Award Winners July 31, 2021 (Juror Peggi Kroll Roberts)

First Place: Ken Klos (Portland, OR), Catherine Creek—Upriver, oil on canvas, 16 x 20

Second Place: Tracy Leagjeld (Portland, OR), Alpine Meadows, monotype, 11 x 14

Third Place: Carole Gray-Weihman (Penngrove, CA), White River Splendor, oil, 12 x 16

Honorable Mention: Mark Shasha (Swampscott, MA), Heat & Dust on the White River, oil, 14 x 18

Honorable Mention: Anton Pavlenko (Happy Valley, OR), Carnival, oil, 12 x 16

Honorable Mention: Scott Gellatly (Portland, OR), Gorge from Memaloose, oil on panel

Honorable Mention: Erik Sandgren (Portland, OR), Sherars Falls, Deschutes River, acrylic, 12 x 24

Best Sky: Aaron Cordell Johnson (Moscow, ID), Morning Has Broken, gouache, 12 x 19

Best Mountain: Thomas Jefferson Kitts (Portland, OR), Inspiration Point, Wallalute Falls, Mt. Hood, oil, 20 x 16

Best Water: Yong Hong Zhong (Lake Oswego, OR), Under the Sandy River Bridge, watercolor, 10 x 13

Best Cultural Element: Katy Ann Fox (Driggs, ID), But Not Really, oil on panel, 12 x 12

National Scenic Area Award: Ken Klos (Portland, OR), Bend at The Dalles, oil on canvas board, 12 x 16

Maryhill Award: Paul Zegers (Roseburg, OR), Roll on Columbia, oil, 12 x 24, $1,200

Friends of the Columbia Gorge Award (chosen by the Friends of the Gorge)

a. Winner: Elo Wobig (Portland, OR), Opaline Sunset, oil, 8 x 10

b. Runner-Up: Ken Klos (Portland, OR), Catherine Creek—Upriver, oil on canvas, 16 x 20

c. Honorable Mention: Erik Sandgren (Portland, OR), Sherars Falls, Deschutes River, acrylic, 12 x 24

 Museum Purchase Award: Kristina Sellers (Gresham, OR), Twilight River, oil, 11 x 14

Museum Purchase Award: Elo Wobig (Portland, OR), Remembering Rowena, oil, 11 x 14

Museum Purchase Award: Aaron Cordell Johnson (Moscow, ID), Stonehenge Drive Curve, gouache, 7½ x 12

Exhibition dates: 

Sunday, August 1 through Saturday, August 28

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. daily

Maryhill Museum of Art 35 Maryhill Museum Drive Goldendale, WA 98620-4601 509.773.3733, ext. 27 (MAP)

Please contact Steve Grafe at the museum if you have any questions: Steve@maryhillmuseum.org

DAY FIVE, Workshop with Peggi Kroll Roberts July 30, 2021

Peggi teaching Figures in the Landscape

The Hood River waterfront (a perfect place for the workshop)

Watching the demo

a little shade!

lots of hats!

Peggi explaining...

.....vicinity marks

Ray 

A shady spot

The shadiest spot!

onlookers

Umbrellas

 

DAY FOUR..."Take-In Day" July 29, 2021

 

Cathleen is ready for take in !

Here is Thomas Kitts and Steve Grafe at Maryhill Museum

Thank you Museum Volunteers (making it easy for the artists)!

Raphael is glad to get his paintings in!

Laurel getting checked in

TK gets to work

Sally checks in

James is here

Confab!

Sally admires the paintings

Tracy and Elo

Vonda checks the forms

Ken Klos arrives

Dave gets to work

Good work, James!

(Take in was from 2:30-4pm, so our photos only cover the first round of artists. 

Check for our hashtag to see additional photos on Facebook and Instagram)

#pacificnwpa2021