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2013 Spring MJS Recognition Awards:

Oil Painting (38 entries juried in)
1 - Ed Lucey- Hear The Meadowlark?
2 - Carole Rafferty - Western Addition
3 - Andy Ballantyne - San Juan Batista
h - Olga Kuczer - The Last Flame of the Night

Acrylic (4 entries juried in)
1 -Isaias Sandoval - Symphony
h - Ligwoan Ray - Shadow of Autumn

Wet Media (15 entries juried in)
1 - Laurie Barna - Liberty #89 - The Softer Side of Liberty
2 - Sayeko Nakamura - Out of Service
3 - Kay Duffy - Below Denali
h - Jane Ferguson - Funky Floral

Dry Media (12 entries juried in)
1 - Cheryl Myers - Cynthia
2 - Michael Rogan - Trust Me
h - Kee Jin - Interiors

Photography (10 entries juried in)
1 - Hiroko Muramatsu - Marbles in the Bottle
2 - Thomas Ewing - Sunrise
h - Scott Holtslander - Santa Clara Valley #3

3D Sculpture (5 entries juried in)
1 - Louise Kirkbride - Alpha
h - Jeff Owen - Construct #1

2013 Spring MJS Awards Juror - Mike Bailey

Mike is an adventurous, bold soul and it shows in the way he applies his painting skills. He is never satisfied with the superficial. Always reaching for excellence, he is one who must exhaust all avenues of learning, in order to enlarge his understanding and expand his abilities.

Mike's nature is to make everything fun and keep the processes exciting, yet challenging. He spends some 15 to 20 weeks per year instructing groups from beginners to advanced painters.  In addition, almost annually, he leads painting groups to exciting European painting retreat destinations.

Mike is an award-winning Signature member of the National Watercolor Society, is featured in art magazines and books, and conducts annual European painting workshops.

His paintings are held in private and corporate collections in the US, Europe and Australia.

2012 Fall MJS Recognition Awards:

Oil Painting
1 - Carole Rafferty- Coca-Cola!
2 - Deborah Matlack - Yellow Rose
3 - David Stonesifer - Baylands Trail
h - Joan Drennan - The Knotter

Acrylic
1 - June Crowe - Coming to America
2 - Danielle Dufayet - Arizona
3 - Wendell Fiock - No Parking
h - Patty Montgomery - Conversation

Wet Media
1 - Julia Cline- The View from Merlefest
2 - Bonnie Rokas - Cabin in the Snow
3 - June Crowe - Lover's Point
h - Grace Tang - Skyline

Dry Media
1 - Judith Smith- The LIttle Gardner
2 - Maralyn Miller - Morning Hike
h - Deborah Matlack - Scholar's Pastime

Photography
1 - Ron Dell'Aquila - Shop Girl 2, Taipei, Taiwan
2 -Jeffrey Janoff - Tufas at Mono Lake
3 - Peggy Hansen - Gatehouse
h - Richard Gaskill - Mount Ansel Adams

3D Works
1 - Ingrid Marianne- S. Cowgirl
2 - Richard Lipes - Mutual Support
h - Richard Lipes - Enneper's Unfolding

2012 Fall MJS Juror - John Agg

John has been a member of the Board of the Museums of Los Gatos for twelve years, and one year ago assumed the position of Executive Director.

John grew up in an environment of culture and the arts, but began his professional career as a Chartered Accountant in the City of London. He soon realized that his true calling was not in the accounting profession.

A trip to the United States resulted in a new career in the high tech industry, and a succession of executive positions with Intel, Pitney Bowes, and Dictaphone.

In 1995, he opened a series of art galleries in the Peninsula and South Bay. Zyt Gallery in Los Altos, the flagship location, was 7,000 square feet of gallery, production, framing and conservation services.

2012 Spring MJS Recognition Awards:

Oil Painting
1 - Brigitte Curt- Walls of the Ancient Cities
2 - Andrew Ballantyne - 4 Sisters, Moss Landing
3 - Karen White - Tea and Roses
h - Lesley Underwood - Flower Power
h - Rebecca Lillis White - White Reflection

Wet Media
1 - Will Maller - Davenport Friends
2 - Diane Fujimoto - Old Rusty
3 - Bonnie Rokas - Mother Maggie's Cold Drink
h - Brian G. Johnson - Rough Seas
h - Nancy Wulff - Fiesta

Dry Media & Acrylic
1 - June Crowe - Almaden Quicksilver Park
2 - Sayeko Nakamura - Ancient Ship
h - Miyuki Earle - Rainy Day in Manhatten

Photography & 3D Sculpture
1 - Ron Dell'Aquila - I am One with the Trees
2 - Jeff Owen - White Space
h - Danielle Fafchamps - Figure 2011 #1

2012 Spring MJS Selection Juror - Claire Schroeven Verbiest

Claire is an award-winning artist and a signature member of several art societies. Claire is considered one of the finest watercolor and pastel artists in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Well known for her lively, crisp and truthful depictions of people, landscapes, flowers and objects and for her distinctive use of color, Claire conducts watercolor and pastel painting workshops and frequently serves as a juror for local and international art shows.

2012 Spring MJS Awards Juror - Preston Metcalf

Preston is presently the Art Curator at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara. He began his career as Curator of Art at the San Jose Museum of Art, moved to the Triton as Curator of Education and then as its Assistant Director. He left the Triton for the Executive Directorship of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art before returning to his current position.

Preston also teaches Art History at the Triton, Mission College, and San Jose City College. He has lectured throughout this country, as well as abroad, and has had more than sixty articles and essays on artists and art history published.

2011 MJS Recognition Awards:

Oil Painting
1 - Carole Rafferty - Bay Bridge
2 - Brigitte Curt - On the High Plateau
3 - Maralyn Miller - Foggy Eucs
h - Andrew Ballantyne - Quail Hallow Ranch
h - Mei-Ying Dell'Aquila - Man of Granite
h - Will Maller - Boat Yard Finish Line
h - Linda Smythe - Gams

Acrylic
1 - Belinda Lima - Portrait of a Ballerina
2 - Sayeko Nakamura - Love Letter

Wet Media
1 - Will Maller - Steven's Creek
2 - Carolina Mueller - Symbolica (find the 36 symbols)
3 - Susan Babbel - Gigi
h - Veronica Gross - First Snow on Rocks

Dry Media
1 - Judith Smith - Calla Lily
2 - Teresa Ruzzo - Big Sur
3 - Deborah Matlack - Mandy

Photography
1 - John Eaton - Winchester, North Aisle
2 - Ron Del'Aquila - Pastel Diners; Spirits
3 - Jon G Lutter - Beach Cliffs of Encinitas

3D Works
1 - Danielle Fafchamps - Memory #2

2011 MJS Guest Juror - Kim Lordier

Native to the San Francisco Bay Area and a graduate of the Academy of Art University, San Francisco CA, Kim Lordier combines keen observation and sensitivity to her award winning landscapes.

"There is nothing like the inner peace that comes from working from life, exploring the way the sun can transform an ordinary object into something stunning. I want you to see the beauty in what we pass by everyday, and acknowledge the importance of open space in our lives."

Inspired by the turn of the century California Impressionists and Tonalists, Kim paints in the plein air tradition. Fascinated with California's unique atmospheric qualities, Kim strives to capture the beauty, depth and energy of the land and sea. She is currently a Signature member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters, the Pastel Society of America, a Distinguished Pastelist in the Pastel Society of the West Coast, and Artist Member of the California Art Club.

2010 MJS Recognition Awards:

Painting
1 - Kerrie Brandau - Dwight
2 - Mei-Ying Dell'Aquila - A Great Race
3 - Ed Lucey - Foggy Eucs
h - Cynthia Riordan - Deliberation

Wet Media
1 - Jane Ferguson - Fantasy Mare
2 - Carolyn Larsen - On the Edge of Possibilities
3 - Nancy DeWeese - Miss "A"

Dry Media
1 - Raja Guha Thakurta - The Young Monk
2 - Deborah Matlack - Taking the Sun
3 - Mary Ann Henderson - Giulia
h - Terri Ford - Mystic Cliffs

Mixed Media or Printmaking
1 - June Crowe - Tasting Napa Reds
2 - Amanda Danitscheck - Capacitor
3 - Belinda Lima - Hacienda Window
h - Jon G. Lutter - Snow Birds

Photography
1 - Roosevelt Bynum - Pismo Beach Pier at Night
2 - Hiroko Muramatsu - Skate Wing Rock Under Ominous Clouds
3 - Saelon Renkes - Rose Stamens

3D Works
1 - Lance Glasser - First Assent
2 - Danielle Fafchamps - House Spirit #1
3 - Jeff Owen - Geisha

2010 MJS Juror - Jeff Bramschreiber

Currently a Board Trustee and Pastel Instructor at the Triton Museum of Art, Community Arts Liaison and Assistant Manager for University Art Center of San Jose, Treasurer and Board Trustee for Silicon Valley Open Studios, and Lecturer / Workshop Artist in Egyptian Art for the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.

Whether he's painting a landscape, a still life, a portrait, paper batik, or a wildlife piece, the love for what Jeff Bramschreiber is painting is clearly evident. While he specializes in pastel painting, he has command of several other mediums including watercolor, acrylic, oil, pen and ink, pencil, charcoal and airbrush! Whatever the medium, Jeff communicates with rich mixtures of believable colors and thorough knowledge of his subject to create a realistic third dimension, and an emotional atmosphere in his artwork.

Mr. Bramschreiber has been painting for nearly thirty years, has won numerous awards for his work, and his paintings hang in several private collections throughout the United States. Jeff has also donated his work and his time to various private organizations, arts organizations, schools and museums, in support of their educational programs and fundraisers.

2010 OJS Selection Jurors

Marcia Burtt
Plein Air Artist from Santa Barbara

Katherine Levin-Lau
Figure Oil Painter

David Middlebrook
Sculptor

2010 OJS Recognition Awards:

Landscape/Marine
1 - Andrew Ballantyne - San Jose Historical Park
2 - Kevin Kasik - Warming Morning
3 - Sandra Smith-Dugan - Diversity
h - Ed Lucey - La Gunitas Market
h - Linda Roth - Afternoon on the Cosumnes River

Figure/Portrait & Animal
1 - Cuong Nguyen - Sailing Dream
2 - Ursula O'Farrell - Exuberance
3 - Claire Schroeven Verbiest - Pause
h - Susan Reith - Nude on Red Kimono
L - Barbara Pence - Ginger

Still Life/Floral
1 - Diana Leone - End of The Season
2 - Jennifer Kretschmer - Pink Roses
3 - Maria Boisvert - Lemon Tree and Grapes
h - Cuong Nguyen - Chinese Vase

Abstract/Experimental
1 -Diana Leone - The Tiffany is In
2 - David S Rose - Move to Form: The Flowering Fish
3 - Lorraine Lawson - Black Magic
h -Karen Mumford - With Thoughts of Vincent Van Gogh

Printmaking
1 - Amanda Danitschek - Reflex
2 - Donna Orme - Yin and Yang
3 - Karen LaRoche - Contemplation

Photography
1 - Lee Grossman - Amtrak Passengers
2 - Paul Indman - Ice Cave, Antarctica
3 - Hiroko Muramatsu - Rain Clouds Over Castle Valley
h - Lee Grossman - 3rd and Mandela
h - Rex Naden - Airflow

3D Works
1/B - Gary Marsh - White Pearls of Wisdom
2 - Anna Martin - Which Way Out?
3 - Danielle Fafchamps - #144
h/C -Jenifer Renzel - Neptune

2010 OJS Juror -Paul Kratter

Plein Air Artist and workshop instructor from Moraga, CA. Paul was born in San Francisco and raised on the Peninsula. After receiving a degree in Graphic Arts from the College of San Mateo, he achieved a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration from Art Center of Design in Pasadena.

In 2002 he became interested in the immediacy and spontaneity of the Plein Air approach and started painting in the East Bay Hills near his home.

2009 MJS Recognition Awards:

Painting
1 David Stonesifer - July Morning, Canada Road
2 Lou Bermingham - Gravitas
3 Raja Guha Thakurta - A Life of Indentured Service
h Dickman Bierly - Thoughts
h Joan Harvey - Going Home
h Sandra Jones - "Above and Beyond"
h Will Maller - Gold Country Sundown
h Deborah Matlack - Potter 'n' Punkins
h Susan Migliore - Afternoon Winds
h Thalia Stratton - Waiter at Work
h Ron White - Bucks Landing

Wet Media
1 June Crowe - Hiking the Stanislaus
2 Terri Hill - Celebratory Ride
3 Nina Uppaluru - Toward the Light
h Kay Duffy - Sunny Sunflowers
h Carolyn Larsen - Goose Parade
h Laura Vavrunek - Drum Majorette

Dry Media
1 Deborah Matlack - Thirteen
2 Mary Ann Henderson - The Fence
3 C.J. Myers - "What'll you have?"
h Sheila Winner - Utah

Mixed Media or Printmaking
1 Donna Orme - In the Works
2 Rajani Balaram - "City by Night"
3 Amanda Danitschek - "Vertigo"
h Mark Woolbright - Broken Shell Uncoiled

Photography
1 Janet Wolf - Halong Bay
2 Scott Lefferts - Cedar Breaks Under Snow 2, 2008
h Roosevelt Bynum - Bodie House

3-D Sculpture
1 Jeff Owen - The Opera Singer
2 Mark Danitschek - Waiting
3 Kenneth Johnson - "The Passage"
h Eugene Impey - "The Wind Knows"
h Joyce Steinfeld - After - With Hebrew Word Family

2009 MJS Juror -Preston Metcalf

Preston Metcalf is presently the Art Curator at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara.

He began his career as Curator of Art at the San Jose Museum of Art, moved to the Triton as Curator of Education and then as its Assistant Director.

He left the Triton for the Executive Directorship of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art before returning to his current position.

Preston also teaches Art History at the Triton, Mission College, and San Jose City College. He has lectured throughout this country, as well as abroad, and has had more than sixty articles and essays on artists and art history published.

2009 OJS Recognition Awards:

Landscape/Marine
1 Carole Rafferty - Belgravia: Early Morning Light
2 Will Maller - Morning Shadows
3 Thalia Stratton - Pacific Heights
C Thalia Stratton - Early Morning Pacific Heights
h Andrew Ballantyne - Red Flatbed Truck
h Marilyn Dorsa - Storm's Coming
h Lyn Garadis - Bass Harbor Lighthouse, Maine
h Robert Grady - Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina
h Hitoshi Kotani - A Road in Cupertino
h Susan Migliore - Coastal Lagoon
h Karen White - Central Valley Farms

Figure/Portrait & Animal
1 Claire Schroeven Verbiest - Denim Nation
2 Sheila Winner - The Candidates
3 Kate Stewart - Asleep
h Jo Ariko - Morning at the Met
h Kim Newell - Holding On
h Deborah Matlack - Rupa
h Jaya King - Artiste Du Ciel

Still Life/Floral
1 Terri Hill - Happy Hour
2 Chris Dok - Peaches and Sunflowers
3 Diana Leone - The Feast
h David Stonesifer - Still Life with Fruit
h Lyn Garadis - Sunflowers
L Marsha Heimbecker - Peonies

Abstract/Experimental
1 Cheryl Kampe - The Wave
2 Ursula O'Farrell - Serendipity
3 June Crowe - Central Park
h Jane Ferguson - Escape
h Laura Varich - Clearing

Printmaking
1 Gloria Huet - Anemochory I
2 Mark Woolbright - Lightning Whelk
3 Diane Roberts - Red, Black, White

Photography
1 Tom Bullock - Waves of Stone
2 Larry Martin - You are Next, Buddy
3 Donna Orme - Life in the Bean
h Aaron Blumenshine - Embedded
h Diane Kreiter - Sicilian Guard Dog

3D Works
1 Julia Feld - If I Only Can Reach That Door
2 Eugene Impey - What it is? Liz
3 Terry Kreiter - A Brief History
B Fred Yokel - The Build
h James Cabral - Fitler Series #3
h Kenneth Johnson - Serenity

2009 OJS Selection Jurors

David Ogle
Plein Air Artist from Santa Barbara

Dale Laitinen
Figure Oil Painter

Kenney Mencher
Sculptor

2009 OJS Juror - Randall Sexton

Primarily known for his bold and colorful plein air paintings of Northern California, Sexton also enjoys working in the studio as well. The direct and spontaneous nature of plein air painting has informed all of his painting subjects, be it still-life, figurative, or studio work based on field studies and travels.

2008 MJS Recognition Awards:

Painting
1 Kevin Kasik - Work
2 Maralyn Miller - California Panoramic
3 Genway Gao - Annie
h William Alkire - The Lock
h Michael Baggett - Los Gatos Meadow Trail
h Mike Eros - Spring Morning
h Elena Mosko - Clos La Chance

Wet Media
1 Laura Vavrunek - Setting Up
2 Terry Hill - Cruz 'n Crusin'
3 Susan Babbel - Chloe
h Bob Newick - Sam and the Chief's Car
h Julia Watson - Still Life with Oranges
h Audrey L. Wright - Alone with my Thoughts

Dry Media
1 Deborah Matlack - Jelly Bean Dreams
2 Wendell Flock - Women Gathering
3 Rajani Balaram - The Bamboo Flute
h Jacqueline Gittens - Gracie's Ride
h Maralyn Miller - A Storm Approaching
h Mary K. Stahl - Stormy

Mixed Media or Printmaking
1 Nancy Hines - The Children
2 John Eichiner - Golden Lotus
3 Yoju Deiwert - Three Cows in Rockies
h K. Druker - Uphevals V
h Kay Duffy - Observe the Time
h Donna Orme - Play It Again

Photography
1 Jack Quattlebaum - Kutkh
2 Janet Wolf - Rice Field - Vietnam
3 Janet Wolf - Life on the Tracks - Vietnam

3-D Sculpture
1 Jeff Owen - Vein
h Mark Danitschek - Brazil
h Stephanie Tumney - Promised Land 1

2008 MJS Juror -Susan Hillhouse

Susan Hillhouse is the Curator of Exhibitions and Collections for the Museum of Art & History at The McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, California. She has been in the art and museum field for over twenty years.. Prior to the MAH, Hillhouse served as Chief Curator for the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, California. She has had over 30 essays published, and has been a guest curator, guest lecturer, and a juror and judge of numerous exhibitions and competitions.

Hillhouse has an MA in Museum Studies, with an emphasis on Curatorial Issues, from San Francisco State University and a BA in Art History from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

In addition to her museum work, Hillhouse teaches Western and Eastern Art History survey classes at West Valley College in Saratoga, California. She is a member of ArtTable and is on the Advisory Board of the Sanchez Art Center.

2008 OJS Recognition Awards:

Landscape
1 Cray Foley - Pescadero Beach
2 Rebecca Fogg - Inflow
3 Siddharth Parasnis - Blue House on Mountains
h Ed Lucey - Homestead
h David Stonesifer - January, Baylands Palo Alto
h Claire Schroeven Verbiest - Paradise
h Claire Schroeven Verbiest - Harbor Rhythms
h Tonya Zenin - Fading Light in Provence

Figureative
1 Tonya Carpenter - 287 Friday
2 Aldo Lira - Strange Gifts I
3 Sheila Winner - TIME
h Tonya Carpenter - 285 Monday
h Florence Gray - Nike
h Jaya King - Speak-Easy
h Catherine Politopoulos - Canes Venatici
h Lingshan Su - East Meet West

Still Life
1 Terri Hill - Tuscan Tour: Day 3
2 Judy Welsh - Abundance
3 Bobbie Wood - Watch Out
h Andrew D. Ballantyne - Green on Green
h Zilu Hernoult - Iris
h May Shei - Moment of Yu-Nan

Abstract
1 Sayeko Nakamura - 2008
2 Barbara Downs - Nature Crown
3 Will Maller - Journey #1
h K. Druker - Abstract - Series II
h Elise Zentner - Driving Images

Printmaking
1 Amanda Danitschek - Tightrope
h Amanda Danitschek - End of Day IV
h Rozanne Hermelyn DiSilvestro - Angora Fire
h Donna Orme - Spiral

Photography
1 Dennis & Wendy Heinz - Innocence
2 Diane Kreiter - Steel Fabricator #5
h Shannon Amidon - Dragonfly
h Diane Kreiter - Steel Fabricator #2

Sculpture
1 Kenneth Johnson - Bye Bye Black Bird
2 Harry Motro - Rescue
3 Anna Martin - Box #2
h Patricia Kvek - La Bailaorsa Macrabra
h Jeff Owen - Roadside Attractions

2008 OJS Juror - George Rivera

George Rivera, M.A., is an art administrator, curator, educator, juror of art and artist. He has worked in numerous capacities at the Triton Museum of Art since 1965 and is the Executive Director & Senior Curator.

As a juror of art, Rivera has served as a solo juror or as a member of a panel of jurors for over 375 exhibitions and competitions of local, regional, statewide, national and international art programs, projects, fellowships, artists-in residency programs and juried competitions.

2007 MJS Recognition Awards:

Painting
1 Susan Babbel - Lilia is Very Happy!
2 Sung-Hee Kim - Tracel
3 Sophie Aix - Munich Earthquake 1911,
Homage to Blaue Reiter

Water Media
1 Cheryl Kampe - 129 1/2
2 Susan Babbel - Lizette is Remembering
3 Judi Snyder - Graffiti Francais

Dry Media
1 Mary Ann Henderson - Cloudscape
2 Sheila Winner - Maudie's Helper

3-Dimensional
1 Xuan My Ho - Alicia

Printmaking/Mixed Media
1 Sophie Aix - Paris to the Moon

Photography
1 Seth Foley - The Art Studio
H Peggy Hansen - Route 1 South

2007 MJS Juror - Jerry Ross Barrish

Jerry Ross Barrish has served as volunteer Artistic Director of Sanchez Art Center since his appointment to the position by the board in 2004.

Receiving both BFA and MFA degrees, Barrish attended San Francisco Art Institute from 1971 to 1976, studying sculpture and film. Filmmaking was his main focus for the next 15 years, while he completed three feature-length narrative films.

Barrish became involved with art at the community level when he received an appointment to City of Pacifica's Cultural Arts Commission in 2002 and was elected to his first of two consecutive terms as President of Art Guild of Pacifica in 2003.

Barrish is a supporting member of San Francisco Film Arts Foundation, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, and is a professional level member of International Sculpture Center.