MAAA News

Early Spring News 2012

Mike Miller’s Challenge photo for our Member’s Meeting, March 10, 2012.

Below are the painting interpretations by members in pastel, acrylic and oil

Anne Ward - Acrylic

Alicia Drakiotes - oil

Gill Truslow - pastel

Maria Bergeron - oil

Roberta Batchelder - oil

Sandy Gemmell - oil

Anne Ward - pastel

#1. Water Media
1st place: Donna Lund – “Morning Marsh”
2nd place: Steve Hjelm – “Small Window”
3rd place: Frankie Tolman – “Wondrous”
Honorable Mention: Jeanette Fornier – “Location, Location, Location”, Stephanie Tickner – “Monadnock from Marlow Hill”, Phil Bean – “Clouded Peaks”, Bob Askey – “Neighbors”

2. Oils, Acrylics
1st place: Steve Previte – “Rockport”
2nd place: Monique Sakellarios – “Field of Poppies”
3rd place: Dick Fischer – “Winter Glow”
Honorable Mention: Jeanne Pierce – “Cold and Windy”, Abigail Toegel – “Winter’s Glory”,  Kristina Wentzell – “After the Rain”, Don Reed – “Cafe Conversation”

#3. Pastel, colored pencil, charcoal, pen & ink, printmaking
1st place: Erika Radich – “Krill 1A”
2nd place: Mike Robie – “Fade”
3rd place: Nicole Caulfield – “Lemonade”
Honorable Mention: Liz Winchester-Larson – “Chocolate from Turin”, Robin Frisella – “Delft & Co.”, Elizabeth Craumer – “Clear November Day”, Veronica DeWester – Unititled portrait

#4 Photography, Digital art
1st place: Gordon Ripley – “Painter’s Loft”
2nd place: Chris Bower – Black and White Zebras
3rd place: Mike Hanson – “Ft McClary, Me.”
Honorable Mention: Jeff Newcomer – “Waterfall”, Bob Janules – “Cybeles Brush Strokes”, Michael Mooney – black and white tractor, Sue O’Connor – “Breathing in the Garden”

#5 Sculpture, Mixed Media, Collage
1st place: Eric Peterson – “Fossil Fooled”
2nd place: Robert Taylor – “Roosted”
3rd place: Hannah Carpenter – “Light Bulb Earth”
Honorable Mention: Patsy DiBernardo – “Raven Tree”

Marie Hickey Award: Eric Peterson

Monadnock Regional High School
1st place: Sarah Robinson
Honorable Mention: Keith Pedro

People’s Choice Award: Robin Frisella – “Cottage Charm”

Raffle Winner: Gill Truslow won a beautiful oil painting by artist, Monique Sakellarios

All of our sites are filled for this year and we are looking forward to a wonderful event. Please invite family and friends to come to Ashuelot River Park, on West St. in Keene, NH,  to see the work of over 85 talented artists. The event falls on Labor Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday, September 3rd and 4th, from 10am – 4pm, and admission is free!
If you have any free time on the 4th and would like to volunteer at the Main Tent, please contact Carol Corliss pastels@tpdi.biz

Spring Members’ Show
Approximately 200 people came to see the show throughout the week, and all commented on what a beautiful show it was. Those who hung the show did an excellent job, and the space was beautiful, airy, well-lit and visible from the outside, as well as in.
Congratulations to our People’s Choice Award Winners!:
1st:   Veronica Aguilar – “Sophie”
2nd: Alicia Drakiotes – “Ladies in Waiting”
3rd:  Arne Nilsen – “Easy Living”

Challenge Photo Interpretations from the Members’ Meeting