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Special Awards and Sales
Artists of the Month
Artist of the Year 2007
Signature Selections 2005 Winners

Special Awards and Sales


Great news! Shirley Prausa, who has been exhibiting at Brian’s Restaurant during March-April, has sold four paintings (and they were here favorites, too).  Congratulations Shirley!

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Artists of the Month

(View Contest Rules)

June 2008 Winners:
Theme "Travel Here and There "

1st Place:
Jan Spangler, "Obi"
2nd Place:
Gerda Cristal, "Hawaiian Sunset"
3rd Place:
Cathy Zander, "French Summer Fields"

May 2008 Winners:
Theme "Mixed Media, Collage "

1st Place:
Nancy Bettini, "Come for Tea"
2nd Place:
Terenia Offenbacker, "Zebras"
3rd Place:
Gerda Cristal, "Time Out"

April 2008 Winners:
Theme "Playing Games "

1st Place:
Cathy Zander, "Ring Around the Rosy"
2nd Place:
Gerda Cristal, "Favorite Toy"
3rd Place:
Judy McCalla, "Lots of Games"

March 2008 Winners:
Theme "Architecture"
(Buildings, Bridges)
1st Place:
Olga Kuczer, "Palace of the Fine Arts"
2nd Place:
Nancy Bettini, "A Room with a View"
3rd Place:
Tobia Bruno, "The Old Country"

February 2008 Winners:
Theme "Still Life "
(traditional)
1st Place:
Nadia Vinogradova, "Destroyed Balance"
2nd Place:
Kathy Sartain, "Basket of Mosaic Flowers"
3rd Place: (tie)
Nancy Bettini, "Peach Poppies"
Daniela Friedmann, "Orange Concerto"

January 2008 Winners:
Theme "People"
(portraits, figures)
1st Place:
Jan Spangler, "The Sherpa"
2nd Place:
Yung Huang, "Beautiful Lady"
3rd Place: (tie)
Gerda Cristal, "Wedding Day"
Tobia Bruno, "The Old Sailor"

November 2007 Winners:
Theme "Great Masters Inspire Us "
(copies, look-alikes, in the style of)
1st Place:
Cathy Zander, "Homage to Homer"
2nd Place:
Nadia Vinogradova, "Young Lady of a le Mon"
3rd Place:
Kay Alexander, "Homage to Cezanne"

October 2007 Winners:
Theme "An Evening in Your Kitchen "
(basically, still life)
1st Place:
Daniela Friedmann, "Exotic Dreams"
2nd Place:
Mary Hyodo-Polk, "My Basket of Health"
3rd Place: (tie)
Olga Outzs, "“Kitchen Art"
Blanca Guintu, "Amaryllis"

September 2007 Winners:
Theme "Reflections, textures and Art Effects "
(close-up painting of anything)
1st Place:
Jan Spangler, "Canna Leaves"
2nd Place:
Kay Alexander, "The Stream in Winter"
3rd Place:
Terenia Offenbacker, "Shakespeare in Love"

August 2007 Winners: Theme "Close Up and Zooming In "
(close-up painting of anything)
1st Place:
Daniela Friedman, "Meyer Lemon"
2nd Place:
Jan Spangler, "Coreopsis Extravaganza"
3rd Place:
Leslie Grimm, "Viva Madrone"

July 2007

Everyone who brought their artwork to the July Social gets special recognition and appreciation from the rest of us for the month of July.   Thank you all for your generosity in bringing and sharing your art for us to enjoy.

 

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Artist of the Year -- 2007

Congratulations to Kay Alexander, who was awarded the title of Artist of the Year at the annual Holiday Party in December, 2007. She was also artist of the year in 2006 and 2005!

Second Place: Mary Hyodo-Polk

3rd Place: Daniela Friedmann

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"Signature Selections" 2005 Winners

Congratulations to the following winners of the annual
LAAC Member Art Exhibit, shown at the Main Street Café in Los Altos
during the month of November, 2005.
Best of Show Daniela Friedmann Turning Pumpkins
1st Place, Watercolor Suzie Shao Hibiscus
2nd Place, Watercolor Selma Rubler A Winter Walk
3rd Place, Watercolor Marilyn Foreman Glowing Granite
1st Place, Oil & Acrylic Lois Parr Pier 39
2nd Place, Oil & Acrylic Nancy Humpal Cucurbita
3rd Place, Oil & Acrylic Millie Gallo Flowers in a Vase
1st Place, Mixed Media Wiz Wiggins Bird's Nest
2nd Place, Mixed Media Harlan Howard Joy
3rd Place, Mixed Media Joyce Savre I Wonder
1st Place, Pastel, Drawing, Prints Daniela Friedman, Pastel Turning Pumpkins
2nd Place, Pastel, Drawing, Prints Diana Collins, Etching Peter
3rd Place, Pastel, Drawing, Prints Kathy Sartain, Mosaic Flowers

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