Local artists on display: LAAC juried art winners announced this week

Published 1:50 am Saturday, May 20, 2017

Josh Scott’s acrylic, “Intermission,” won best of show in the Lower Alabama Arts Coalition’s 2017 juried art show.

The winners were announced at a reception Tuesday night.

LAAC presented first, second and third place awards in eight categories. Twenty artists submitted work to be juried.

Winners were:

Josh Scott’s “Intermission,” was best in show

Acrylic

  • First place, Josh Scott, “Intermission.”
  • Second place, Kiley Spears, “XERO.”
  • Third place, Tara Dalton, “Steering at You.”

Drawing

  • First place, Peggy James, “Lost But Now Found.”
  • Second place, Ruben Gonzales, “Bluebird in the Jungle.”
  • Third place, “Chickens Come Back to Roost.”

Mixed Media

  • First place, Josh Scott, “Big Daddy.”
  • Second place, Patrick Armstrong, “The Framers of the Constitution are the Framers of the Conversation”
  • Third place, Kiley Spears, “Zu.”

First place, Liz Reid, “Poppies in Pink.”

Oil

  • First place, Liz Reid, “Poppies in Pink.”
  • Second place, Patrick Armstrong, “Storm.”
  • Third place, Shirley Edgar, “Bambie and Jennie.”

Pastel

  • First place, PJ Lewis, “Leslie Jones.”
  • Second place, Sara Beasley, “Peanut.”

Photography

  • First place, Erin Johnson, “Streetcar in NOLA.”
  • Second place, Danielle Spears, “1802 at the L&N.”
  • Third place, Erin Johnson, “Abandoned Boat.”

Sculpture

  • First place, Sara Beasley, “Aussie.”
  • Second place, Liz Reid, “Goodbye to Ringling.”

Tara Dalton’s watercolor.

Watercolor

  • First place, Tara Dalton, “An Evening Abroad.”
  • Second place, Liz Reid, “Spring Mix.”
  • Third place, Susan Underwood, “Waterlilies.”

 

The exhibit will continue through the end of the month. The Gallery is open afternoons, Tuesday through Friday.