2022 Bath County Art Show Award Winners

2022 Bath County Art Show Award Winners

BEST IN SHOW - $1000
Ramey Campbell
Swoope Pastures

CLARKSON & WALLACE PEOPLE’S CHOICE - $500
Angie Patton Poe
Green Pastures of the Jackson River

CHRISTINE HERTER KENDALL AWARD - $300
Soul Searcher – An oil painting evoking thought provoking enlightenment and emotional impact, oil
Judith Anderson
Rusty Truck #2

COWPASTURE RIVER PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION AWARD - $200
Best Cowpasture or Bullpasture River scene, any medium
Nan Mahone Wellborn
Cowpasture River Spring Dreamy

DANCING LADY DESIGN, FIGURATIVE AWARD - $200
Best Figure as Focus of the Work, any medium
Suzanne Ross
Lifetime Member

ELINER HOPKINS AWARD - $150
Best Flower, watercolor
Elana Maza Borkland
Flame Azalea

SARA LOUGH HINER MEMORIAL AWARD - $250
Outstanding Contemporary Work, any medium
Janly Jaggard
Two Blue Roads

GEORGE & MARY BEACH MEMORIAL AWARD - $300
Best Iris, any medium
David Shuford
Morning Iris II

MALCOLM AND ELLIE FIRTH AWARD - $225
Best Abstract, any medium
Karen Melton
Empirical Boundary

REUSE – RECYCLE AWARD - $200
Use of recycled materials to create artwork, any medium
James Pannabecker
Blue Ridge Cabin

SHELLY BECHTEL SHEPHERD MEMORIAL AWARD - $150
Best Landscape of Bath or Highland, Co., VA, watercolor
Sharon Kincheloe
Highland Hay Bales

WARM SPRINGS GALLERY AWARD - $150
Best Virginia Rivers and Streams, any medium
Debra Sheffer
The Jackson River

WAYNE ALEXANDER AWARD - $250
Best Figure, oil
Juan Guacheta
Devocion

WERNER GATTINGER PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD - $100
Judge's Choice, photography
Robert Sulkin
Ocracoke

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD- $250
Best Work for a First-time Exhibitor, any medium
Sarah Gibson Wiley
Two Sofas

THE PATCH AWARD- $250
Best Still Life Featuring One or More Food Items
Cleveland Morris
PB&J with Chips

CAULEY FAMILY FARM AWARD- $100
Best Depiction of a Farm Building(s), any medium
Patty Biederman
Bath County Barns

SKUNK & OWL DESIGN AWARD- $100
Best Use of Wood, Functional Object Preferred
Michael Sorge
Manta Ray Box

WELTEVREDEN FARM AWARD- $100
Best Painting of Garden Bounty, any medium
Brooke Penick
Turnips

JANE POLLOCK MELLEN AWARD- $500
Best Mountain Scene in Oil, Pastel or Watercolor
Barbara Albert
Below Devil’s Backbone

JANE POLLOCK MELLEN AWARD- $500
Best Animal or Bird in Oil, Pastel or Watercolor
Lisa Acciai
The Watching Place

NANCY & STEVE AGEE FAMILY AWARD- $500
Art Show Chair Choice
Curtiss Poormon
Gray Ghost of the Mossy Forest

THE COMPTON FAMILY TRUST AWARD HONORING M.E. COMPTON- $500
Best Livestock Painting in Oil
Lisa Dabareiner
Sweet Resting Cow

BARC AWARD- $200
Best Painting Depicting the Joy of Rural Life
Maria Reardon
Riding the Hills of Bath County

THE 3 NORTH AWARD- $250
Best Interior, Landscape, House in any medium
Kim Hall
View from the Bus

THE HIGHLAND COMMUNITY BANK AWARD- $250
Judge’s Choice
Karen Pannabecker
Caged Birds

LUCY & MILLS CHOICE AWARD- $175
Best Painting of Mountain & River Fun
Hale Trotter
Spring Float

LUKE’S CHOICE AWARD- $175
Best Painting of Animal(s)
Susan McLaren
Feeling Sheepish

2022 Bath County Art Show Prizes by Category

Prize amounts for each category
First: $500
Second: $300
Third: $200

DRAWING, PASTELS & PRINTMAKING
First: Jennifer Carpenter, A Little Fishy
Second: Maria Reardon, Evening Light on Snowy Mountain Virginia
Third: Claudia Patterson, Chatty Chickens

MIXED MEDIA
First: Leslie Barham, Peony Buds
Second: Susan Egbert, Bald Knob
Third: Diane Patton, Reflections on the Jackson River

OIL
First: Alice Ireland, Reflecting Barns
Second: Lee Kincaid, Rocky Shoals
Third: Richard Young, Evening Chill

ACRYLIC
First: Angie Patton Poe, Tree at Bald Knob Ridge
Second: Nina McGee, Plymouth Belvedere
Third: Astrid Heimer Tuttle, Majestic Blue Ridge

PHOTOGRAPHY
First: Deborah Kozura, Galapagos Flamingos
Second: Stanley Watkins, Kudzu and Crimson
Third: Jonathan Correa, Old Rag, Shenandoah NP

SCULPTURE
First: Anna Ellis, The One You Feed
Second: Kimberly Morey, Sentinels of the Deep
Third: Michael Hough, Professor Cluck

WATERCOLOR
First: Z. L. Feng, Rock Hill
Second: Rebecca Bradbury, Wistful
Third: Patricia Carr, Touched by Time

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Honorable Mention Prizes: $50 each

Sam Meeks, Merlin, a Falcon Stalking Prey
Mark Bradbury, White & Yellow Buffalo Horn
Allyson LeMay, Meditari
Dietrich Maune, Bucket with Goldfinch
Carrington Brown, Bath Afternoon
Cynthia Hummer, Cauley’s Bounty
Taylor Wolfe, Home
Eileen Park, Breathe
Kate Ackerly, To the Barn
Dick Fowlkes, Morning Fog on Parkwood Avenue
Perlista Henry, Rising Mt. Zion
Mariam Foster, Alleghany Snow
Molly Reeder, Leafy Beets
Diane Patton, Summer on the Cowpasture
Bobbie Niccolucci, Weekend Retreat
Susan Bradbury, Colonel Kettlecorn
Martha Devening, Grey Daybreak
Eunsoo Han, Moonlit Summer Mountains
Erica Broadbent, Quick Beer
Gina Louthian-Stanley, Frozen River