Juried 31: Slideshow of Exhibited Artwork

Congratulations to the winners of Viridian’s
31st International Juried Competition : Susan Harris, Juror

1st prize – Lexus Giles   2nd prize –  Heidi Brueckner   3rd prize – John Humphries
Honorable Mention: Blair Treuer & Jacqueline Donadeo

 Norman Aragones *  Steffani Bailey * Emmett Barnacle * Saba Besier * Carol Blum * Lesley Bodzy *
Amy Broderick * Zoe Brown-Weissmann * Susan Bruce-Feinsod * Jasper Knight Champion * Jeanne Ciravolo Pam Cooper * Barbara Dirnbach *  Fatima Franks * Tom Gehrig *  Deneece Harrell Ham * Melissa Holmes *  Susannah Israel * Steven Kratka * Aliona Kuznetsova * Nayana LaFond * Roberta Levitow *
Susan Miller Zelenak * Paul Murray * Hillel O’Leary * Carol Paik * Brett Poza *
Laura Rutherford Renner * Brad Silk * Dorian Skelton * Ko Smith * John VanDewerker*

Norman Aragones
“Growing Up”
7" x 9" x . 5"; Film Photography
$250.

Steffani Bailey
“Pavement, leaves, rain, and walk”
26" x 19.5" x 3"; Assemblage: oils on wood with panel corner
$1700.

Emmett Barnacle
“The Edge”
13" x 4" x 4"; Cast Glass
$1700.

Saba Besier
“Intrepid Growth”
22.5” x 12” x 12”; Porcelain, gold, white gold and copper
$3600.

Carol Blum
“Lady Grey”
11" x 14" x .25"; Marker on Yupo
$250.

Lesley Bodzy
“Conceal The Pain of Adolescence”
31" x 32" x 1"; Acrylic mixed with gel, Peruvian powdered pigments, nails
$4000.

Zoe Brown-Weissmann
“Leaving The Dayshift During Covid”
36" x 24" x 1.5"; Assemblage (Mixed Media)
$3500.

Amy Broderick
“Prism”
3.5" x 3.5" (12" x 12" framed); Archival Inkjet Print
$250.

Susan Bruce-Feinsod
“Native American Male”
Acrylic
14" x 11" x 1"
VIRTUAL ONLY

2nd Prize Winner: Heidi Brueckner
“Siblings with Mud House”
34.5" x 42”; Oil, acrylic, and paper on canvas
$3500.

Jasper Knight Champion
“Summer Fields”
15” x 30” x 1.5 inches; Acrylic on stretched canvas
$400.

Jeanne Ciravolo
“Matriarch”
52" x 34" x 1"; Mixed media and collage
$1300.

Pam Cooper
“The Spiral”
29" x 6" x 6"; Abaca paper, print and metal
$2400.

Barbara Dirnbach
“Portrait Study in Black and White”
30" x 24" x 1"; Acrylic on canvas/framed
$700.

Honorable Mention: Jacqueline Donadeo
“Can We Talk”
14" x 14" x .75"; Oil on canvas
$1500.

Fatima Franks
‘Conversation with Blue Flowers’
From ‘The Secret Garden’ Series
30 x 30 inches; Digital mixed media painting on metal
$495.

Tom Gehrig
“Reconnoitering Deception Pass”
40" x 50"; Oil on canvas

VIRTUAL ONLY
$8000.

1st Prize Winner: Lexus Giles
“She is Broken”
22" x 16" x 8"; Ceramic
$3000.

Deneece Harrell Ham
“Quiet Grace”
11" x 6" x 7”; Porcelain & Gold leaf
$950.

Melissa Holmes
“Sunny”
12" x 16" x 0.125"; Oil on linen
$500.

Third Prize Winner: John Humphries
"Trilobitic Surface 002"
48” x 24” x 1"; Ceramic

$2200.

Susannah Israel
“Half Boat”
14" x 10" x 5"; Patinated Clay Sculpture
$900.

Steven Kratka
“Indefinite Fog”
24" x 24" x 1"; Metallic Photographic print
$850.

Aliona Kuznetsova
“Smoke”
10" x 8" x 1"; Photography
$350.

Nayana LaFond
“Shayla in RED”
40" x 30" x 1"; Acrylic on canvas
$15,000.

Roberta Levitow
“La Sainte Corona or The Transfiguration”
14" x 11" x 1"; Egg tempera and goldleaf on gesso board
$2500.

Susan Miller Zelenak
“Fragmented Face with Orange Hair”
24" x 18" x 1"; Oil, canvas, waxed thread

$1000.

Paul Murray
“Sand Fog”
22.5” x 29.5” x 1”; Color photographic image print on archival paper
$995.

Hillel O’Leary
“Fragile”
12" x 18" x 10"; Press-molded porcelain, steel
$2000.

Carol Paik
“Configurations I”
31" x 60" x 10"; pillows, zippers, thread
$1000.

Brett Poza
“Whitefly”
9" x 7" x 1"; Pyrography on paper adhered to wood, coffee ink, aquarelles
$125.

Laura Rutherford Renner
“Waiting for a Connection”
10.5" x 15.5"; Oil on wood
$780.

Brad Silk
“Andy 2020”
22" x 30"; Pastel on paper
$1250.

Dorian Skelton
“Dealing with Inconsistencies”
24" x 30" x 1"; Oil and acrylic
$600.

Ko Smith
“Partisan (Chains of Supposition)”
12" x 9" x 1.5"; Oil on canvas
$960.

Honorable Mention: Blair Treuer
“Isaac”
50" x 49" x 4"; Fabric and thread
$10,000.

John VanDewerk
“SUN DANCER”
26" x 36" x 1"; Pigment inks on canvas
$950