“Myth and Fantasy” iN THE Acorn Gallery
September 24 - October 20, 2023
This exhibition will present the unchanging concepts of mythology, fairy tales, fables, good versus evil, and heroes and villains. Concepts may be from published myths or the artist's fantasy.
First Friday Reception and Award Announcement: Friday, October 6, 2023, 6:30 PM at Lakewood Arts Gallery.
Juror: Sandy Guinn, Gotcha, Chalk Pastel, 20 x 30", $300
JUROR: Sandy Guinn, www.sandyguinn.com
Sandy Guinn is a working artist as well as an art professor at Community College of Denver. Sandy earned her BFA from Drake University and her MA from Goddard. She exhibits at surreal galleries in Denver and Des Moines. Her most recent passion is chalk pastels. Pastels offer a wonderful opportunity to play with colors, blend, layer them, and create beautiful illusions of texture. She finds it a privilege to teach young artists and strives to inspire and motivate them to explore their own creativity. To find their own voice while embarking on this artistic journey. In her own work she strives to push the boundaries by using an atypical pallet, exaggerated facial expressions on her subject matter, and explore the interplay between light and shadow.
First Place
Ellen Jones, Found It, Watermedia, 18 x 12", $250
Merit Award
Ray Harrison, Shaman, Watercolor, 24 x 18", $150
Stacey Roberts, Among the Stars, Soft Pastel, 16 x 20", $1000
Kathy Hinckley, Blue Butterfly Queen, Acrylic Mixed Media, 43 x 32", $1200
Gail Firmin, Green Man, Watercolor & Ink, 16 x 20", $175
Lex Leonard, Arrival, Acrylic, 16 x 20", $125
Roger Carver, Hansel & Gretel, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16", $320
Harvey Whitcomb, Electro-Plasmic Disruption Module, Mixed Media, 17.5 x 24", $235
Renae Blake, Prismatic, Watercolor and Acrylic Paint, 7 x 7", $150
Nancy Gardiner, As Above - So Below, Alcohol Ink, 15 x 18, $500
Stacey Roberts, Before the Sun, Soft Pastel, 18 x 22", $1050
Kathryn Harris, The Bones of an Ancient Sea, Digital Collage Print on Metal, 20 x 16", $175
Kathy Hinckley, Tom & Jerry, Mosaic Sculpture, 11 x 10 x 10", $500
Second Place
Nancy Gardiner, Crystal Dimension, Alcohol Ink, 23 x 20", $400
Merit Award
Jesse Neumann, Tres Brujas, Oil, 30 x 24", $1000
Kathy Hinckley, Ms. Shop ‘til You Drop, Mosaic Sculpture, 21 x 15 x 15", $1000
Wendi Richardson, Gotham at Dusk, Mixed Medium, 24 x 36", $700
Kay Picard, Woodland Queen, Mixed Media, $180
Kathryn Harris, Curandera Receiving a Payment, Digital Collage Print on Metal, 12 x 12", $150
Richard Dotson, Fairies and Their Pet Butterflies, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 54", $2800
Harvey Whitcomb, Aztlan, Mixed Media, 10 x 12.5", $75
Shirley Knapp, Chinese Dragon, Mixed Media, 14 x 22", $275
Anna Kogler, Fantasy…, Alcohol Ink, 8 x 10", $77
Kathryn Harris, Accidentally Finding Atlantis in Antarctica, Digital Collage Print on Metal, 20 x 16", $175
Renae Blake, Mystical Moon, Watercolor and Acrylic Paint, 9.25 x 13", $175
Third Place
Wendi Richardson, Reflections, Oil, 24 x 24", $700
Merit Award
Richard Dotson, The Hall Of The Mountain Top, Oil on Canvas, 48 x 36", $1800
Gail Firmin, Mermaid"‘s World, Watercolor & Ink, 16 x 20", $175
Anna Kogler, The Magic of Dragonflies, Alcohol Ink, 10 x 8", $77
Renae Blake, Amethyst Dragon, Acrylic Paint and Resin, 10.5 X 12.5", $125
Dorothy Lessem, Magic in the Sunflower Forest, Acrylic, 12 x 9", $125
Stacey Roberts, If Only for a Moment, Soft Pastel, 18 x 22", $1050
Harvey Whitcomb, Chakranistic, Mixed Media, 18 x 22, $175
Anna Kogler, Xeron and Its Three Moons, Alcohol Ink, 10 x 8", $77
Shirley Knapp, A Door to the Past, Mixed Media, 12 x 16", $275
Nancy Gardiner, Imagine, Alcohol Ink, 20 x 23", $275
Shirley Knapp, Fantastic Voyage, Mixed Media, 12 x 12", $250
Gail Firmin, Dryade's Lament, Watercolor, 16 x 20", $275