibero Founder’s Award: Rachel Armington, Witness
Eleanor Delibero Founder’s Award: Becky Parsons, Gabriel
President’s Award: Martha Monroe, The Walk Home
Exhibit Chair’s Award: Ferry Auguste, The Monster Under the Bed
Amateur Watercolor
First: Renee Tamling, Mom and Baby in Stripes
Second: Bonnie Laning Clifton, Hidden in Florence
Third: Timothy Hertel, Waves
HR: Sarah Rucker
Intermediate Watercolor
First: Josephine Wiktorski, Mother and Child
Second: Joan Icker, Inlet Lighthouse
Third: Thelma Brideau, Clematis
HR: Betty Chapman, Untitled #2
Advanced Watercolor
First: Yvonne Hemingway, Signs of Spring #2
Second: Ellen Ruther Donaldson, Back in the Studio
Third: Sally Sargent, Lily’s for Two
HR: Robert Cole, Good Winter
HR: Judith H. Fava, Park Street Diner
HR: Rachel Armington, Tower Hill Angel
Amateur Acrylics
First: Renee Place, Pears
Second: Cindi Peterson, The Color Purple
Third: Diane Stone, Fresh Produce 1
Intermediate Acrylics
First: Martha Webster, Late Afternoon Marsh
Second: Corinne Melanson, Majestic Mountains
Third: Suzanne Landry, Lupines By The Sea
HR: Beverly Fratoni, My Feathered Friend
Advanced Acrylics
First: Carleen Deblois, The East Wind
Second: Cindy Ward, The Shed
Third: Emil LaPointe, Show Me The Way
HR: Arlene Ferrier, Stave Church Norway
Intermediate Oils
First: Clifford Johnson, The Old Town, Shanghai
Second: Renee Place, Bowl
Third: Linnea Romhanyi, Journey
Advanced Oils
First: Arlene Terrier, Wyoming Backyard
Second: Janet Tibert, Lilacs
Third: Cheryl Hughes, Cliff Walk
HR: Mary Dunn: Always Remembered
Special Theme: Tranquility
First: Brian Beaudoin, Soft Sands
Second: Becky Parsons, Tranquil Pasture
Third: Pauline Pirro, So Peaceful on Long Lake, Maine
HR: Cindy Ward, Quiet Hour
Intermediate Pastels
First: Gail Oswald, Keystone Bridge
Second: Josephine Wiktorski, That Time of Year
Third: Diane Putnam, Nocturne: The Old Mile
HR: Kathleen Kessel, Sippewissett One
Advanced Pastels
First: Elizabeth Roy, Iris
Second: Ann Howe, Picture Perfect Water Day
Advanced Drawing
First: Mary J Dunn, Autumn Light
Second: Jesse Knott, Untitled #1
Advanced Mixed Media
First: Joan Icker, Indigo
Second: Martie Paris, Paris
Advanced Crafts
First: Tammy Bucchino, Contemporary Mi’kmaq Fan
Second; Cindylee Gee, Big Ass Bass
Third: Victor Latek, Flamingo
HR: Thelma Denlinger, Bubba
Advanced Photography
First: James Karis, Hagia Sophia
Second: James T. McKnight, Fay Corsair
Third: Melony Letarte: Prairie Adventure
HR: Rocco Palmieri, Indian Mortar
Students
First: Riley Hess, Psithurism
Second: Ferry Auguste, The Monster Under the Bed
Third: Joseph McLolgan, Bundle of Tools
HR: Ferry Auguste, The Mind of Mine
HR: AJ Marcantona, Spiderweb of Dew
HR: Isabella Song, Portrait of My Sister
HR: Joseph McLolgan, Back Alley