Art Association announces show winners

FALLBROOK — The Fallbrook Art Association recently honored the award winners of its annual Membership Show at the Art Center at Fallbrook. The show will continue to run through April 29. Daily hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closing at 3 p.m. on April 29.

Cash awards were given in the following special categories:

• Best of Show: Robin Erickson, “Siena Cathedral”

• Dean Myers Plein Air Award: Ingrid Wright, “Tree Shadows”

• Dorothy Stillens Plein Air Award: Penny Fedorchak, “Autumn in Yosemite”

• Ken Decker Award for Watercolor: Alison Christler, “Where’s the Ice?”

• Ellen Rowe Award – Best Use of Color: Patricia Hartman, “Scottish Sojourn”

• Monday Plein Air Painters Award: Mark Meisenholder, “The Cape House”

Cash awards were also given in the following categories:

Oil/Acrylic

• First place: William Gullette, “Hamlet in Morvan, France”

• Second place: Karen Louise Hart, “Mission Shadows #2”

• Third: Debbie Forbes, “Spring Run-off”

• Honorable Mention: Richard Stergulz, “Rustic Coop”

• Honorable Mention: George Bamber, “74”

• Honorable Mention: Rachel Hasson, “In Clear Water”

Water Media

• First place: Suzanne Hill, “Kaleidoscope”

• Second place: Gabriele Baber, “Seen My Day”

• Third place: Beth Taft, “Pensive”

• Honorable Mention: Jill Cole, “Back Alley”

• Honorable Mention: Pamela Brasel, “A Harbor in Maine”

• Honorable Mention: Sarah Meisenholder, “Kingfisher’s Kingdom”

Mixed Media

• First place: Carol Zaleski, “Dancing”

• Second place: Jack Ragland, “Liquid Amber”

• Third place: Marilee Ragland, “White Kittie’s Fantasy World”

• Honorable Mention: Barbara Von Gundell, “Thank You, Christo & Jeaune Claude”

• Honorable Mention: Doris Wilke, “Below the Reef”

Sculpture

• First place: Gayle Bamber, “Carnival Time”

• Second place: Kelly Berning, “Side Show Series 3”

• Third place: Larry Miller, “The Military Industrial Complex”

• Honorable Mention: Trent Berning, “Building Vase”

Photography

• First place: Jon Harwood, “Near DeLuz Fire Station”

• Second place: Louis J. Nidorf, “Vincente”

• Third place: Nicole Toesca, “Number 29”

• Honorable Mention: Louis J. Nidorf, “Cleaning Up”

Printmaking and Computer Generated

• First place: Karen Langer Baker, “Oh No, You Don’t!”

• Second place: Robert Ochs, “Coils”

• Third place: Karen Langer Baker, “Side By Side II”

• Honorable Mention: Robert Ochs, “Portrait of a Yellow Rose”

Pastel, Charcoal, Graphic Drawings, Pencil, Colored Pencil

• First place: Karen Levi, “Apples & Berries”

• Second place: Tahnee Gehm, “Fire Breather”

• Third place: William Olson, “Times Square”

• Honorable Mention: Alicia Anguiano, “Complicate”

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 the organization’s May meeting.