Chez Cheryl Artspace was open for those interested in seeing 26 of region's most creative and unique artists in this annual invitational exhibition that pays homage to the genre of portraits, in all forms. Guest Juror Grame Reid, Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend Wi selected three honorable mentions and one Best in Show, and new this year was an award for the rookies, or newbies of the group. Honorable Mention awards went to Rick Risch for his pensive portrait. TOMORROW, Cynthia Wolfe, for her Mixed media assembled clay and wood visage PORTRAIT IN SEPIA, with surface treatment of elaborate zen tangle drawing on clay; and Mark Zelten for his expressive and classical capture of THE ARTIST'S FATHER, Best in Show went to Paula Swaydan Grebel for her double portrait THE PROM, which features her daughter and date for high school prom seated in formal attire, barefoot, in an explosion of painterly pink chiffon.
The newbie award went to Colleen McCarty for NATURE GIRL, a self portrait in graphite, portraying the artist with feathers, leaves and tree limbs as body parts.
THE ARTIST'S FATHER
By Mark Zelten of Green Bay WI
Honorable Mention Award 2015
THE PROM
By Paula Swaydan Grebel of Plymouth WI
DOOR PRIZE BEST IN Show 2015
GUEST JUROR
Grame Reide of Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
Presenting awards and offering comments, with Cheryl Stidwell Parker to a crowd of over 100.- photo contributed by Suzanne Rose
NATURE GRl by Colleen McCarty, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Copperhead by David Franke
Urban Portrait by Ken Klopack
