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Featuring 19 Signature Award Recipients
31st AnnualTexas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition
Irving Arts Center & Irving Art Associationproudly present the
April 16-May 14, 2016
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2016 EXHIBIT CATALOG
A MESSAGE FROM THE IRVING ART ASSOCIATION EXHIBITS COMMITTEE COMMITTEE
The Irving Art Association has been a part of the Irving Community for 61 years and for 31 of those years it has been our honor to present the Annual Texas and Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition. It is truly a blessing for us to be able to provide a venue for artists in the state Texas and the five neighboring states to express their creativity and artistic ability. We have fallen in love with this event and continue to be impressed and awed by the talent and beauty displayed each year.
Thank you to the tireless efforts of the Irving Art Board and the Irving Arts Center staff, Irving Art Association and to all of the volunteers who enable us to successfully produce this amazing event year after year.
The Chocolate Rose and their gifted designers deserve special recognition for the floral art reproductions they create to adorn the gallery for the awards ceremony, and as always their work is incomparable.
Special appreciation also goes out to our extremely talented Juror, Soon Warren. Soon is an absolute pleasure to work with, so professional and so gifted.
The Irving Art Association Exhibit Committee also thanks you for supporting this event with your attendance and is confident you will you will fall in love with this event as well.
Irving Art Association Exhibits Committee:Linda Wood Shotwell, Sharon Giles, Mark Thompson, VET Volunteers: Jean, Cynthia, Linda W, Susan, Deepa and Patsi
BEST OF SHOWJesse LaneEchoes42" x 32" colored pencil, NFS
2016 AWARD WINNERS
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IAC AWARD OF EXCELLENCESteve Quevedo The Melancholy Astronaut Acrylic Media 24" x 48" $1,000
CONGRATULATIONS!
A NOTE FROMTHE JUROR
First I want to express my deep appreciation to every participant. My only regret is that I could not choose every painting for the award that everyone deserve. If I did not select your painting for an award, please do not be discouraged. Keep entering competitions! The same work of art overlooked by one juror may win best of show next time. As a fellow artist, I have had the same experience. The strong quality and creativity demonstrated in every painting made the selection process very difficult.
I enjoy paintings with passion and attitude, and which have any of the following: strong composition, expression of color, confident draftsmanship, or any combination of these elements. Witnessing the unique perspective of each artist, with emphasis on surprising aspects of otherwise ordinary subject matter, is always invigorating and inspirational. I appreciate how and why one paints rather than what one paints. My goal is to approach each painting with a fresh mind, without any preconceived prejudice, to minimize projecting the bias and subjectivity of human nature on the selection process.
Without hard work by the organizing committee, process of a juried competition is not possible. I express my great appreciation and gratitude to the committee, which madethis great show possible for everyone to enjoy. It is also an honor and a privilege for meas a juror to be part of the outstandingly creative exhibition. I thank and congratulate every participant who share their talents with public. Sincerely,Soon Y. Warren
A MESSAGE FROM THE IRVING ARTS CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
When I think about the future, both my own personal future and that of the Irving Arts Center, my mind immediately recalls a quote by hockey great, Wayne Gretzky. The quote came to me via Ben Cameron, President of the Jerome Foundation. During his keynote at the Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium at American University, Mr. Cameron recited the following quote, in regards to the future of the arts:
“I skate to where the puck will be, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretzky
As artists and arts administrators we have an opportunity to change the way current arts organizations operate, by exploring new ideas, new values, and new models. Over the next few years, we will navigate through the largest generational shift in decades. Who will our audiences be in twenty years and how will be serve them?
While I cannot predict the future, I am encouraged by the work of arts organizations like the Irving Art Association. Through consistent programming that engages their patrons not only as spectators, but as participants, the Irving Arts Association is working across generational and demographic barriers to sustain their current audience, while striving to engage new audiences in new ways.
By partnering with the Irving Art Association on exhibits like the 31st Annual Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, we are building a community of local artists and arts audiences. It allows both organizations to remain connected, combine resources, and skate to where the audiences are going, not where they have been.
Congratulations to all of the artists exhibited in the 31st Annual Texas and Neighbors exhibition. It is truly and honor to be a partner and a member of the community.
Todd HawkinsExecutive Director, Irving Arts Center
1st PLACEMary Golden-Musick
The TwirlAcrylic
30"x 40"NFS
1st PLACELinda Lucas Hardy The Fragility of Lives and Dreams Drawing 20" x 20"NFS
2nd PLACENoriko DeWitt
Autumn ReflectionsDrawing
36" x 30"$3,000
3rd PLACEJennifer McCoyA Series ofConversationsDrawing12" x 48"NFS
2nd PLACECatherine HollanderGlimpse of SpringAcrylic28" x 36"$875
3rd PLACELynne Buchanan Red DotAcrylic 24" x 24"$500
HONORABLE MENTION Mary Kearney Hull Departed DisturbancesAcrylic, 25" x 49"NFS
CATEGORY WINNERS
ACRYLICCATEGORY WINNERS
DRAWING
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CONGRATULATIONS!
HONORABLE MENTION Katherine Baronet
Poppy PodDrawing
46" x 48"NFS
1st PLACELaurie Henry The Journey Home Water Media 31" x 43" $1,400
2nd PLACEJohn James Put Your Heart Into It Water Media26" x 36" $1,250
3rd PLACEMichael Holter Putting Her Hair Up Water Media 20" x 20" $1,900
HONORABLE MENTIONDebbie Downing Sweetheart Rose Watercolor, 37" x 29"$2,500
1st PLACEHebe BrooksThe Vine Walkway Oil42" x 30"$3,500
HONORABLE MENTIONBehnaz Sohrabian Sunflower IIOil36" x 36"$1,000
CATEGORY WINNERS
WATER-BASED
3rd PLACEJames Anderson
Anderson ChildrenOil
46" x 36"NFS
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2nd PLACEAnn HardyCooling Cloth Oil32" x 38"$4,320
CATEGORY WINNERS
OILCONGRATULATIONS!
2016 Selected Artists
Darla Bostick Ladies of Lamu, Kenya Water Media, 28” x 36”$5,500
Martha Box Luck be a Lady Mixed Media 40” x 32” $1,000
Steve Danner Reflecting Acrylic, 36” X 36”$700 Gail Delger
The Aliens Have Landed Acrylic, 36” x 24”$2,000
Sandra Duran Wilson Space Rocks Acrylic, 14” x 14”$800
Michael Archer Fallen Soldiers Water Media, 33” x 41” $1,200 Doreen Barbee
Anemones Drawing, 33” x 28” $2,850
Brett Dyer Trapped Between Will and Wit Acrylic, 36” x 24”$850
Nel Dorn Byrd Rockers at Rest Water Media, 30” x 38”$2,000
Daniel CassityMidnight at the Oasis Oil, 21” x 25”$3,400
Michelle Cortez-Gonzales The Enigmatic Relationship Mixed Media, 24” x 18”$500
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CATEGORY WINNERS
MIXED MEDIA
1st PLACEGisa ElwazirHere among this most remote realm of ice and rocks Mixed Media 33" x 48"$3,200
2nd PLACERenate Kasper Salud Mixed Media 20" x 20"$650
HONORABLE MENTIONDebiLynn Fendley Dutch Gardens Mixed Media 18" x 21"$425
Linda Bauer All Cracked UP Mixed Media29” x 22”$800
3rd PLACEKarin MicheleAnderson Canyon Sunset Mixed Media 38" x 30"$1,200
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2016
2016 Selected Artists
Charles Gilliam Wellworn Assets Drawing, 31” X 25” $800
Barbara LaBelle 3 Cents Worth Oil, 13” X 16” NFS
Connie Logan Levsen Levsen C1Water Media, 32” x 24”$650
Nancy Maas Serene SailsMixed Media, 26” x 36” $2,400
Deepa Koshaley Honeymoon pool Acrylic, 36” x 24” $475
Navneeta Khemka Sporadic Strings Acrylic, 24” X 48” $2,750
Shirley Gipson An Apple A Day Oil painting, 24” x 20” $1,800
Irma HerreraTeary PearAcrylic , 24 x 20” $600
Beth Hickman In the Eye of theBeholder Mixed Media, 36” x 36” $3,000
Shari Hornish Do You Come Here Often? Oil, 18” x 24”$700
Robyn Jorde AcrobatWater Media, 24” x 18”$250
Tanya Lowrance Traveling Shadows III Mixed Media, 25” x 19” $400
Kathy Elliott Then There Were Five Acrylic, 29” x 23”$700
Colleen Erickson Boats-New Beginning Mixed Media, 32” x 26”$1,500
Alex ForbesFalls Golden GloryDrawing, 31” x 25”$500
R Freeman Picasso Travels WestAcrylic, 24” x 18”$432
Ernie Fournet Sassy Girls Acrylic Airbrush , 32” x 30”$3,000
Judy Mason Swift PackingCompany Mixed Media,30” x 24” $800
Robert McCormack Happy Hour atMona Lisa'sOil, 40” x 28”$950
Barbara Mason Desire Drawing, 29” x 23” $5,000
Ken MacFarlane LynnOi, 15” x 18”$1,950
Russell Mackensen Floating ChihulyOil Pastel, 42” x 30”$4,500
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Janis KrendickRemembering Taos Drawing, 27” x 34”$1,000
2016
Amanda North A Study of Fire Ants Water Media, 24” x 12” $800
Gaylord O’ConFort Worth, Texas Water Media, 22” x 26” $1,000
Katrina Rasmussen Cliff Dwellings II Oil painting, 12” x 12” $375
Gwen Revino Mermaid Fountain Water Media, 26” x 20” $700
Dianna Shomaker Shomaker A1 Oil painting, 24” x 30”$1,500
Ron Stephens Is This the Way Out? Mixed Media, 29” X 29”$750
Cynthia Stone It's Our Secret Acrylic, 24” x 24” $500
Marcia Schorer Heartland Acrylic, 20” x 20” $560
Suzanne Seller Breathe Water Media, 29” x 24”$8,600
2016 Selected Artists
Suzanne McNeill-Sparks Grasshoppers Five Acrylic, 28” x 36” $1,200 Barbara Q. McNutt
Beyond the Wall Water Media, 30” X 24” $800
Rebecca Nolda Fractured logic and displacement I Acrylic, 15” x 15”$375
Steve Miller Summer Harvest Oil, 31” x 15” $475
Joanna Quentin AlchemyOil painting, 33” x 45” $2,150
Carmen Prince Musical Voyage Mixed Media, 20” x 24” $380 Pete Quaid
Gift of Flight ll Oil, 22” x 26” NFS
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Reema Sharma Still Untitled Drawing, 16” x 20”$200
Cecy Turner Golden Glow Water Media, 26” x 20”$650
Anne Womack Bouquet and ShadowsOil, 25” x 31” $3,300
Sharon Zeugin Growing in Winter Water Media, 20” x 16” $600
2016
New TXN Signatures artistsColleen Erickson Dianna Shomaker Cynthia Stone Sharon ZeuginJohn James
TXN Signatures artistsKarin Michele Anderson - 10 yearsMartha Box - 8 yearsNel Dorn Byrd - 20 yearsGail Delger - 15 yearsErnie L. Fournet - 6 yearsAnn Hardy - 17 yearsLinda Lucas Hardy - 6 yearsShari Hornish - 10 yearsJanis Krendick - 11 yearsSteve Miller - 7 yearsGaylord O'Con - 6 yearsRon Stephens - 6 yearsCecy Turner - 14 yearsAnne Womack - 7 years
Irving Art Association proudly
recognizes the following artists who
have exhibited in this show more than
5 times. Recipients receive a
commemorative pin and a link from the
Texas & Neighbors website:
TexasAndNeighbors.com
2016 Texas and Neighbors Signature Artists
This years’ recipient of the Irving Art
Association’s Visual Arts Scholarship
has had a passion for drawing and
doodling since an early age.
However she did not actually take
her talent seriously until in her
sophomore year in high school when
she entered the Visual Arts
Scholastic Event and qualified to
compete at the state level. This was
a tremendous boost to her
confidence and when she again
qualified in her junior year there was
no doubt she was destined to
commit her life to the visual arts.
Today Jessica Hernandez currently
attends MacArthur High School in
Irving, Texas. After graduating in
June she will attend the College for
Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan.
Congratulations Jessica for being
the 2016 recipient of the Irving Art
Associations Visual Arts Scholarship.
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2016 IrvingArt AssociationVisual ArtsScholarship Recipient
JESSICA HERNANDEZ
The Irving Art Association is one of Irving’s oldest
cultural groups founded by a small group of local artists
in January 1956. Over the years we have expanded our
programming to include the education of our members
and the community. Some of the ways we do this is by
providing lectures, demonstrations, workshops,
exhibitions, and art classes all of which are open to the
public. So come and join us at one of our monthly
meetings or other events and we’ll help you to discover
your inner artist.
2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTSwww.irvingartassociation.org
UPCOMING EXHIBITS• MAY 1—MAY 27
IAA Juried Member Show
• MAY 29—JUN 24
Tuesday Painters (Large Gallery)
Susan Murray (Small Gallery)
IAA GROUP MEET-UPS• TUESDAY PAINTERS: Tue, 10:30a - 3:30p
• FAMILY ART NIGHT: 1st Fri, 7:00 - 9:00p
• SUNDAY OPEN ART: 3rd Sun, 1:30 - 4:00p
• FRIDAY OPEN ART: 2nd & 4th Fri, 7:00 - 9:00p
Visit our website to become a member and see our
scheduled activities including Art Classes, and IAA
Sponsored Workshops: www.irvingartassociation.org
MEMBER BENEFITS• Display your artwork in group or individual exhibitions
• Teach or attend workshops and classes
• Post a link to your artist website on our
Member Artists page
• Enter Regional and National competitions at
reduced rates
• Use our Art Library to research or study new techniques.
CORPORATE ART APPRECIATIONDo you know of an Irving business that would like to
display artwork in their facility? To learn about free art:
email: [email protected]
IRVING ART ASSOCIATION1975 Puritan Drive, Irving, TX 75061 • P.O. Box 153581,
Irving, TX 75015-3581 • 972-721-8063
THANK YOUto the VOLUNTEERSTXN Exhibit CommitteePatsi DavilaJean KnauberDeepa KoshaleySusan MurrayCynthia StoneLinda Whitaker
SPECIAL THANKS City of Irving Park and Recreation Department Board and Sta�Irving Arts BoardTodd HawkinsMarcie InmanKass PrinceIrving Arts Center Sta�Brenda McShanThe Chocolate RoseSoon Warren
If you are interested in purchasing artwork, contact the IAA Exhibits team at [email protected] or call 972-721-8063.