Pick-up: Tuesday, October 13, 10am-2pm
All Cape Art Show Winners
Best in Show
Eileen Casey "Night Song" Soft Pastel $1,525
It was just lovely, there are some striking colors, and I love subdued handling of them. She is using a lot of saturated colors and yet keeping them subtle and it creates an expressive visual sensation.
Large
First Place Jakki Kouffman "Eggplants Afloat at Dusk” Pastel $3,500
Well, this person obviously didn’t just walk off the street yesterday, and I think you have to take a look at something this extraordinary, and whether you like this kind of abstract sensibilities or not, just from a technical standpoint as far as composition and color and texture go, it’s extraordinarily well done so you know I don’t generally pick surreal pieces but the handling of it and the color is beautifully well done.
Second Place Joyce Zavorskas "Astonished by the Blue" Monotype $1700
Just beautiful, it’s reminds me of a Milton Avery that has a nice simplicity to it. The linear aspect of it is well done without it being overly done it has a clean feel to it. Very simply handled and because of the simplicity I think you can really enjoy it. She got a nice subtlety between the down plain of the sand and then it climbed up there as it goes up the dune, so it was nice composition.
Small First Place Ann Pouch "Taboret" Watercolor $600
Oh, I like the simplicity of it and the handling of the watercolor. Has a nice simple feeling in it and loose and yet not so loose, and you know just lovely. I just love the restrained color palette, but yeah bravo, very nice love it.
Second Place Maxene Raymond "Five O’Clock Shadow" Soft Pastel $650
This is also a pastel that has a great atmosphere at handling to it. Love the subtleties of the color and also you can just really feel those clouds coming in. It’s a very nice subtle piece, great handling of the pastel really.
Jurors Choice1st Juror’s Choice Rita Doddridge "Summers End" Oil Sticks & China Marker $800
This is a beautiful piece that’s abstract and has a sense of composition through the color that keeps the harmony of the colors. Yet there is still a balance of color shapes and then the handling of the transparency with some of the line showing through makes for an interesting composition. Very pleasing to the eye so it was definitely striking and has a nice clean feel to it for a contemporary piece like that.
2nd Juror’s Choice Wendi Smith "Swell" Pastel $700
The wave is very technically handled, very professionally with the values and the and handling of a pastel. This is very nicely done you can really feel the smoke come up from the wave. I think it has a nice feeling to it in the composition and handling of it. Very well done and has a great center of interest in it.
Honorable Mention
Susan Adler - Quiet Uptown, Oil $480
Mary Lou Mack- Visitor to Bass Rock, Gloucester- Watercolor $400
Ann Gagnon- On the Front Porch- Watercolor $425
Betsy Payne Cook- Trysting Spot- Pastel $400
Joan Brancale- Ebb Tide Eastham- Oil $625
Rosalie Nadeau- With Lemon on Lime- Oil $900
Joseph Forjan- 1st Congregational Clammers- Acrylic $600
Susan Hollis- Splash- Pastel $1650
Robert Reynolds- Silver Maple Bowl with Ambrosia Beetle Marks, 17”- $320
Elizabeth Best- Brazilian Agate Necklace & Earrings Silver & Stone $180 set
From the enormously talented pool of Artists on Cape Cod, this Exhibition showcases works across the spectrum. All mediums, all subjects and $1000 in prizes will be awarded. Show will be judged for inclusion and awards.
Best in Show $250
First Place $150 Large*/Small**
Second Place $100 Large*/Small**
Jurors Choice $150*
Second Jurors Choice $100**
*image area larger than 36 United Inches (length + width)
** image area smaller than 35 United Inches (length + width)
Entry day: Tuesday, Sept 8, 10am-2pm. Fee: $20 for 1 or 2 entries (flat rate)
RULES
Artist must reside in Barnstable County.
Paintings must be suitably framed and ready to hang.
Frames may not exceed 42 inches in any direction.
3D work should be constructed of any substantial material not exceeding 40 inches in any direction.
Works that cannot be accommodated will not be accepted. All works must be for sale. All work must be original.
Work done under the guidance of an instructor is ineligible.
A 40% commission will be retained by the CAC. Current work only please
Accepted work will be listed online by Fri Sept 11th at 10am. Check our website homepage. Declined work must be picked up by Monday Sept 14th.
Juried by John Clayton
John Clayton, searching for of his own artistic voice, left the grey walls of The Art Students League of New York. Clayton's journey lead him to the Cape School in Provincetown where he embraced the "Art of Seeing Color" as taught by the late Henry Hensche, and Charles W. Hawthorne. Clayton would paint outdoors as often as he could. Over many years Clayton matured into a devoted plein air painter. He now makes his living painting and teaching throughout Cape Cod in the Summers and the streets of Key West in the Winter. "Color is the vehicle I use to express my own sense of nature. I am inspired by nature and light; its everchanging conditions are challenging to me. My work is about the light key and expressing it through paint. While attending The National Academy in New York, John was the recipient of the Arthur and Melville Philips Scholarship and the Mrs. Roberts Forbes Scholarship. He also received an honorable mention in the Academy's annual student show. Clayton was one of eight in the Provincetown Art Association's "Emerging Artists Exhibition", in 1999. In 2006 He received a Mass Cultural Council grant. Among the many teachers with whom John Clayton has studied, include Harvey Dinnerstein, Marybeth McKenzie, and Cedric Egeli.
