1st Place / Best of Show: Bathed in Blue, Mary Burgess
Congratulations to the WSO members whose paintings were chosen as award winners in the Spring 2023 Exhibition! The first through sixth place winners were chosen by our juror, Trish McKinney. Attendees at the opening reception chose the People’s Choice.
- 1st Place / Best of Show: Bathed in Blue by Mary Burgess
- 2nd Place: Happiness by Sally Bills Bailey
- 3rd Place: The Girl From Florence by Winnie Givot
- 4th Place: The We of Me by René Eisenbart
- 5th Place: Dougan Falls by Sarah Bouwsma
- 6th Place: Mountain: Keeper of Secrets 2 by Judy Hoiness
- People’s Choice: Ranch Hand by Elizabeth Zimmerman
Awards of Distinction (in alphabetical order by the artist’s last name)
- Giddy by Ruth Armitage
- Misty Morn by John Bradley
- Boy Summer by Rachel Gessert
- Been There by Elizabeth Haberman
- Light Beneath My Feet by Chris Helton
- Ignominious Insurrection by Ed Labadie
- Storm’s A Comin’ by Dianne Lay
- To Ona by Sandra Pearce
- Joy in the Window by Jan Premo
- Piecing It All Together by Rebecca Sentgeorge
- Party of Eight by Kim Smith
- Mt. Hood from Panorama Point by Susan Spears
- Pensive by Chris Stubbs
- Midnight Meet by Harold Walkup
Congratulations also to all 80 members who were juried into the Spring Exhibition! See the full list here.
The Spring Exhibition is available to view at Elsinore Framing and Fine Art Gallery at 444 Ferry St SE, Salem, OR, through October 31, 2023.