2012 Statewide Watercolor Competition/ Exhibition

DATESDecember 8, 2012 to Feb. 3, 2013

RECEPTIONFriday, December 7, 2012 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Artists' sites

Jacqueline Boberg
Peter Carey
Mark Garner
Kay Russell
Thomas W. Schaller
Claire Schroeven Verbiest
Russell

First Place: Kay Russell, Hat I/Rain, 2010,
watercolor, gouache

Miller

Second Place: Ruth Miller, Yellow Slicker, 2012,
watercolor

Carey

Third Place: Peter Carey, Stillebed Med Vagn, 2012,
watercolor, tempera

The Triton Museum of Art received well over 500 entries for the 2012 Statewide Watercolor Competition & Exhibition, of which 73 artists were selected to be in the show.

This year’s competition jurors were the Triton Museum Curatorial Team: Preston Metcalf, Chief Curator; Ester Fernandez, Curator of Education/Curator; and Stephanie Learmonth, Registrar/Curator.

Kay Russel, as winner of the Best of Show, will receive a solo exhibition of her work at the Triton Museum of Art in Winter 2013.

Below is the list of winners:

-- 1st Place: Kay Russell, Hat I/Rain, 2010, watercolor, gouache

-- 2nd Place: Ruth Miller, Yellow Slicker, 2012 watercolor

-- 3rd Place: Peter Carey, Stillebed Med Vagn, 2012 watercolor, tempera

-- Honorable Mention: Jacqueline Boberg, Venice After the Storm, 2006 watercolor

-- Honorable Mention: Mark Garner, Cotswald Market, 2012 watercolor

-- Honorable Mention: John C. Haynes, 7 to 4 ½, 2012 Watercolor /p>

-- Honorable Mention: Patricio Jimenez, Hunting Lodge, 2012 watercolor and egg tempera

-- Honorable Mention: Patricio Jimenez, Resting Place, 2012 watercolor and egg tempera

-- Honorable Mention: Maureen Langenbach, Solitary Confinement, 2012 watercolor

-- Honorable Mention: Sayeko Nakamura, After the Storm 2012 watercolor /p>

-- Honorable Mention: Kay Russell, Evening Bag I/Rain, 2012 watercolor, gouache

-- Honorable Mention: Thomas W. Schaller, Italian Morning 2011 watercolor /p>

-- Honorable Mention: Claire Schroeven Verbiest, Treasure, 2011 watercolor, gouache