Society of Animal Artists

SAA Members Accepted Into AMERICA'S PARKS I TOP 101

Carel Brest van Kempen
Annie Crouter
Kim Diment
David Gallup
Shawn Gould
Janet Heaton
Clint Jammer
Gary Johnson
Stephen Left
Sean Murtha
Anne Peyton
Morton E. Solberg
Mark Susinno
Ed Takacs
Fred W. Thomas
Francis Tremblay
Ezra Tucker
Joe Weatherly
Ronnie Williford

AWARDS

(in alphabetical order by name of award)

America’s Parks Curator’s Choice Award ($1,000)

Alexandra Tyng, "Marsh at Round Pond" (Acadia National Park, ME)

(Highest Total Point Accumulation from Jurors)

Arizona-Sonora Desert Juror’s Choice Award ($1,000)

Ronnie Williford, "Candy on the Ridge" (Palo Duro Canyon State Park, TX)

PleinAir™ Magazine Juror’s Choice Award ($1,000)

Aaron Schuerr, "Cold Creek Junction" (Yellowstone National Park, WY)

Society of Animal Artists Wildlife Art Award ($1,000)

Ezra Tucker, "Magpie Summer" (Rocky Mountain National Park, CO)

Susan Kathleen Black Foundation Floral Art Award ($1,000)

Rhonda Nass, "A Child's Fantasy Forest" / Mayapple (Festge Park, Dane County, WI)

Wildlife Art Journal Juror’s Choice Award ($1,000)

Mark Susinno, "Lurking" (Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, FL)

HONORABLE MENTION

(in alphabetical order by last name of artist)

 David Gallup: "The Space Between Worlds" (Leo Carrillo State Beach, CA)

 Mary Garrish: "Harmony" (Canaveral National Seashore, FL)

 Susan Elwart Hall:  "Blue and Yellow" (Don Edwards, Bay Front Park, CA)

 Bryan Haynes: "Above the Beyond" (Mark Twain National Park, MO)

 Mary Helsaple: "Lark Sparrow in Limberbush" (Estero Soldato, Sonora, Mexico)

 Jean Herman: "Sunset" (Bahia Honda State Park, FL)

 Arayna Howard: "Delicate Arch Sunset" (Arches National Park, UT)

 Evelyn McCorristin Peters: "Snow Blue and Green, Weir Farm" (Weir Farm National Historic Site, CT)

  Anne Peyton:  "Under A Watchful Eye" (Parago Park, AZ)

 Mort Solberg: "Old Faithful" (Yellowstone National Park, WY)

CURATOR'S TRIBUTE
Greg McHuron (1945-2012)

                                                 

Greg McHuron: "Movement?"  (Grand Teton National Park)

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