Sunday, May 24, 2015

Blogging the Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition - Day 3

Painting of the Day
"Low Tide"
Oil
6x6"

Another wonderful day at Marion Square - lovely weather, lots of people, sales made, art painted and visits with new and old friends!

The BIG Prize - 2015 Mayor's Award goes to...
Mary Grayson Segars!
Mary Grayson Segars, Mayor Riley & PSOAE Co-Coordinators
Congratulations!
Mary Grayson Segars at Today's Great Paint-Out in the Park

This year, we had 2 judges and 2 Spoleto interns who helped make sure each judges got to all the booths - with 86 artists, judging the show can be overwhelming, but the judges did a great job.  What is interesting is that they decided not to judge particular paintings.  Instead they judged each artist's work as a whole at each booth.  That's why you won't see a "Mayor's Award" image.  The artist won the award for her body of work, not just for one piece.

And below, as I promised, is the list of the 2015 PSOAE Award Winners:

Mayor's Award:
Mary Grayson Segars

First Place:
Bob Graham

Second Place:
Tammy Papa

Third Place:
Kellie Jacobs

Honorable Mention:
Alana Knuff
Jan Sasser
Alicia Leeke
Joanne Evans
Steven Hyatt

Merit:
Carl Crawford
John Michiels
Pat Forsberg
Scott Henderson
Lu Bentley

Congratulations to a great group of artists!

Today was the Great Paint-Out, with almost all the artists happily painting away - here are just a few of the masterpieces:

Marissa Vogle with a finished oil

Alex Radin with one of his (unfinished) 365 Day Painting Series
(It's hard to finish an oil painting with 5-month old Shalom Radin in his arms!)

Below is a Painting in Stages by Hilarie Lambert
 Just warming' up...

 Hilarie used odorless mineral spirits to spread that warm up paint around, giving the painting a toned background - hints of the red will be evident in the finished piece
- then she put in simple reference marks-

Not quite finished, but we all get the idea!



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