Lake Country Pastel Society Summer Celebration Show at the White Bear Center for the Arts
July 18 - August 21, 2019
When selecting award winners, our judge, Kami Mendlik used the following criteria — but finally, in the end it was where her heart pulled her.
- Paintings that have carrying power from across the room
- Simplification of shapes
- A strong armature
- Decisions on what does not have to be in the painting
- Handling and sophistication of the medium
Award Winners for the 2019 White Bear Center Show
Best of Show — “Turning to Joy”
by Fred Somers
Second Place & People's Choice Award — “Orange Scarf”
by Kathe Drake
Third Place — “Appetites”
by Linda Ricklefs Baudry
Merit Award — “The Color of Water”
by Carol Pruchnofski
Merit Award — “June Flowers”
by Lisa K. Stauffer
Honorable Mention — “August Landscape”
by Art Weeks
Honorable Mention — “A Gift of Summer”
by Cynthia Kath
PSA Award — “June”
by Kathe Drake
At the 2019 White Bear Center Show
Lake Country Pastel Society Fall Show at Stillwater Art Guild Gallery
October 2, 2018 – October 27, 2018
Lake Country Pastel Society show at Frameworks Gallery
April 14 through June 2, 2018
When selecting award winners, our judge Doug Dawson in general explained and used the following criteria:
- use of complimentary colors adjacent to each other;
- use of edges that added some mystique, some precise, other more loosely delineated;
- use of precise drawing;
- overall color balance that combined color intensity with reticent areas, also combining light and shadow; and
- painting that ‘popped’ or stood out!
Award Winners for the 2018 Frameworks Show
Best in Show Award — Joanne Meierhofer — “Superior Surf”
First Place Award — Maureen Johnson — “The Sea.”
Second Place Award — Laura Irwin-Schack — “Misty Marshland”
Third Place Award — Shelley Aquino Brandon — “The Playful Sea”
Pastel Society Of America Award — Lisa Stauffer — “In To The Barn”
People’s Choice Award — Christine Tierney — “Closing Time”
Merit Award — Fred Somers — “PrairieCreek Poetry”
Merit Award — Michelle Wegler — “Waxing Moon”
Honorable Mention — Carol Pruchnofski — “Tangled”
Honorable Mention — Mary Richey — “The Red Shed”
2018 Frameworks Show Reception
