Gallery - 2010 Award Winners

Awards Juror: Dr. Nancy Canter, Dean of Creative Arts at De Anza College

"It is an honor to be the juror for this year’s annual members show exhibit titled 'Alternate Realities'.  All the artists in this year's exhibit deserve recognition for the freshness of approach and experimentation with materials and process in their creative work as it related to the theme. In the selection of winners I took note of works that showed originality, craftsmanship and content.  I especially wanted to get a feeling for the artist’s message and intention as it related to the experience of the theme and where the artwork took me emotionally in the jury process."


The Award Winners
Back row left to right: Diane Fujimoto, Nancy Calhoun, Nava Attia-Benoit, Don Wieland, Lee Osborne, Ference Besze
Second row left to right: Kathy Lake, Rajani Balaram, Shirley Green, Frances Fisher, Jeanne deCampos-Rousseau
Front row left to right: June Crowe, Carol Mead, Nancy Near, Jane Kwant
Photograph by Evelyn Seto

2010 Award Winners

1st Place - Lost in Her Memories by Nancy Near
1st Place - Lost in Her Memories by Nancy Near

Juror’s Comments: “This excellent painting captured my attention as it relates to the perception of reality, and how as we age the function of our memory and mind decreases and is often an alternate reality”
2nd Place - Bleeding Heart by Myrna Wacknov
2nd Place - Bleeding Heart by Myrna Wacknov

Juror’s Comments: “This painting reflected upon the altered state of reality that is described as being in love.  The cropping of the portrait and the overlay of heart pattern shapes throughout was an excellent way to carry out the theme.”
3rd Place - Stalker in the Greenhouse by Carol Mead
3rd Place - Stalker in the Greenhouse by Carol Mead

Juror’s Comments:“There is vibrancy and verve!  I responded to the color that transforms an unprepossessing subject.”

Beyond the Surface (Complete set of Watercolor paints, donated by M. Graham) - Window Between Alternate Realities by Don Wieland
Beyond the Surface (Complete set of Watercolor paints, donated by M. Graham) - Window Between Alternate Realities by Don Wieland

Juror’s Comments: “A personal reflection on physical reality vs. natural reality.”
Honorable Mention - Up a Creek by June Crowe
Honorable Mention - Up a Creek by June Crowe

Juror’s comments: “This is the painting I wish I had painted myself.  The alternating back and forth of the powerful shapes, colors and lines gave a new direction, a new course of action, made me question 'what is reality?'"
Emerging Artist - Chron Photog at Pebble Beach by Lee Osborne
Emerging Artist - Chron Photog at Pebble Beach by Lee Osborne

Juror's comments: “Great techniques and control of brushstroke.”

2010 Sponsor Awards

SCVWS would like to give a big THANK YOU to our sponsors for their generous support: M. Graham, Picture Element, University Art,Quiller Gallery, Accent Arts, Creative Catalyst, Art and Frame Unlimited, Union Avenue Framing and Jack Richeson & Co.

Picture Element ($150) - Fuchsia Crystal Vase by Jane Kwant
Picture Element ($150) - Fuchsia Crystal Vase by Jane Kwant

Juror’s Comment: “How light and reflection can alter our reality of objects.”
Picture Element ($150) - Blue Shadow by Nancy Calhoun
Picture Element ($150) - Blue Shadow by Nancy Calhoun

Jurors Comment: “How shapes of shadows can become real subjects of paintings.”
Quiller Gallery ($100) - Geisha by Kathy Lake
Quiller Gallery ($100) - Geisha by Kathy Lake

Juror’s Comment: “The back and forth movement of shapes, textures, play of warm and cool colors-defined alternate, a new course of action”

University Art ($100)
University Art ($100)

Juror’s Comment: “This mysterious painting brought fantasy and mythology into reality.”
University Art ($100) - Sedona by Ference Besze
University Art ($100) - Sedona by Ference Besze

Juror's Comment: “The state of things as they really are, the physical reality of beauty.”
Accents Arts ($75) - To Embroider, A Lost Art by Jeanne deCampos Rousseau
Accents Arts ($75) - To Embroider, A Lost Art by Jeanne deCampos Rousseau

Juror's Comment: “The ultimate play upon reality - the painted object vs. the real object”

Creative Catalyst ($60) - Kaleidoscope Kabbage by Shirley Green
Creative Catalyst ($60) - Kaleidoscope Kabbage by Shirley Green

Juror's Comment: “The absence of local color and the playful use of expressive color brought an emotional charge to the question of reality"
Art and Frame Unlimited ($50) - Living on the Edge by Frances Fisher
Art and Frame Unlimited ($50) - Living on the Edge by Frances Fisher

Juror's Comment: “Strong techniques in this painting defined reality of the landscape.”
Union Avenue Framing ($50) - In Limbo by Nava Attia-Benoit
Union Avenue Framing ($50) - In Limbo by Nava Attia-Benoit

Juror's Comment: “Emotionally charged figurative image questioning alternatives in life, questioning the reality of a situation you find yourself in."

Jack Richeson & Co. (set of paints) - Aquatic Floral by Zoya Scholis
Jack Richeson & Co. (set of paints) - Aquatic Floral by Zoya Scholis

Juror's Comment: “This batik like painting defined the idea that alternate often means the reverse or a different course of action, this painting had a unique style and approach."
Jack Richeson & Co. (set of paints) - Aah, Paris My Alternate Reality by Diane Fujimoto
Jack Richeson & Co. (set of paints) - Aah, Paris My Alternate Reality by Diane Fujimoto

Juror's Comment: “Technically well done painting that questions 'What is reality, physically being somewhere, or being somewhere in thought?'"