Geoff Allen, Juror

Juror Commendations

It’s A Southern Thing by Carolina Dealy

It’s very cultural in its expression, very fresh. With the complexity of everything, the reflections, the attention to every square inch of this, it’s amazing. It’s like a house, like a building. Very impressive.

State Street in Flower by Thomas Franco

The colors! The turquoise, the lavender, the yellow: such a strong, fresh, confident application. There is harmony. It’s very powerful.

Library Man by Julie Anderson

The foreshortening, the angle of the head, the arrangement of the figure, and the format are all so strong. The folds and the depth of layering and of color are so well done.

Honorable Mentions

Stepping Stones by Kathleen Scoggin

I was drawn to all the application styles, all the different types of applications. There is a switching of negative and positive space. I love all the touching, the dry brush, the lines. It is a very strong and formal piece.

Ganga in the Key of G by Chuck McPherson

This is such a sophisticated piece. It is an expression of San Diego culture, and I find it so interesting, since I’ve gone to this intersection. It is thoughtful, with all the cues for place, the arrows, the urban-ness of it.

Vacation by Michael Garberick

I think the paint handling and the execution is what really gets me for this painting. It’s a little tongue in cheek, how it’s laid out, with the person in the background appearing to sit on the face of the other, there is maybe a heavy joke with layers of meaning. The pants, and those folds, and the texture of the legs:  it is really beautiful and the execution is amazing.

Honorable Mention Miniatures

Moonlight Silhouettes by Rebecca McCullough

There is a strong pattern that I was drawn to, the silhouette of the crows, going soft into space. I kept looking at it, it captured my eye with good construction and composition. There is something moody about it, with a focused use of the material, making a very cohesive statement.

Best of Miniatures

Mugs to Jugs 2 by Joanne Newman

There is pattern variety, flipping of negative and positive space, and proportion of the shapes. There is a big central form that makes everything kind of broken so my eye moves over all of it. It uses an interesting  color palette that hangs together really well. Unity and variety: it has both.

Best of Theme

Tractor Shed by Edward Abrams

This one I chose just because of the application, it has sort of an even sparkle to it, and that’s what really attracted me. It’s atmospheric yet light, and it sparkles, with an overall unity of light.

Third Place

Manet: It’s an Outrage! by Kirby Kendrick

There is an overall unity of the application and the pattern. They are all sort of intertwined to make an overall feeling of an explosion of color, energy, and pattern.

Second Place

Tranquil Moorings by Lynette Bredow

I like the format, I like how the horizon is so high, and all the different monochromatic applications of light. There is something hung over  all the edges, like a menagerie of edges. The graphic material is very powerful.

First Place

It’s Puzzling by Beverly Tuzin

The edges are what got me on this, with the reflection and the breaking of all the shapes. There are 3 hands, 2 heads, and I was struck by the softness and the hardness of the forms, and the light coming from one side… it is so aptly done,  so economical. And it is not overworked.

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