November 08, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Acrylic takes top honors at art show

An untitled piece by Cheri Walton took top honors in the Bangor Art Society Bangor Open Juried Art Show 1990 held May 8 at the Bangor Public Library. Walton’s work earned her first place in the acrylic division as well as the Grumbacher Award and 1990 Best of Show.

Other winners were: Acrylic — 2nd place Crystal, Crystal by Cheri Walton; 3rd place, The Windows by Iver Lofuing. Oils — 1st place, Midnight in Bangor by Patricia Vadas; 2nd place, Dream by JoAnne Houlsen; and 3rd place June Sunset — Monhegan by Michael Vermette. Pastels — 1st place, Vietnam Reflections by Keith Curtis; 2nd place, Blue Window View by Deborah Schooley; and 3rd place, The Pulling Ring by Keith Curtis. Mixed Media — 1st place, Two Men by Cheri Walton; 2nd place, All Souls Quadrille by Diana Young; and 3rd place, Cracked Mirror — Double Vision by Peter Skowronski. Watercolor — 1st place, Three Tin Soldiers by Sylvia Murdock; 2nd place, Ending the Season by Michael Vermette; 3rd place, Sun Table by Janet Laird-Lagasse; and Honorable Mention, Rocks & Water by Janet Laird-Lagasse.

Judges for the show were Vertene W. Carter, artist, naturalist, educator, gallery owner and member of the Washington-based Women in the Arts; Mathew Pierce O’Donnell, contemporary realist and art instructor in the mid-coast area; and Michael H. Lewis, professor and chairperson of the art department at the University of Maine.


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