FAA announces winners of Open Juried Show

FALLBROOK — The Fallbrook Art Association (FAA) announced the winners of its Open Juried Show, held annually at the Art Center at 103 South Main Avenue, at its opening reception Friday, November 10. The show may be viewed daily between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. (except Thanksgiving Day) until November 26 at 3 p.m.

Out of 376 entries, 156 were selected by the juror, Dayna Peterson Mason, to be exhibited. An experienced teacher in drawing, painting and three-dimensional art, Mason has received numerous awards, scholarships and grants in the United States and Europe and has had her work featured in invitational and group shows as well as having had many solo exhibitions. She has also been a guest lecturer, demonstrator, critic, juror, judge and curator. Since 1994, Mason has lived in Temecula and is currently Associate Professor of Art at Riverside Community College after having served as the Chairperson of the Art Department between 1998 and 2004.

The public is invited to vote for a favorite piece while attending the show. The artist receiving the most votes will receive an award of $100, which will be presented at FAA’s December meeting.

The Dorothy Finley “Best of Show” Cash Award was given to Rich Stergulz for his oil painting, “Two Euros Per Pound.” The Plein Air Cash Award was given to Liza Mozzini-McDill for her oil painting, “Summer Vineyard.”

Cash awards for first, second and third place and certificates for Honorable Mentions were given in the following categories.

Oil/Acrylic

First place: Rich Stergulz, “Geppetto’s Workshop”

Second place: Nina Montalbano, “Green Beads”

Third place: Jan Lee Lumkin, “Puzzling”

Honorable Mentions: Diane Bennett, “Chris, Coral, Jake & Jack;” Carol Perko, “Miner ’49er”

Water Media

First place: Janice Cipriani, “Paper Mates”

Second place: Carilyn Vice, “Morning Dilemma”

Third place: Robin Erickson, “Coffeebreak X”

Honorable Mentions: Jim Bates, “The Soul Man;” Neill Ketchum, “California Pepper”

Mixed Media

First place: Tahnee Gehm, “Skull”

Second place: Frances Hubert Duesenberg, “Gavilan Mountain”

Third place: Karen Langer Baker, “Continuance”

Honorable Mentions: Virginia Cole, “Knowledge;” Marjorie Weaver, “Let’s Dance;” Diane K. Adams, “The Source”

Pencil, Ink, Charcoal, Pastels

First place: Marlene Sheridan, “Dinwiddie Preserve, Afternoon Shadows”

Second place: Ada Passaro, “Porch View”

Third place: Karen Levi, “Still Life with Pitcher and Fruit”

Honorable Mentions: Ray Fedorchak, “Memories;” Haley Robinson, “This is Not a Self Portrait”

Graphics – Printmaking & Computer Generated

First place: Janet McAlpine, “Aerial”

Second place: N. Dixon Fish, “Man with a Good Heart”

Third place: Janet McAlpine, “Cacti”

Honorable Mentions: Karen Langer Baker, “Unspeakable III;” Marilee Ragland, “Ragsdale at the Mailbox”

Photography, including Photoshop

First place: Azy Groth, “Manhattan Umbrellas Two”

Second place: Christie Starr Featherstone, “Mother and Child”

Third place: Jennifer Groth, “Still Life”

Honorable Mentions: Laurel Jeninga, “Yellowstone Mist;” Lori Lyn Greenstone, “Flower Girls Forever”

Sculpture & Three-Dimensional

First place: Ironhand, “Kiln Goddess I”

Second place: William Olson, “Fetish”

Third place: Lynn Ely, “Earth Spirit”

Honorable Mentions: Nan Bushley, “Irish Wonder;” Kelly Berning, “Carnival Series #2”