1st Place / Best of Show: Ruth Armitage – Blackest of Blues
Congratulations to the WSO members whose paintings were chosen as award winners in the Spring 2025 Exhibition! The first through sixth place winners and Awards of Distinction were chosen by our juror, Jean Pederson. Attendees at the opening reception chose the People’s Choice.
- 1st Place / Best of Show: Ruth Armitage – Blackest of Blues
- 2nd Place: Tess Myers – Laramie’s Window
- 3rd Place: Chris Stubbs – See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil
- 4th Place: Cindy Triplett – Emergence
- 5th Place: Angela Wratz – Behind the Veil
- 6th Place: Rebecca Sentgeorge – Old and Tarnished but Beautiful Still
- People’s Choice: Chris Helton – First Snow
Awards of Distinction (in alphabetical order by the artist’s last name)
- René Eisenbart – Taking the Long View
- Susan Escobar – Blue Moon
- Margaret Godfrey – Guilty as Charged
- Terri Gonzalez – Viento
- Lynda Hoffman-Snodgrass – Mélange
- Yvonne Knoll – Listen to the Quiet
- Karen Kreamer – Best Friends
- Phyllis Meyer – It’s Not a Bowl of Cherries
- Carol Putnam – Dancing in the Moonlight
- Hazel Reeves – Due Ragazzi al Lavoro
- Wayne Ruby – The Forest Across the Road
- Sandra Takabayashi – Trillium Lake at Night
- Liz Walker – While We Wait
- Sandra Wood – Soar Like an Eagle
Congratulations also to all 80 members who were juried into the Spring Exhibition! See the full list here.