2024 November Fields of Gold

1st Place: Nobuko Yamasaki, Red Oval

2nd Place: Linda Boyle, Metamorphosis

3rd Place: Alisa Stratton, Sketch of a tree, pierced by emotion

Honorable Mention: Betty McGraw, Tangerine

Honorable Mention: Paula Zaks, Patterned Women 2

In addition, the juror awarded a special prize to Margaret Reese for “Thinking Back to Look Forward.” It was funded by the critique group Pointe Studio Ten, in memory of Charmaine Kaptur and Dorothea Krieg, two longtime DSWPS and Pointe Studio Ten members who passed away in the past year.

Members can find the Juror’s commentary on the show and the winners on the Members Only page.

Images shown are in alphabetical order by artist. For shots from the reception, click here.

Renee Atkinson, High Rise

20×15, mixed media

2ND PLACE: Linda Boyle, Metamorphosis

12×12, graphite on illustration board

Linda Boyle, Entry To Imagination

8×6, graphite on illustration board

Lisa Sabo Brown, Unfolding

24×18, acrylic, cold wax and collage

Marguerite Carroll Carlton, Translated to Reality

20×16, photograph on archival paper

Cheryl Chidester, A Box of Memories

20×16, watercolor on black paper

Barbara Clay, On the Edge

16×20, acrylic on linen

Ellen Doyle, Botanical Bliss

24×18, mixed media: acrylic paint, pastels, tissue papers

Laura Gabriel, Brown Pig

12x18x.5, bas-relief sculpture (hydrostone)

Barbara Smith Gibson, Golden Harvest

10×8, encaustic and oil paint

Ruth Harvey, Tranquility

21×17, watercolor

Ruth Harvey, Beach entrance at Point Betsy

22×18, watercolor

Julia Holtgreive, Fleeting Moment

20×20, oil

HONORABLE MENTION: Betty McGraw, Tangerine

16×12, Mixed media collage with gel pen and acrylic

Kathleen McNamee, Avenue

19×7, watercolor

Lynn Edwards Newman, Hidden In Plein Sight

24×24, mixed media: acrylic and gold leaf

Kathleen W. O'Connell, Pond with Windmill

10×10, oil

Kathryn Poremski, Tilt

22×22, oil on linen

Margaret Reese, Avert

20×16, oil

Margaret Reese, Thinking back to look forward

24×16, oil

Carol Cook Reid, Meander of Posies

20×20, acrylic

Cynthia Somerville, Carbon

Monoprint created by layering iridescent ink over flat ink

3RD PLACE: Alisa Liguori Stratton, Sketch of a tree, pierced by emotion

14×11.5, mixed media drawing

Mary Taitt, Geraldine and Edgar Share an Acorn

14.5×11.5, scratchboard (white on black background)

Jamie Thomson, Overload

24×20, acrylic

Jamie Thomson, Concertino

24×24, acrylic

Lindsay Tyler, Lisa

8×8×1, Acrylic on cradled wood sealed with epoxy resin

Pat Vartanian, Sara

20×24, acyrlic on canvas with photo woven through

Nobuko Yamasaki, Follow the Lanterns

24×17, Japanese woodblock print

1ST PLACE: Nobuko Yamasaki, Red Oval

19×19, mixed-media collage on ink-dropped paper

HONORABLE MENTION: Paula Zaks, Patterned Women 2

20×16, cyanotype print

Lori Zurvalec, Cascade

20×16, acrylic on board