Details
Start Date
Tue, June 8, 2021 @ 10:00 AM
End Date
Thu, July 22, 2021 @ 2:00 PM
Location
Gallery
Floral & Landscapes Exhibition
June 8th – July 22nd
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center: Main Gallery
This juried exhibition displays a collection of realistic & abstracted portrayals of flowers, landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes, and skylines. The juror Jessica Lofthus selected the First-Place, Second-Place, Third-Place, and Honorable Mention awards. Visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite pieces, the winner of the People’s Choice votes will receive a $75 award to Cheap Joe’s Art Supplies.
Awards will be distributed as the winners are celebrated during the Floral & Landscapes Exhibition reception on July 9th 5:30-7:00 PM. Patrons will have the opportunity to mingle with the artists, enjoy refreshments and hors d’oeuvres and purchase art during this free reception.
Juror Biography: Jessica Lofthus
Jessica Lofthus is a 3rd generation painter, who grew up surrounded by traditional landscape painters in New Mexico. She has been holding a brush since she was 8 years old and has obtained her degree in painting from the University of Texas. She is the curator for Western Reserve Hospital & the Mustard Seed Cafe and has previous experience as an art juror.
Winners:
| FIRST PLACE
SHARON FRANK MAZGAJ UNIONTOWN, OH Bunny Pitcher with Peonies OIL $2,500 “It’s no small feat to bring reflective humor to the timeless standard of painted floral arrangements, and this composition does just that. The artist brings a conversation to the viewer with situational context and comedy, AND a wit that stays with you. With strategic contrapposto-like and floral placement choices, the bunny takes on a life and personality of its own. Simply brilliant!” – Jessica Lofthus |
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| SECOND PLACE
SARAH TREANOR AKRON, OH Sepia Dream ENCAUSTIC $395 “The use of a cool umber encaustic over this lone tree creates a potential for the viewer to continue exploring its emotional subtext. The use of a square format architects an almost portraiture-like approach to the visual dialogue: encouraging the viewer to linger a bit longer with this somber, solitary scape. A wonderful use of multi-media to create a timeless mystery.” – Jessica Lofthus |
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| THIRD PLACE
RUSS VERNON COPLEY, OH Floral Three ACRYLIC $150 – SOLD “Keeping a painterly approach to floral arrangements is far harder than it looks. Interpreting the energy of each shoot and bloom involves a myriad of choices in tonal and brush application that is the stuff of the timeless masters that went before us. Painterly applications continue to leave room for the viewer to enjoy co-creating a dialogue with the artist long after the work was created. Just beautiful!” – Jessica Lofthus |
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| HONORABLE MENTION
LARRY KERR MINERAL CITY, OH Coffee Flowers WATERCOLOR $150.00 “An expressive and beautiful use of earth tones to create an unusual floral arrangement!” – Jessica Lofthus |
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| HONORABLE MENTION
LINDA HUTCHINSON KENT, OH Sun Queen OIL $1,500.00 “This is a great approach to exhibiting the bolder energies of a sunflower arrangement.” – Jessica Lofthus |
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| HONORABLE MENTION
ANN FERGUSON KAH MACEDONIA, OH Forest Floor ACRYLIC $250.00 “A fresh take on a forest floor scene, employing brighter colors to bring a visual excitement to an otherwise usual scene!” – Jessica Lofthus |
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| HONORABLE MENTION
JUDY ADAMS JONES RICHFIELD, OH View From the Ranch House MIXED MEDIA $225.00 “Such a lovely application of choice materials to create a much broader-feeling scene than is found in this compact delivery.” – Jessica Lofthus |
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| HONORABLE MENTION
JEANNE FASHEMPOUR MEDINA, OH Flowers in the Mist ENCAUSTIC $650.00 “This encaustic scene gives the viewpoint through these Spring buds that anything is possible.” – Jessica Lofthus |
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| HONORABLE MENTION
BARBARA ZIMMERMAN AKRON, OH Spring Fling ACRYLIC WITH COLLAGE $250.00 “An unusual approach to this landscape, the use of pattern and texture to describe the planar surfaces is very innovative!” – Jessica Lofthus |
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Selected Submissions:
| FULL NAME | CITY, STATE | TITLE | MEDIA | PRICE |
| Judy Adams Jones | Richfield, OH | Bootkey Harbor Sunset | Oil | $175.00 |
| Judy Adams Jones | Richfield, OH | View From the Ranch House | Mixed Media | $225.00 |
| Tom Baldwin | Akron, OH | Spring Molt and Catkins | Wood Carving | $900.00 |
| Judith Beattie Ryan | Stow, OH | Orange & Green Evening | Pastel | NFS |
| Todd Bergert | North Canton, OH | Constantinople | Oil | $2,500.00 |
| Susan Birgeles | Stow, OH | Summer Geraniums | Watercolor | $500.00 |
| Marilyn Bradach | Rootstown, OH | Coming Into Dock | Acrylic | $300.00 |
| Deanna Clucas | Richfield, OH | The Daisy | Mixed Media | $350.00 |
| Jody Crow | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Hydrangea Blooms | Oil | $700.00 |
| C. Arthur Croyle | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Brady’s Leap | Watercolor | $500.00 |
| C. Arthur Croyle | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Glen Faus Rocks | Watercolor | $500.00 |
| Deborah Duchscherer | Middlefield, OH | Porch Flowers | Acrylic | $225.00 |
| Ann Emmitt | Tallmadge, OH | Late Winter | Oil and Cold Wax | $300.00 |
| Shirley Ende Saxe | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Water Garden 2 | Watercolor | $260.00 |
| Jeanne Fashempour | Medina, OH | Flowers in the Mist | Encaustic | $650.00 |
| Jeanne Fashempour | Medina, OH | Apple Tree | Encaustic | $875.00 |
| Ann Ferguson Kah | Macedonia, OH | Forest Floor | Acrylic | $250.00 |
| Ann Ferguson Kah | Macedonia, OH | Castle By the Loch | Oil | $200.00 |
| Linda Ferris | Akron, OH | Rocky River | Watercolor | NFS |
| Gloria Fickert | Akron, OH | Golden Ginkgo | Watercolor | $100.00 |
| Sharon Frank Mazgaj | Uniontown, OH | Head Vase with Lisanthus | Oil | $2,500.00 |
| Sharon Frank Mazgaj | Uniontown, OH | Bunny Pitcher with Peonies | Oil | $2,500.00 |
| Robert Goldthwaite | Kent, OH | Imagine | Mixed Media | $401.00 |
| Robert Goldthwaite | Kent, OH | Vitality | Mixed Media | $401.00 |
| Terrie Haley | Akron, OH | Blue Poppies | Acrylic | $435.00 |
| Doug Halke | North Ridgeville, OH | A Walk Through the Meadow | Oil | $250.00 |
| Karen Harcourt | Akron, OH | Time to Reflect | Oil | $175.00 |
| Charles Harker | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Autumn’s Dance | Watercolor | $200.00 |
| Zirka Hayes | Akron, OH | Once Upon A Forest | Acrylic | $185.00 |
| Sally Heston | Broadview Heights, OH | Bass Head Light- Early Fall | Watercolor | $400.00 |
| Sally Heston | Broadview Heights, OH | Coneflowers 2 | Watercolor | $300.00 |
| Jack Hickson | Barberton, OH | Raspberry Wine Monorda | Watercolor | $159.00 |
| Linda Hutchinson | Kent, OH | Pink Hyacinths | Watercolor | $800.00 |
| Linda Hutchinson | Kent, OH | Sun Queen | Oil | $1,500.00 |
| Patricia Jolly | Akron, OH | Saturday’s Bouquet | Colored Pencil & Gel Pen | NFS |
| Lois Keener | Ravenna, OH | Easter Flowers | Watercolor | $150.00 |
| Larry Kerr | Mineral City, OH | Coffee Flowers | Watercolor | $150.00 |
| Amanda Kiplinger | Polk, OH | Frosty Rose | Photography | $200.00 |
| Adolph Krizmanich | Parma, OH | Rovinj-Croatia | Watercolor | $300.00 |
| Wendy Lewis | New Franklin, OH | Last Light | Pastel | $395.00 |
| Andy Liptak | Dover, OH | The Old Man and the Sea | Mixed Media | $500.00 |
| Bob Maurer | Canton, OH | A Stroll Through Zoar | Watercolor | NFS |
| Tom Mayer | Mogadore, OH | Supertunias | Watercolor | $400.00 |
| Leo Miller | Ravenna, OH | Red & Orange Experiment | Welded Scrap Metal/Automotive Paint | $150.00 |
| Leo Miller | Ravenna, OH | Saw-scape | Automotive Paint | NFS |
| Chris Morrow | Stow, OH | High Noon, AZ | Infrared Camera/Digital | $285.00 |
| Mo Mosyjowski | Akron, OH | Turtle Pond | Watercolor | $700.00 |
| Mo Mosyjowski | Akron, OH | Sunflower | Mixed Media | $150.00 |
| Roy Mowls | Munroe Falls, OH | Purple Bush | Oil | $650.00 |
| Mary Neubert | Hudson. OH | Red Zinnea | Acrylic | $275.00 |
| Lynn O’Day | Streetsboro, OH | Glowing | Pastel | $450.00 |
| Lynn O’Day | Streetsboro, OH | Rocky River | Pastel | $450.00 |
| Bob Pozarski | Akron, OH | My Flowers on Planet X | Leaded Handblown Glass | $1,500.00 |
| Bob Pozarski | Akron, OH | Flower Vase | Blown Glass | $220.00 |
| Denny Stoiber | Silver Lake, OH | Supermoon | Watercolor | $250.00 |
| Katherine Stokes-Shafer | Strongsville, OH | Daisy Reflections | Acrylic | $350.00 |
| Katherine Stokes-Shafer | Strongsville, OH | Pine Forest | Acrylic | $250.00 |
| Sarah Treanor | Akron, OH | Sepia Dream | Encaustic | $395.00 |
| Sarah Treanor | Akron, OH | Winter in Rose | Encaustic | $85.00 |
| Mary Ann Valvoda | Macedonia, OH | Window Dressings | Watercolor | $600.00 |
| Mary Ann Valvoda | Macedonia, OH | The Golden Oldie | Watercolor | $650.00 |
| Russ Vernon | Copley, OH | Floral Three | Acrylic | $150.00 |
| Russ Vernon | Copley, OH | Floral Five | Acrylic | $150.00 |
| Cathy Vogel | Wadsworth, OH | Grand Tetons | Watercolor | NFS |
| Carol Weigand | Ravenna, OH | Sunflowers for Mom | Watercolor | NFS |
| Keith Wisdom | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Summer | Mixed Media | $1,000.00 |
| Keith Wisdom | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Clear Lake | Acrylic | $850.00 |
| Barbara Zimmerman | Akron, OH | Spring Fling | Acrylic with Collage | $250.00 |
| Barbara Zimmerman | Akron, OH | Peace Like a River | Water Based Media | $225.00 |