June Issue 2001
South Carolina Watercolor Society 2001 Exhibition Results
The South Carolina Watercolor Society's 24th Annual Awards Exhibition is on display at the Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island, SC, through June 24. Barbara Lothrop, SCWS President, stated in her President's Message, "The Lowcountry of South Carolina is not only famous for the beauty of its environment but also its abundantly rich cultural life. Hundreds of artists from Beaufort to Sun City to Bluffton to Hilton Head Island call the Lowcounty home and watercolor artists are strongly represented. The talent of these individuals is what makes the South Carolina Watercolor Society's juried exhibition very special. Members of the Board and the local planning committees, to each of you, my sincere thanks for what you have done to make this a memorable year in the rich 24-year history of the society."
From the 243 entries submitted by artists in South Carolina and guest artists from select counties in Georgia, 65 were selected for the exhibition by Michael Schlicting, this year's juror, and $10,550 in artist awards were presented to the top 30 paintings.
One and All
by Alex Powers
Awards winners included: Alex Powers from Myrtle Beach, SC, won Best in Show Katie Darragh Memorial Award of $1,000 for his painting One and All; Joyce Thompson from Hilton Head Island won Second Place - The Husbands and Wives of Artists Award of $800 for Songs Remembered; and Sherry Silvers from Columbia, SC, won Third Place Hal P. Moore Award of $600 for Intuitive Imagery Series XVI.
The remaining top 30 award winners were as follows: Arthur State Bank Award ($500) went to Michel McNinch, of Chapin, SC for Searching for the Extreme; Jack Lane - Red Piano Art Gallery Award ($500) was given to Billie De La Penha, of Bluffton, SC, for Torso; Felice LaMarca - Prudential Hilton Head Properties Award ($500) went to Robert Highsmith, of Hilton Head Island, SC, for Mantis; Friends of Guy Lipscomb Award ($500) was awarded to David Martin Benson, of Spartanburg, SC, for The Death of the Virgin; Johnson Development Associates Award ($500) went to Rose Metz, of Sumter, SC, for Capriccio; Palmetto Framing Supplies Award ($400) went to Carrie Burns Brown, Greenville, SC, for A Trove of Treasures 2001; Sonoco Award ($400) was given to Chet Goff, of Columbia, SC, for Mill Pond; Tad Lothrop Memorial Award (Given by Barbara Lothrop) ($300) went to Jim Darlington, of Sullivan's Island, SC, for Dancer in Black Rain; Apple Pie Painters & Guy F. Lipscomb Award ($300) was awarded to Del Holt, of Port Royal, SC, for duck a l'orange; SCWS Past Presidents Award ($300) went to Vickie Bailey Ebbers, of Hilton Head Island, SC, for Rose, Nude; Cameo Art Gallery & NBSC Award ($300) was given to Monita Mahoney, of Greer, SC, for In the Garden Series No. 8 California Gold; Florence Artist Guild, Georgetown Watercolor Society & Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Award ($300) went to Genie Marshall Wilder, of Clinton, SC, for Cast a Quiet Shadow; Artists for Art Award ($250) went to Angela Bradburn, of Columbia, SC, for Shadow Shapes; Coastal Discovery Museum Award ($250) was awarded to Charles Duemmling, of Spartanburg, SC, for On Wallace Branch; Crossroads Fine Art & Framing Award ($250) went to J. Carol Gardner, of Charleston, SC, for Struttin; Hilton Head Plantation Artists Award ($250) was given to Harriet M. Goode, of Rock Hill, SC, for Sublime; Morris & Whiteside Galleries Award ($250) went to Janet Powers, of Brunswick, GA, for Sketch Landscape & Gouache Sky; Pink House Gallery & Trenholm Artist Guild Award ($250) went to Tom Ratliffe, of Hilton Head Island, SC, for Red Skies at Night, Sailor's Delight; Wyman Trotti Memorial Award (Given by Wednesday Paint Group: Jackie Bantley, Linda Carter, Jim Finch, Dee Hansen, Bonnie Goldberg, Donna Gore, Hal Moore, Pat Pollard, Pat Spear, & Nita Yancey) ($250) went to Betty K. Walker, of Clinton, SC, for Banana Split; Art Xpress Award ($200) went to Dawn Caldwell, of Columbia, SC, for Morning Fresh; Beaufort Art Association Award ($200) was given to Toni M. Elkins, of Columbia, SC, for Virtual Bird & Cosmos I; Society of Bluffton Artists Award ($200) went to Ann B. Finch, of Florence, SC, for Home Entertainment; Camellia Art & Port Royal Plantation Artists Award ($200) went to Kim R. Lemasters, of Columbia, SC, for Still Life with a View V; Art in A Nutshell & T.E. Ross, CPA Award ($200) went to Susan Stratton, of Anderson, SC, for Fruit of the Vine; Charleston Art Galleries Award ($200) went to Carole Knudson Tinsley, of Greenville, SC, for A View of the Past; Hilton Head Art League Award ($200) was given to Patrick Turk, of Columbia, SC, for Everybody Knows My Name (Yes, It Is); Forest Lake Travel & Goldsmith Theodore Agency Award ($200) went to Elsa Turner, of Rock Hill, SC, for Mysterious Relic.
In addition to the award winners, the following were juried into the exhibition. Artists are listed in alphabetical order and do not represent a specific numerical rank.
They include: JoAnne Anderson, Belton, SC; Randolph New Armstrong, Greer, SC; Doris M. Athey, Georgetown, SC; Al Beyer, Aiken, SC; Betty Bramlett, Spartanburg, SC; Lois B. Bro, Pendleton, SC; Darden F. Camlin, Georgetown, SC; Lois Bennett Cantrell, Spartanburg, SC; Bruce Chandler, Georgetown, SC; Sharon DeAlexandris, Sheldon, SC; Steve R. Garner, Greenville, SC; Vicki A. Gates, Charleston, SC; Bob Graham, Mt. Pleasant, SC; Dian Hammett, Georgetown, SC; Dee Hansen, Columbia, SC; Liisa Salosaari Jasinski, Newberry, SC; Steven Jordan, Mt. Pleasant, SC; Dorothy Chapman Josey, Spartanburg, SC; Renee Kahn, Charleston, SC; Jennie LaFreniere, St. Matthews, SC; Suzann Marchin, Tega Cay, SC; Cecile L.K. Martin, Seneca, SC; Stephen McCrae, Sr., Rock Hill, SC; Esther Melton, Blythewood, SC; Rosemary M. Moore, Honea Path, SC; Eileen J. Nichols, Rock Hill, SC; Betty Procter, Greer, SC; Patti C. Rivers, Pickens, SC; Betty H. Robinson, Georgetown, SC; Al Stine, Anderson, SC; Barbara Stitt, Simpsonville, SC; Sandra B. Wright, Walterboro, SC; Jaclyn Wukela, Florence, SC; Barbara Yon, Ridge Springs, SC; and Suzanne Zoole, Spartanburg, SC.
A Juror's Critique Video that features a critical review of paintings in the exhibition was funded by Carolina First Bank. The film, an excellent education in the visual arts, is available for purchase or loan at the museum or through the society. A color catalog that reproduces the top 30 award winners was sponsored by The Island Packet. Additional program support was provided by the Milliken Foundation, Town of Hilton Head Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee, Arts Council of Beaufort County, SC Arts Commission, and many other businesses and individual donors.
The South Carolina Watercolor Society (SCWS), a non-profit organization, is the largest statewide visual artists guild representing more than 550 artists and 350 patrons plus another 200,000 people are served through exhibits, print materials and special programs. After the exhibition on Hilton Head Island, the award winners will comprise the 2001 Traveling Exhibit, sponsored by First Citizens Bank, and will tour the state through the SC State Museum's Traveling Art Program.
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