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FLORAL & LANDSCAPE EXHIBITION

DATES: JUNE 6 – JULY 13, 2023

LOCATION: CUYAHOGA VALLEY ART CENTER – MAIN GALLERY

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The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center (CVAC) presents its Floral & Landscape Exhibition, from June 6 – July 13, 2023. The exhibit is free for the public to view, gallery hours Mon-Tue 10-3, Wed 1-6, Thu-Fri 10-3, & Sat 10-2. This juried exhibition offers the community an opportunity to explore local artists’ depictions of flowers, landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes, and skylines, in a plethora of mediums. The juror Bruce Stebner determined the accepted submissions and the awards for First-Place, Second-Place, Third-Place, and honorable mentions. A People’s Choice selection process shall be held during this exhibition, with the winner announced at the Artist Reception.

Awards will be distributed as the winners are celebrated during the Floral & Landscapes Exhibition Artist Reception on Friday, June 30th from 5:30-7 PM. Patrons will have the opportunity to mingle with the artists, enjoy refreshments and hors d’oeuvres and purchase art during this free reception.

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This year’s Floral & Landscape Exhibition is supported in part by Gallery of Framing, LLC

Gallery of Framing, LLC is located in the beautiful, quaint plaza, Merchants’ Square, across the street from Summit Mall at 139 Ghent Rd. in Fairlawn, Ohio 44333. They specialize in framing that not only accents the beauty of the artwork but, protects it as well. In addition to traditional frames, they also provide specialize in custom matting, fine hardwoods, and hand-colored French matting. For more valuable pieces, select preservation framing. The top-quality products and framing methods used in this technique are the same that museums use to frame the classics. At the Gallery of Framing, one can rest assured that their art will be framed by the most qualified professionals. Follow this link to learn more: Gallery of Framing, LLC

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Juror: Bruce Stebner

Born with a passion for art, Bruce Stebner came to painting through a serendipitous turn of events after a three-decade run fulfilling his childhood dream to be a studio potter. Stebner’s art is a personal visual record of a lifetime of romancing the rustic. His art seeks to find meaning and beauty in life’s daily moments and simple pleasures. It’s no wonder that, after being drawn to Impressionist painters like Morisot, he found his real identity in the painter’s world with the French Intimist and Symbolist painters of the twentieth century. The doors, chairs, and stairs of his charming, yet enigmatic interior paintings become more and more ethereal symbols of Life’s opportunities, challenges, and repose.

Whether painted at home or abroad, Stebner’s paintings are prized for their energetic strokes, sense of light, and use of color. Should these images of his art speak to you online, the paintings will delight you all the more in person.

Visit: www.brucestebner.com

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Awards:

JUROR STATEMENT:

It was a pleasure to return to CVAC to serve as judge and jury for this show. The subjects are as old as Art, but continue to inspire both creator and viewer. If it wasn’t a daunting enough job to select which works would be included in this exhibition, it was even more so to assign awards. In both cases, I sought to feature works which showed a combination of high degree of skill, emotional interpretation of the subject, and universal appeal. Art, in the end, has the high calling to stand the test of time, while being of its own time. My hat is off to each entrant. Keep pursuing your art!

Award	Juror Comments	Image
HONORABLE MENTION Carol Stevens MEDINA, OH Moonlit Garden WATERCOLOR MEDIA $1,000	“This abstract landscape is another successful mixed media painting. Through a certain ambiguity of detail, the artist has chosen to explore the feeling of a landscape over the description of one. We are offered a sophisticated composition of shapes, textures values, and colors which put our eyes and minds at work, to recall our own moonlit memories.” – Juror, Bruce Stebner
PEOPLE’S CHOICE & HONORABLE MENTION Mark Giangaspero            STOW, OH Spring OIL BASED MEDIA $950	“This intimate (auto) portrait calls the viewer to reflect (pun intended) on several levels. In the small, meticulously crafted painting, we are challenged to reconcile a stern, masculine face of a certain age, with the reflection of light-hearted flowers in the sun glasses. The final bit of irony (the earthy background aside) seems to be their reference to rose-colored glasses, when, in fact, there’s not a rose to be seen in the reflected bouquet!” – Juror, Bruce Stebner
THIRD PLACE Renata DeLuca AKRON, OH Potted Geranium WATER BASED MEDIA $450	“When a subtly conceived piece like this keeps luring the eye amidst many bolder contestants, you know you have a winner. The artist has combined various techniques, patterns, representation vs abstraction, and neutral vs intense chroma to create a meditation that brings new insight to the age old bouquet theme.” – Juror, Bruce Stebner
SECOND PLACE Tom Mayer MOGADORE, OH Secret Garden WATERCOLOR MEDIA $350	“This painting won for its asymmetrically balanced composition, strong sense of value, and graphic, hard lined approach to the subject. The three large, flat shapes(two shadow masses and one sky), offer visual rest and anchors to the busyness of the small interlocking shapes, which describe the flora and dappled light on the stairs. The piece is not only well conceived and carefully executed, but also offers an emotional response to the garden subject.” – Juror, Bruce Stebner
FIRST PLACE Robert Goldthwaite KENT, OH Plowed Field WATER BASED MEDIA NFS	“The loose, descriptive brushwork, combined with the use of color create a winning landscape painting. The one-point perspective naturally carries the viewer through the front planes of the painting, to the rhythmically undulating hills on the horizon. On the furthest plane, the tree line creates a lyrical negative space as it meets the sky. Back in the foreground, the vibrant, warm rose and yellow brush strokes anchor the foreground and bring an interesting contrast to a painting that would otherwise be entirely cool blues and greens.” – Juror, Bruce Stebner

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Accepted Submissions:

2023 Floral & Landscape Accepted Submissions

Full Name	CITY, STATE	Title	CATEGORY	Price
Lance Apple	Copley, OH	Carol Mary’s Dahlia	Photographic Media	$100
Pat Barker	Hudson, OH	Grandma’s House	Mixed Media	$600
Jeanette Bill-Cole	Brecksville, OH	Tulips	Watercolor Media	$300
Lou Camerato	Akron, OH	Spring Garden 2050 A.D.	3-D Media	$400
Lou Camerato	Akron, OH	Moonlit Meadow	Mixed Media	NFS
April Cameron	Akron, OH	Creekside	Water Based Media	$700
April Cameron	Akron, OH	Blue North	Water Based Media	$700
Sarah Castrigano	Berea, OH	Strands	Mixed Media	NFS
Sharley Chang	Copley, OH	Summer in the Valley	Watercolor Media	$150
Kelly Nicola Chiovitti	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	HMA-0012	Dry Media	$70
Deanna Clucas	Stow, OH	Purple Flags	Water Based Media	$640
Deanna Clucas	Stow, OH	Birds of Paradise – Let’s Fly	Water Based Media	NFS
C. Arthur Croyle	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Glen Falls Trail #2	Watercolor Media	$600
Martin Darr	Mogadore, OH	Fairchild Gardens	Oil Based Media	$1,800
Martin Darr	Mogadore, OH	Kingwood	Oil Based Media	$1,600
Renata DeLuca	Akron, OH	Gated Garden	Watercolor Media	$1,000
Renata DeLuca	Akron, OH	Potted Geranium	Water Based Media	$450
Anthony DeMarco	Strongsville, OH	Sea Oat Fireworks	Photographic Media	$140
Marjorie Dettling	Akron, OH	Tint of Spring	Oil Based Media	$85
Marjorie Dettling	Akron, OH	June Gems	Oil Based Media	$85
Jann Dieringer	Fairview Park, OH	Burst	Mixed Media	$250
Jann Dieringer	Fairview Park, OH	Lacy Bloom	Mixed Media	$325
Amanda DuPlooy	Uniontown, OH	If Flowers Were Meteorites	3-D Media	$250
Amanda DuPlooy	Uniontown, OH	Wall of Water	3-D Media	$80
Dee Fairweather	Medina, OH	Golden Hour	Oil Based Media	NFS
Dee Fairweather	Medina, OH	Path Back Home	Oil Based Media	NFS
Gloria M. Fickert	Akron, OH	Sunny Daisies	Watercolor Media	$100
Steve Fountain	Kent, OH	View From Carciano	Oil Based Media	$420
Teenia Geig	Seville, OH	Lady Slipper	Mixed Media	$300
Teenia Geig	Seville, OH	Bumble	Mixed Media	$150
Shelly Giangaspero	Stow, OH	Flowers in Vase	3-D Media	$300
Mark Giangaspero	Stow, OH	Spring	Oil Based Media	$950
Mark Giangaspero	Stow, OH	Untitled	Oil Based Media	$650
Robert Goldthwaite	Kent, OH	Plowed Field	Water Based Media	NFS
Robert Goldthwaite	Kent, OH	Hilltop	Water Based Media	NFS
Zirka Hayes	Portage Lakes, OH	Given from the Heart	Water Based Media	$175
Sally Heston	Broadview Heights, OH	Sunshine and Shadows	Watercolor Media	NFS
Jack Hickson	Barberton, OH	Misty Morning Magic	Watercolor Media	$600
Barbara Himes	Akron, OH	Ready for Summer	Mixed Media	$225
Mary Louise Holly	Kent, OH	Sunscape	Oil Based Media	NFS
Mark John	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Low Tide	Dry Media	$600
Mark John	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Splendor	Dry Media	$550
Sandra Johnson	Shaker Heights, OH	Lake Louise, Ohio	Watercolor Media	NFS
Judy Adams Jones	Richfield, OH	Glow in the Dark	Oil Based Media	$225
Teresa Katsaros	Wadsworth, OH	Rose-Colored Glasses	Water Based Media	$600
Danielle Keisling	Akron, OH	Chance of Frost	Water Based Media	NFS
Ariel Kent	Akron, OH	Underneath	Photographic Media	$100
Therese Kramer	Medina, OH	Golden Birch Path	Mixed Media	$250
Pam LaRocco	North Canton, OH	Misty Morning	Watercolor Media	$400
Michael Alan Lee	Kent, OH	Vanishing Skyline	Photographic Media	NFS
Michael Alan Lee	Kent, OH	Lichen Finds a Way	Photographic Media	NFS
James W. Leslie	Akron, OH	Autumn Run	Oil Based Media	$725
Ruth Matthews	Wauseon, OH	Phenomenon	Dry Media	$500
Ruth Matthews	Wauseon, OH	Friday	Water Based Media	$800
Tom Mayer	Mogadore, OH	Nature’s Textures	Watercolor Media	$500
Tom Mayer	Mogadore, OH	Secret Garden	Watercolor Media	$350
Sharon Frank Mazgaj	Uniontown, OH	Daffodils and Ducky	Oil Based Media	$395
Susan Mencini	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Kensington	Water Based Media	$500
Susan Mencini	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Redemptive Ode	Mixed Media	$475
Leo Miller	Ravenna, OH	Nouveau Desk Lamp	3-D Media	$120
Leo Miller	Ravenna, OH	Photo-Synthetic #2	3-D Media	$100
Noreen Molek	Col. Station, OH	The Lighthouse	Watercolor Media	NFS
Mary Ann Mosyjowski	Akron, OH	Dancing Flowers	Oil Based Media	$550
Jeff Newhouse	Akron, OH	Lock 4	Photographic Media	$125
Jeff Newhouse	Akron, OH	El Capitan	Photographic Media	$125
Ed Paradise	Mineral City, OH	Summer Burst	Watercolor Media	$275
William Peck	Kent, OH	Rocks, the Sea, and Weather	Water Based Media	$700
Missy Perlic	Cleveland Heights, OH	Bowl Full of Flowers	3-D Media	$140
Bob Pozarski	Akron, OH	Flower Vase	3-D Media	$250
Bob Pozarski	Akron, OH	Rain Makes Flowers	3-D Media	$1,100
Robert J. Putka	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Hibiscus in the Border	Water Based Media	$650
Robert J. Putka	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Resurrection Lilies and Phlox	Water Based Media	$650
Patricia Quillin	Kent, OH	Bleu Morning	3-D Media	$125
Patricia Quillin	Kent, OH	Classified	3-D Media	$85
Renae Rotterschmidt	Wadsworth, OH	Sunrise Pier	Water Based Media	$300
Derry A. Stauffer	Mayfield, OH	Adventure Beckons	Photographic Media	$300
Derry A. Stauffer	Mayfield, OH	Water Lily by my Canoe	Photographic Media	NFS
Marie Steele	Fairlawn, OH	Twilight	Oil Based Media	NFS
Carol J. Stevens	Medina, OH	Moonlit Garden	Watercolor Media	$1,000
Carol J. Stevens	Medina, OH	Koi Pond	Watercolor Media	$1,000
Jacqui Sukie	Akron, OH	Tulip Dream	Photographic Media	$230
Jacqui Sukie	Akron, OH	I’ll Always Have Paris	Photographic Media	$180
Deborah Thomarios	Akron, OH	Naples Sky	Photographic Media	$250
Ricky L. Williams	Medina, OH	Silent Vigil	Water Based Media	$300
Keith Wisdom	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Floral Bouquet	Mixed Media	$600
Emily Wiser	Hudson, OH	Untamed Wild Growth	3-D Media	NFS
Pollock Youngpole	Akron, OH	Sister Mary’s Bouquet	Photographic Media	$200
Johanna Yurak	Hudson, OH	Fruits of Labor	Watercolor Media	NFS
Danica Zeise	Medina, OH	The Golden Garden	Dry Media	$1,700
Danica Zeise	Medina, OH	Juin Blooms	Mixed Media	$125