2025 Salem County Senior

                      Citizen Art Show Results

 

The Salem County Art League recently hosted the Salem County Senior Citizen Art Show. There were 66 entries in the show this year from 43 artists who ranged in age from 61-86 years old. The Best of Show went to Diane Driessen with pastel painting entitled Sunflower. Below are the results from the show.

 

Acrylic Non Professional      

1st Place - Elyce O'Malley with April Flowers

2nd Place - Carol Bower with Los Alamos, NM Rio Grande

3rd Place - Eileen Boyle with Peonies: Dark and Light

Honorable Mention - Linda Cristaudo with Iris Love

 F.A. Cristaudo with Mountain Splendor

 

Craft Non Professional            

1st Place - Kathy Wilke with Birdwatching

2nd Place - Jan Sanders with Bookmark

 

Mixed Media Non Professional      

1st Place - Helene Paxton with Asian Folly

2nd Place - Jan Sanders with Ether

3rd Place - Leatha Ranson with Awesome Silence

 

Oil Non Professional      

1st Place - Helene Paxton with Best Friends

2nd Place - Sue Ann Leighty with Banzai Bernie

3rd Place - Lou Ranson with Muskrat Love

Honorable Mention - Delsea Schaffer with Lady Slipper

Helen Dorsett with Harmonic Dissonance

 

Pastel Non Professional    

1st Place - Helene Paxton with In Flight

2nd Place - Sue Ann Leighty with Pete

 

Photography Non Professional      

1st Place - Alfonso Pagano with Life in Motion

2nd Place - Karin Wang with Hunting Bald Eagle

3rd Place - Brian Pokrzywa with Iris

Honorable Mention - Timothy Elmer with Winter Marsh

Honorable Mention - Elaine Titus with USS United States, Farewell, Dear Lady

Helen Dorsett with Sunset Harding Highway, Nov 2024

Bonnie Lutz with Concord Point Lighthouse

Agnes Leaming with Peony Tulip

Barbara Koehl with Bald Eagle

 

Prints Non Professional    

Honorable Mention - Agnes Leaming with Colors III

 

Sculpture Non Professional    

1st Place - William Ott with Inside Alloway

 

Works on Paper Non Professional  

1st Place - Eileen Boyle with For Honey

2nd Place - Elyce O'Malley with Textured Moon

3rd Place - Delsea Schaffer with Justice

Honorable Mention - Myrna Pagano with In the Beginning John 1-1

 

Watercolor Non Professional      

1st Place - Suzanne Demarest with Salt Marsh Color

2nd Place - Elyce O'Malley with Fish for Dinner (Kingfisher - E Lake Rd)

3rd Place - Carol Ann Ott with Beachy Keen

Honorable Mention - Sue Ann Leighty with Terra Cotta Army

Honorable Mention - Ann Dorsett with Morning Glory

Carol Bower with Bucha, UK

Roberta Zehner with Living Room

Agnes Leaming with Old Stone Church

Michael Ohono with Watercolor

Bonnie Lutz with One Tulip

Eileen Boyle with Iridescent irises

 

Acrylic PROFESSIONAL      

1st Place - David Dorrell with New England Falls w/ Rock Wall

2nd Place - Sandy Darrow with 1930's Skating Rink

3rd Place - Dana Gayner with South Jersey Marsh

Honorable Mention - Tucker Stouch with Cat Lady

Honorable Mention - Helen Karol with Two Beauties

 

Craft PROFESSIONAL    

1st Place - Skeff Thomas with Daffodil Bowl

2nd Place - Diane Dorrell with Original Diamond Art Coasters

 

Mixed Medium PROFESSIONAL

1st Place - Tucker Stouch with Junk Fish

3rd Place - Sandra Koberlein with Divinely Balanced I, II diptych

2nd Place - Dana Gayner with Cats

 

Oil PROFESSIONAL      

1st Place - David Dorrell with Niagara Horseshoe Falls

 

Pastel PROFESSIONAL      

1st Place - Diane Driessen with Sunflower

2nd Place - Greg Stett with License and Registration, Please

 

Sculpture PROFESSIONAL      

1st Place - Daryle Cook with Artemis-The Acorn-Capped Flycatcher

2nd Place - Stephanie Cocchi with Pair of Goblets

 

Watercolor PROFESSIONAL      

1st Place - Maria Payer with Coastal Cowboys

2nd Place - David Dorrell with Forest Waterfall

3rd Place - Dana Gayner with Serene Meadows

Honorable Mention - Annette Devitt with Kuerner Farm Window

Carol R Miller with Gardening with Grandpa

Sandy Darrow with Worship at the Shore

 

Prize winning artwork from the show will participate in the New Jersey State Senior Citizens Show from September 29-November 6 at Meadow Lakes in East Windsor, NJ. The following artists will be representing Salem County with their work: Elyce O’Malley, Sue Ann Leighty, Kathy Wilke, Jan Sanders, Helene Paxton, Alfonso Pagano, William Ott, Suzanne Demarest, Eilene Boyle, Daryle Cook, David Dorrell, Sandy Darrow, Skeff Thomas, Diane Driessen, Tucker Stouch, and Maria Payer.

 

As with all the Salem County Art League's activities, this program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, through the Salem County Board of County Commissioners, and Salem County Cultural and Heritage Commission. More information about the Salem County Art League can be found on the website - www.salemcountyartleague.info.

 

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