“Visionary” (4th Place)

CREDIT goes to BEN WELLEND http://www.byfieldpitman.com/

Media- Oil on canvas- Crystal Beshara. 2011

“Puppy” (The Mark Bunting Drawing Award)

Media- Pencil on Paper- Jennifer Epprecht. 2011. The drawing “puppy” is a statement about abuse of trust.  Because there is only one figure, looking out at the viewer, the audience is implicated in this abuse. The care put into rendering the drawing encourages viewers to question the subject matter, because of the contrast between lovingly drawn detail and implications of violence.

“River Series-Yellow” (2nd Place)

“Bathyscape Bliss” (1st Place)

Media- Oil Based Block Print Inks on Panel- Zillah Loney. 2003“Bathyscape Bliss” is one of a series of paintings based on the life of my Lennoxville, Quebec friend and folk-figure, Iris Brown.  Many  days Iris would toil to exhaustion in her garden wearing stockings, pearls,and her distinctive black and white skirt, attire and pouffe hairdo found fashionable in the 1950′s.  Here, as I imagine it, she is relaxing in the tub, her body creating watery islands.  The view through billowing lace curtains is of her garden and the neighbouring church, and is painted as I remember it with little attention paid to perspective.  There is no brushwork in this piece. Instead I hand- press colourful oil-based inks onto the panel using layered textures from found materials to create the designs and patterns I love. It is a labour intensive process. www.zillahloney.com

1st Place Winner – “Behind the Veil”

Media – oil on board
Artist – Tara Juneau
Dimensions – 20 x 24″

2nd Place Winner – “Street Scene 1 (Gas Bar)”

Media – acrylic on canvas
Artist – Shannon Whittle
Dimensions – 20 x 30″

3rd Place Winner – “Water”

Media – acrylic on canvas
Artist – Scott Wilson