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Special Awards and Sales
Artist of the Year 2008
Artists of the Month
Signature Selections 2005 Winners

Special Awards and Sales

Seahorse

Jan Spangler’s amazing painting “Seahorse” won 3rd place in the watercolor section of the University Art 2009 competition.  Entries were submitted to UA of San Francisco, San Jose and Palo Alto; the Juror was George Rivera.  Jan’s painting was on exhibit at University Art, San Jose, from Sept. 12-30.  Congratulations, Jan--great work!

(click the painting for a larger view.)

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Artist of the Year -- 2009

Kay Alexander

Congratulations to Kay Alexander, who was awarded the title of Artist of the Year at the annual Holiday Party in December, 2009.

Tie for Runner up: Daniela Friedmann and Timon Sloane

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Artists of the Month

(View Contest Rules)

August 2010 Winners:
Theme "Californian Summer" (Places, Flora, Fauna)
1st Place:
Jan Spangler, "Farmers’ Market Bouquets"
2nd Place:
Kay Alexander, "Summer San Gregorio Farm"
3rd Place:
Nancy Troup, "Summer Gamble Garden"


June 2010 Winners:
Theme "The Printed Word" (Letters,Words, Symbols in Art)
1st Place:
April Maiten, "Quotes within a Quote"
2nd Place:
Xuan My Ho, "Swan Mosaic Sign"
3rd Place:
Jan Spangler, "Cheap Wine"


May 2010 Winners:
Theme "A Day in Our Lives"
1st Place:
Harlan Howard , "Arches"
2nd Place:
Kay Alexander , "Old Things "
3rd Place:
Gerda Cristal, "America’s Hero"


April 2010 Winners:
Theme "A Day in Our Lives"
1st Place:
Jan Spangler, "Peruvian Marketplace"
2nd Place:
Jane Saltman, "The New Arrival"
3rd Place: (tie)
Kay Alexander, "Corner Café Dinan"
Lynn Dau, "Morning Ritual"


March 2010 Winners:
Theme "Portraits, Figures"
1st Place:
Lynn Dau, "Point of View"
2nd Place:
Jan Spangler, "The Dalai Lama"
3rd Place:
Kay Alexander, "The Playwog Pool"


February 2010 Winners:
Theme "It’s not all Black & White" (Monochromatic)

1st Place:
Jan Spangler, "What to Wear?"
2nd Place:
Yasuo Kishimoto, "Migration"
3rd Place (tie):
Rosa Farinas, "By the Pond"
Cathy Zander, "Trees"


January 2010 Winners:
Theme "It’s not all Black & White" (Monochromatic)

1st Place:
Jan Spangler, "Young artist"
2nd Place:
Kay Alexander, "Winterscape"
3rd Place:
Anna Briggs, "Nest"


November 2009 Winners:
Theme "Symphony Fantastique" (Whimsical, Fantasy, Musical, Fairies)

1st Place:
Kathy Sartain, "Intoxicating Music"
2nd Place: (tie)
Kay Alexander, "Fantasy Dragon"
Lynn Daw, "Once in a Dream"
3rd Place:
Cathy Zander, "Pouring Red"


October 2009 Winners:
Theme "Let it be Light!"
(Intense light, surface reflections, night light, shadows)

1st Place:
Daniela Friedman, "Bowl of Oranges"
2nd Place:
Rae Lagen, "Moonlight Sonata"
3rd Place:
Kay Alexander, "Snow Shadows"


September 2009 Winners:
Theme "Landscapes, Waterscapes"

1st Place:
Timon Sloane, "Tiburon Sunset"
2nd Place:
Catherine Gross, "Sunset on the Nile"
3rd Place:
Susan Brott Lawson, "The Trailhead"


August 2009 Winners:
Theme "Summer Days "(Activities)

1st Place: (tie)
Rosa Farinas, "Good Baits"
Laurel Woodard, "In the Garden"
2nd Place:
Kay Alexander, "How I Spent my Summer Vacation"
3rd Place:
Jan Spangler, "A Walk in Central Park"


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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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