Artist Recognition

Barb Albin's acrylic abstract, "All My Friends" won Second Place in the Charlotte County Visual Arts Center's September, 2020 "Color" exhibit.  The various colors in the painting represent Barb's many friends weaving in and out of her life.  

Bev Yankwitt won a Merit Award in the September, 2020 "Color" Exhibit at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda with her mixed media abstract, "Conspiracy Theory."

Sue Kapuchinski won a Merit Award in the Charlotte County Visual Arts Center's September, 2020 "Color" exhibit with her oil painting, "Snaps on 41."

Master watercolorist Jim Beech, a Signature Member of the Florida Watercolor Society, was chosen to give a virtual demonstration video at the Society's annual convention, held online this year.  The date is September 22 at 12 noon.  Information is available at : floridawatercolorsociety.org

Nancy Giffin's beautiful beaded sculpture of a lotus flower, "Beauty in the Swamp," won the Rubicond Honorable Mention Award in the Cape Coral Art Center's July/August, 2020 exhibit, "In Spite of the Swamp."

Bev Yankwitt's abstract painting "Lunar Light" has been juried into the 49th annual Florida Watercolor Society's Member Show, which will be held online starting September 19th at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art.  As an added plus, Bev has been notified that her painting has also won a prize!

Jill Lindsay's mixed media piece "What Next" took Second Place at the Charlotte County Visual Arts Center's July, 2020 "Members' Showcase" exhibit, and this piece also won an Honorable Mention in the Art Center Sarasota's "Common Ground" virtual exhibit on view at artsarasota.org until October 2nd.

Sue Kapuchinski won a Merit Award in the Charlotte County Visual Arts Center's July, 2020 Members' Showcase Exhibit with her oil painting, "Kyoto Geisha in Cherry Blossoms."

Jan Pronko's "Phineas Fish" clay wall sculpture won Third Place in the Visual Arts Center's June, 2020 exhibit, Water,Water, Everywhere.

Nancy & Bill Giffin's woven pedestal covered basket, "A Day at the Beach," has been accepted into the National Basketry Organization's  Online show "Members in Print 2, Patterns and Textures" on view Summer, 2020.  The entries are also featured in a special summer edition of the Organization's magazine, Basketry+.