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Start Date Mon, August 6, 2018 @ 10:00 AM
End Date Thu, August 23, 2018 @ 5:00 PM
Location The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center

The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center Presents their

Crooked River Plein Air

Competition – Exhibition- Art Sale

COMPETITION: Noon Saturday, July 21st – 12:00 PM Thursday, August 2nd

EXHIBITION & ART SALE: August 6th – August 23rd

RECEPTION: August 10th 5:30 – 7:00 PM


CELEBRATE:

WHEN: August 10th 5:30-7:00 PM

WHERE: Cuyahoga Valley Art Center main gallery

WHAT: Free artist celebration & reception


PICK UP WORK:

Unsold works must be picked up on August 24th or August 25th  Cuyahoga Valley Art Center is not responsible for, or able to store, abandoned artwork.


JUROR INFORMATION:

WHO: Jessica Loftus is a 3rd generation painter, who grew up surrounded by traditional landscape painters in New Mexico. She has been holding a brush since she was 8 years old and has obtained her degree in painting from the University of Texas. She is the curator for Western Reserve Hospital & the Mustard Seed Cafe and has previous experience as an art juror.


 

 

Winners

FIRST-PLACE

Bob Maurer

Canton, OH

Victorian House on Broad

WATERCOLOR

$600

 

“It is difficult to depict the emotion of a static structure, in general, much less under the short time frame Plein Air requires. The artist has created an emotion from this composition that creates a versatility for the viewer. The use of muted hues both in the fore and background, reinforce a potential for a myriad of dreams and stories as vast as the years these buildings have been standing. This is a great example of how choice use of tone and hue can go a long way toward a story unable to be depicted in a short time frame.”

– Jessica Lofthus

SECOND-PLACE

Sally Heston

Broadview Heights, OH

Yum Yum Shop

WATERCOLOR

NFS

 

“Choosing and depicting a scene to pain for Plein Air can be very challenging. Much of the time, the potential for a complete design isn’t possible because of the time frame allotment. In this watercolor, the artist has chosen a balanced snapshot in time, capable of framing itself with it’s robust hues and the visual weight the counterpart vegetation allows.  The use of saturated strokes in the flowers on either side of the composition creates an inner framing that elaborates on the architecture of the sweet shop that ignites the excitement of summer. Plein Air is a very challenging medium and the visual capture choices in this piece create a memory that will be easily recalled through time.”

– Jessica Lofthus

THIRD-PLACE

Kathy Sabbath Oravecz

Thompson, OH

Rivercolors

WATERCOLOR MEDIA

Watercolor

$900

 

“This visual perspective has many challenges that the artist made calculated choices to solve for. The visual weight of the left centered building is counterbalanced by having left the waterway in the foreground uncropped. The broader watercolor strokes slow the water in the foreground down, slowing the rhythm of the water and creating diagonal balance with the heavy building on the waterway. Using small amounts of ultramarine blue for depth and texture on the building, balances the cobalt in the water, and carrying the building’s sienna reflection into the waterway shows calculated choices in how to create visual balance in a short amount of time.”

– Jessica Lofthus

HONORABLE MENTION

Mary Ann ‘Mo’ Mosyjowski

Akron, OH

Cuyahoga River

PASTEL

$200

 

“This is a beautiful example of the movement and energy that can be created in nature with Plein Air painting. The depth and slowness of the water in the background is well balanced with the faster moving water of the middle ground. Building up the higher tones to create the kinetics in the water isn’t an easy accomplishment in Plein Air. The choice of cropping creates an activation within the picture plane that encourages the viewer to keep going back for more. There are smart uses of cerulean blues, dropping small hints of the time of day this magical scene was captured. It’s not overly done, and allows the viewer room for their own interpretation as well!”

– Jessica Loftus

 

All Participants

NAME TITLE MEDIUM PRICE
Anne Geraghty Stow, OH The Crooked River Mixed Media $163
Anne Geraghty Stow, OH A Front Street Perspective Watercolor $64
Anne Geraghty Stow, OH No Limit Watercolor $58
Anne Geraghty Stow, OH Broad Street Bridge Watercolor NFS
Laurie Piekarski Akron, OH The Tavern Acrylic $250
Laurie Piekarski Akron, OH The Pub Acrylic $200
Laurie Piekarski Akron, OH Summer Fun Acrylic $200
David Krantz Kent, OH Looking Up River to Burntwood Tavern Watercolor $75
Bob Maurer Canton, OH Victorian House on Broad Watercolor $600
Bob Maurer Canton, OH Shops on Front Street Watercolor $400
Lin Luciano Fiore North Canton, OH
Athena Brown Cuyahoga Falls, OH The Arch Watercolor $75
Deb Zemanek Akron, OH Hot Nights Cool Spirits at the Boulevard Watercolor $300
Deb Zemanek Akron, OH Hunt’s Bar And Grille Watercolor $200
Deb Zemanek Akron, OH Clifford’s Car Museum Watercolor $300
Kathy Sabbath Oravecz Thompson, OH Rivercolors Watercolor $900
Sally Heston Broadview Heights, OH Yum Yum Shop Watercolor $180
Sally Heston Broadview Heights, OH Hidden Pearl Watercolor $150
Sally Heston Broadview Heights, OH Broad Street Looking East Watercolor $150
Sally Heston Broadview Heights, OH Clock Tower Watercolor $150
Annette Thorson Akron, OH Flury’s Café At Sunset Mixed Media $200
Annette Thorson Akron, OH CVAC Mixed Media $100
Annette Thorson Akron, OH Pav’s Missed Italian Fest Mixed Media $100
Annette Thorson Akron, OH Woolworths Sidewalk Mixed Media $100
Mary Ann ‘Mo’ Mosyjowski Akron, OH Cuyahoga River Pastel $200
Mary Ann ‘Mo’ Mosyjowski Akron, OH No Parking Pastel $150
Elizabeth Knowles Akron, OH
Elizabeth Anne Fry Cuyahoga Falls, OH Crooked River – August 1, 2018 Oil $100
Jacob Nelson Cuyahoga Falls, OH River Ink Study Ink $50
Jacob Nelson Cuyahoga Falls, OH Brown River Acrylic $80
Jack Hickson Barberton, OH Pavilion Watercolor $90
Jack Hickson Barberton, OH A Sliver of River Watercolor $150
Jack Hickson Barberton, OH Fractured Vision Watercolor $190
Greta Parsons Cuyahoga Falls, OH The Clock Tower Watercolor $15
Dianna Papes Cuyahoga Falls, OH Crave Watercolor $150

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