Winners named in museum juried art show

An Easley artist won first place in the Pickens County Museum of Art & History’s 32nd annual Juried South Carolina Artist’s Exhibition.

Kendon Oates was selected by jurist Frank Thomson as the top winner for his ink and watercolor works, “Bog Hollow” and “The Mineral Extractor.”

Second place was presented to Lee Sipe of Columbia for her copper wire woven, “Vessel No. 199.”

Greenville’s Michael McDunn placed third for his curly maple wood, “Console Table.”

Honorable mentions went to Janet F. Rodgers of Travelers Rest for her oil painting, “Krystal,” and to Clemson’s Sam Wang for his palladium/cyanotype photograph, “Night Bloomers.”

Artists who received a special “Juror’s Choice” award for works of special interest were:

Warren Carpenter of Seneca for his wood-turned work, “12155 Walnut”;

Steven Chapp of Easley’s for his linocut relief print, “Reactive”;

Jim Creal of Spartanburg for his lithographic print, “Pritchards Island: Mystic Wood”;

Colin Dodd of Columbia for the oil painting, “John Ford in Monument Valley”;

J. Michael Johnson of Taylors for his photograph, “Tree 0456”;

Steve Marlow of Travelers Rest’s for his photograph, “Virginia Hawkins Falls”;

Nancy Oppenheimer of Seneca for her pastel “Another Stormy Day”;

Maxine Riley of Greenville for her gourd with basketry piece, “Amber Eye”;

Susan Watson of Seneca for her oil painting, “The Beloved”;

Anderson Wrangle of Clemson for his toned silver gelatin photograph, “Limb / French Door (interruption #26).”

Museum director Allen Coleman chose the cut denim work, “Yvette & Ansley” by Jim Arendt of Columbia, as the recipient of the 2011 Director’s Choice commendation.

The Pickens County Cultural Commission’s Purchase Award honoring Shirley Sarlin was presented to Colin Dodd of Columbia for his oil painting, “John Ford in Monument Valley.”

The 2011 Susan B. Benjamin Memorial Purchase Award was presented to Steve Marlow of Travelers Rest for his photograph, “Virginia Hawkins Falls.”

A Pickens County Cultural Commission Purchase Award in Memory of Susan Benjamin went to John Urban of Anderson for his oil painting, “Appalachian Shadows.”

The 2011 Seth Schafer Heimlich Memorial Purchase Award was presented to Jim Creal of Spartanburg for his lithograph, “Pritchards Island: Mystic Wood”.

A Pickens County Cultural Commission Purchase Award in Memory of Seth Heimlich went to Pendleton’s Sydney A. Cross for her lithograph and screenprint, “Update.”

A Purchase Award in Honor of Evelyn Kochansky was presented to Alan S. Weinberg of Taylors for his photograph, “White Orchid.”

Additional Museum Purchase Awards were made to Greenville’s Kent Ambler for his woodcut print, “Another Late Night”; to Cindy Landrum of Pelzer for her photograph, “Forgotten Lesson”; and to Greenwood’s Bob Taft for his stoneware ceramic piece, “Antelopes.”