Wickford Art Association Gallery

July 16 -  Aug 3, 2010 Featuring works with a Rhode Island theme. Juried by:  Harley Bartlett

Awards Reception Sunday, July 18, 1 - 3 p.m. The public is invited and refreshments will be served!

First Place
T. Girard Off Island, combined acrylic
Second Place	Third Place
Eric Wertheimer        Galilee in Fog, photograph	M.A. Podolsk Sheep Shearing, Watson Farm, Jamestown, acrylic
Honorable Mentions
Marc Jaffe Horseshoe Falls in Spring II, photograph		Sally Blitzer Family Gathering, watercolor

Juror's statement

Entering an art piece into a juried show is no small task, nor is judging a show.  As a juror, I try to keep in mind all that I judge my own work by; craft of execution, craft of idea and presentation.  As a fellow artist, I constantly have to remind myself of the question, “What am I trying to say?” then say it well and present it with excellence.

The first prize winner has obvious command of the medium used.  The painting demonstrates good composition and a good decorative sense; in the arrangement of line, mass, texture and color.  The painting exudes strength and presence in its clarity of thought.

The second place artwork evokes a strength of mood not just in the subject matter, but in the choices made in the media manipulation.  The choice of a mono or sepia tone enhances the mood while certain enhanced highlighted areas give the picture added dimension.

The third place painting handles an added dimension to the picture making process in that it illustrates a dynamic event.  The style is simple, direct and informative without being primitive or too stylistic.  This work is in the tradition of the American school of painters such as William Sidney Mount. 

The honorable mention photograph has a strong composition that plays on the real and abstract nature of imaging.  Allowing the boat to remain in the distance gives a tweak of the anecdotal which adds rather than detracts from the overall mood.

The honorable mention watercolor exudes charm in its simple direct style of a summer day on the beach at Narragansett.  While the style is simple and almost illustrational, the artist maintains control without becoming mechanical or slick. 

I would like to thank the Wickford Art Association and Kristen Bryce for inviting me to judge this show, “The Ocean State.”

 -Harley Bartlett

 

Accepted numbers:

1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,16,17,18,19,21,22,23,24,25,31,32,33,36,37,39,
40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,50,51,52,55,56,57,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,
66,68,71,72,77,79,80,81,83,84,85,86,87,89,90,95,96