2022 Juried Art Show winners!

2022 Juried Art Show winners!

OFFICIAL ENTRIES - March 11- 19th

P R E M I E R S P O N S O R

Welcome to the 2022 Juried Fine Art official Show Book. Feaured in Section One are accomplished artists who have entered into three separate judging categories : 2D, 3D, and Photography. There are 3 winners in each category with an additional overall best of show award, totaling $3,550.00! Section Two features up and coming Student artists in a single overall judging category awarding 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners, and a best of show, totaling $1,000. In addition, there will be a Nossi College of Art “Pick” with a $2,200 scholarship for a graduating senior art student upon meeting Nossi College of Art’s requirements. The Art League of Cheatham County thanks our many supporters and business sponsors! A special thanks go out to Legends Bank for providing $1,500 cash awards for best of show in section one for $1,000 and section two for $500.

OUR MISSION By nurturing the artist, we enrich the

community. The Art League of Cheatham

County develops the artist through

education, exhibition, and a stimulating,

supportive environment, while sharing the

experience of the visual arts

with the community.

The Art League of Cheatham County is a 501c3 non profit organization to help celebrate the Fine Arts and Artists in Cheatham County. The Art Leagu;e is sustained by membership, donations, and events.

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guide presenting The Art League of Cheatham County. Our growing art community includes painters, sculptors, ceramicists, potters, musicians, writers, designers, photographers, dancers, weavers, and any creative endeavor, and welcome memberships for all types of admirers and supporters of the Arts. The Art League of Cheatham County was formed as a non profit 501(c) (3) in August of 2019 with the first Juried Art Show held September 2019, As of December 2021, the Art League of Cheatham County has given away nearly $20,000 --- $11,000 cash awards to artists, a Nossi School of Art $2,200 scholarship for a graduating senior, and a donation of $6,630 to the Cheatham County Foster Care program. The Art League of Cheatham County’s growing membership, now over 79 and continually shares the art experience with the community through rotating art exhibits, the annual Juried Art Show, and the annual Fall Art Gala all showcasing the fine arts. With increasing community support and involvement, more events will be added to showcase Cheatham County fine artists and artisans, musicians, and many more artistic endeavors. Beginning May 2022, The Art League of Cheatham County will award a graduating Cheatham County senior student with a $1,000 scholarship to pursue a career in the arts. Discover Cheatham County and Discover the ARTS! . -Kerry McCarver, Mayor of Cheatham County

Logan Seibert

Pat Millius

Ben Caldwell

Morris Self

Sonja Beck

Barbara Allen

Harold Lovell

Bobbi Noreen Ciick the link below for the online flipping book: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/687342035/

Andrea “Picaso” Henry

www.artleagueofcheathamcounty.org P. O. Box 458 / Pleasant View, TN 37146

Lundy Cupp

Timothy Weber

John Cranshaw- Abstract Artist John Crenshaw grew up in Miami, Florida and was involved in Art, Photography, and film at an early age. He went on to graduate from the University of Miami with a minor in Fine Art. John’s passion for the Arts continued throughout

Over the past 10 years John has owned a gallery in downtown Nashville within the Tennessee Art League and sponsored a Pop-up gallery in East Nashville “Art Muz”. John has exhibited and sold his Art in Venues in Nashville, Tn., Atlanta Ga., and Miami Fl., and has sold his art to private collectors around the world. Having been involved in film with a series of Art called “Moving “Art, Ajartist Media won first place in comedy with a film “24” in 2014 a 48-hour film festival. Over the years John has studied art history with an emphasis on the late 1800 French impressionists and the American abstract artists which have influenced his art. “I have a presence on social media with 40k followers on Instagram and many collectors of my art. My current art I call, ‘Art Sculpture,’ as I use a very high-density acrylic paint to take my image off the canvas.”

college and after graduation. Relocating to New Orleans, La. he attended Tulane University and continued his pursuit of Art in the New Orleans community. After a career in the healthcare industry, John decided it was time to make Art his main career and accepted the Executive Director position with the Tennessee Art League. He then formed his own Art Company “Ajartist Media” in 2013 which is still active today.

John Cranshaw Ajartist Media / www.justartbyjohn.com www.johncranshawart.com

Leah Hendry- TN Art Museum Curator

Museum Task Force, a group tasked with oversight of the new $160 million Tennessee State Museum building, which opened on Nashville’s downtown Bicentennial Mall in 2018, and was chosen as the State Museum’s designated representative on the state government evaluation committees which selected the facility’s museum architect, museum planner, museum exhibit designer and the exhibit fabrication firm. Hendry was formerly the Interim Executive Director and the Public Relations and Marketing Director at the private Knoxville Museum of Art, and served as Director of Communications for the 1982 World’s Fair, an international special category exposition in Knoxville, TN. A former weekly columnist for the Gatlinburg Press/ Mountain Press, Hendry is a magna cum laude College of Communications graduate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she was the editor of both the daily student newspaper and the quarterly fine arts magazine. She is currently an independent curatorial professional organizing traveling exhibitions for college and university art galleries. She is also a freelance writer, whose work has been published in Nashville Arts magazine, Sophisticated Living magazine, nFocus society magazine, Flower magazine, StyleBlueprint regional blog, and on the editorial page of the Nashville Tennessean.

During her 27-year tenure at the TSM, she was both an ad hoc curator and had oversight responsibility for the institution’s special traveling exhibitions (both national and international), special events, fundraising, government relations, and public relations and marketing. She was the project director of A Tennessee Waltz fundraising gala, held in Tennessee’s historic state capitol for 25 years, which raised millions of dollars for the State Museum’s foundation. Hendry has worked with such nationally known visual artists as Red Grooms, Hunt Slonem, Stephen Antonakos, Alexandre Renoir, Alexandra Nechita, Arthur Carter, Richard Erlich, Gary Ernest Smith, Brett de Palma, Alonzo Davis, Andy Saftel, Adrienne Outlaw, Richard Painter, Benjamin Walls, Alan Shuptrine, and the late, renowned folk artist Bessie Harvey. She also once curated an exhibition of paintings created by the late Grammy-winning disco diva Donna Summer, one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. She also served as a member of the Governor’s New

https://nashvillearts.com/2017/05/lisa-jennings/

Tom Stanford- Photography Coordinator Nossi College of the Arts.

• Coordinated visual coverage for the historic 2010 flood in Nashville, the paper was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. • Experience covering the NFL, NHL, SEC, music festivals and the 2000 Sydney Olympics. • Involved in several book projects including Nashville: Hills of Harmony, Flood 2010: Chronicled By The Tennessean, Tennessee Titans: Celebrating the First and he photographed Historic Presbyterian Churches of Tennessee.”

Tom Stanford is passionate about photography and enjoys helping others improve their skills through teaching, mentoring & coaching.

• NA Degree in Photography from Texas A&M/Commerce. Tom worked for newspapers in TX, LA and TN. • Photography Director at The Tennessean from 1996- 2014. • Experience in digital photography, videography and creating multimedia.

2022 Juried Art Show Artists Accomplished Artists ages 18+ 25 Artists and 58 entries! - - March 11th - 19th

DIVISION ONE

2D

4-3D Stephen Hutchins * a Lelgato b Georgia Marble Bowl c Drapery Study

Gary Lambert * My Peace, My Heaven

11

Sonja Ann Becknell *

1 a b c 3 a b C 4 a b 5 a b c 6 a b c 7 a b c 8 a b c 9 a

a

The Messenger Back Stage

Janet Patrell * Aurelius Lion

12

McRhythm

a b

Bobbie Noreen * Another Galaxy

Earth Tree

PHOTOGRAPHY Phoenix Thornburg * For Varmints and Such

Kristin Lovern * Ace Hardware

13

Bellegra, Italy

a b

Pierced

1P

Chevy

a b c

Pat Millius *

Mon Petit Cher Of Time and Grain

Megan Doty-Barnes *

14

Iris

a b

Ms. Page

Map Away from Itself

Under the Brush

Beverly Nicholson *

2P

Andrea (Picasso) Henry * Brasslea Oleracea

a b c

Serenity

Lisa Willis * Woods Spirit Renee Faber Sentient Being

15

Guiding Light

a

Third World Flame

The Barn

Porto Novo

16

3P

Jenny Mabry Water Wings The Tourist

Becki Vincent * Sunshine on my Shoulder

a b

a b c

The Gaze

Sunrist Cove

Blues

Naturally

3D 1-3D Lundy Cupp * a Native American b Horse c Spirit Owl 2-3D Paul Parillo * a Johnny Cash b LIghthouse c Abstract 3-3D Morris Self * a Tall Gauge b Pully System c Valve Gauge

4P

Jackson Carr

Barbara L. Allen * Autumn at Home Grandaddy’s Dream

a

Bison

Sloane Hunter * Branch Into The Light

5P

In the Pasture

a b c

3 Generations

Monica O’Neill * Winter on Balthrop Summer on Attebury The Old Dinner Bell

Going The Extra Mile

Aleshia Garrett *

In the Light

Debbie Fuson * Spring Song Reaching Skyward

10

a b

g Art League of Cheatham County Members

2D DIVISION ONE

SONJA BECK Utilizing a bold, contemporary style full of color and life, dynamic angles, and layers of tonal variations, I work primarily with acrylics on canvas and colored pencils on paper. I capture expressive musicians (most of whom are my talented neighbors on the outskirts of Nashville, TN) playing their instruments to convey the soulful messages we hear in their music. I am drawn to the beauty we discover in nature and apply captivating compositions and perspectives. My love of people shines through in many of the portraits I create, expressing moments of joy or beauty. Through my work I strive to celebrate this colorful life and uplift others.

The Messenger Sonja Beck

Backstage Sonja Beck

Acrylic 36 x 48 No: 1a

Acrylic 30 x 40 No: 1b

McRhythm Sonja Beck

Acrylic 40 x 30 No: 1c

BOBBIE NOREEN I am the child of a very flamboyant colorful artist mother and a very analytical engineer type father. I loved the creative and beautiful side of nature and life, but being cautious and conservative at my father’s instruction, my right brain won out in my life choices. 2022 will mark my 50th year as a REALTOR broker, educator, and coach. Over those years I dabbled with oils and dreamed of being able to bring the scenes and visions, that were in my head, to life. Just before we went in to the lockdown, I met Debbie Keenan at an art show in Cheatham County. I had just started some on line classes with a teacher in abstract painting. When I saw the great works displayed, I became a little intimidated. However, I overcame my lack of confidence and showed Debbie a few things on my I-phone that I had completed . She was so complementary and encouraging that I promptly joined the league and continued to take classes. To my surprise, many of my facebook friends wanted to buy my work when they saw some of the postings. I have now sold over 30 paintings, each one inspired by a theme, a color or a memory. I am still involved in coaching and teaching real estate, but I owe my sanity this past 18 or so months to the creative side of my brain that finally has a voice. I instinctively know when something I have done is good and finished, because It happens outside of my conscious mind. I get lost in the moments and then all of a sudden I will stand back and think, “ Wow, how did that happen.” That’s my best work.

Late November Bobbie Noreen

Acrylic 18 x 24 No: 3a

Tropical Living Bobbie Noreen

Acrylic 18 x 24 No: 3b

Star Power Bobbie Noreen Mixed media 20 x 20 No: 3c

PAT MILLIUS The flooded earth must subside. Determined to flow in some singular direction instead of roiling itself into madness. And down inside all of this water, voices begin to be heard, calling us to fest. Not the voices of birth, but the voices of death in reverse. Struggling out of the blackness, still almost asleep. The song of the old gray rainbeard, joined in by rusty metal sighs from infants the size of whales. Almost falling awake.

Iris Pat Millius Mixed Media 30 x 24 No: 4a

Map Away From Itself Pat Millius Mixed Media 24 x 24 No: 4b

ANDREA (PICASO) HENRY Picaso is my maiden name. I draw my inspiration from everywhere! I enjoy a wide range of subject matter sometimes drawing and painting from life, other times from photos.

Red Cabbage was done from life. Third World Flame speaks to conditions around the world. Pots are used for cooking but also sanitizing water. In Porto Novo we see an elder (in white) instructing children on life practices.

Brasslea Oleracea Andrea ‘Picaso’ Henry 13 x 11.5 Watercolor No: 5a

Third World Flame Andrea ‘Picaso’ Henry 9.5 x 12.75 Mixed Media No: 5b

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3rd Place- 2D

Porto Novo Andrea ‘Picaso’ Henry

8.75 x 11.25 Watercolor No: 5c

BECKI VINCENT My inspiration for painting comes from Nature, Love, Weather, Emotion, and many positive things that my Creator speaks to me, my life, and my heart. I am a member of the Art League of Cheatham County, Furnace Artisans Guild in Dickson County, Sanctuary Artists in Nashville, and soon to participate in the Paint the Town plein air blitz in Dickson, TN. I have been inspired by wonderful artists in my life and enjoy creating texture and movement in my paintings. I am always learning and growing which is marvelous thing to do at any age in life.

Sunrise Cove Becki Vincent

Acrylic 24 x 30 No: 6b

Sunshine on My Shoulder Becki Vincent

Acrylic 16 x 20 No: 6a

Naturally Becki Vincent

Acrylic 24 x 30 No: 6c

BARBARA ALLEN I love to paint with watercolors, they allow me to achieve my goals that I set for myself. This medium helps me to use fine details which I love most of all. I love nature so much it helps me to have peace of mind. This is one reason why I love painting nature and animal scenes. I feel like I am there. So blessed and thankful for the gift of art.

Autumn At Home Barbara Allen Watercolor 20 x 30 No: 7a

Grandaddy’s Dream Barbara Allen Watercolor 20 x 26 No: 7b

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2nd Place- 2D

In the Pasture Barbara Allen Watercolor 30 x 40 No: 7c

MONICA O’NEILL These works are created using mixed media with photography, beeswax, damar resin, and oil paint. My work in encaustic is meant to capture the serene beauty in rural and historical scenes of Tennessee. Working in this medium and building the layers of wax is metaphorical to the layers of time which eventually break down all. Unlike the natural order of deterioration, encaustic medium seals each layer with the beeswax so the history of these structures and scenes are kept intact through the artwork. The landscapes of many rural areas of Tennessee are quickly changing to commerce and industrialization. Although the progress is sometimes necessary, I hope that my work causes the viewer to reflect on simpler scenes of a time that is quickly rushing away. Like a distant memory. Winter on Balthrop: This is a historical handmade tenant farmer home built over 100 years ago and owned by the Balthrop family. Still standing stoically, it sits abandoned on oaklawn road.

Winter on Balthrop Monica O’Neill Encaustic 9 X 12 No: 8a

Summer on Attebury Lane Monica O’Neill Encaustic 6 x 6 No: 8b

The Old Dinner Bell Monica O’Neill Encaustic 6 x 6 No: 8c

ALESHIA GARRETT Aleshia “Dream” Garrett creates art to capture the essence of the world’s natural beauty, creating a bridge between what is seen and what is felt. Spanning both abstract and realism, her paintings depict landscapes, seascapes and any subject that resonates with her soul. Based in Ashland City, Tennessee, she signs all her paintings as Dream - the nickname her husband gave her when they began dating in high school. Together, they shepherd a small flock of sheep raised for wool that she incorporates into her art, spins into yarn and weaves into textiles. Aleshia delights in creating one-of-a-kind pieces and sharing that joy with others.

In the Light Aleshia Garrett Mixed Media 24 x 30 No: 9a

DEBBIE FUSON I have always found a peaceful feeling in natural settings. I thoroughly enjoy the challenge of trying to capture the vividness of a colorful landscape, or the strength of an aged tree. During the pandemic I found myself drawn even more to the peace and well being I found outside on a trail or beside a creek. I strive to re-create moments of restoration through my art.

Reaching Skyward Debbie Fuson

Spring Song Debbie Fuson

Acrylic 16 x 20 No: 10b

Acrylic 16 x 20 No: 10a

GARY LAMBERT I use art as a therapy to create places that I want to be. Painting is a way to create your own place.

My Peace, My Home Gary Lambert Oil 24 x 28 No: 11a

JANET PETRELL In my art, I like to capture beauty using an ordinary “found object”; a zipper. Everytime, I create a new piece of work, it is a new jigsaw puzzle figuring out how to place each zipper to create the images that I have in my mind’s eye.

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1st Place- 2D

Lion Janet Patrell Zipper Art 28 x 30 No: 12a

Earth Tree Janet Patrell Zipper Art 48 x 48 No: 12b

KRISTIN EASTWOOD

As a new artist, I have been experimenting with acrylic color and trying to create interest in everyday environments that may go unnoticed by the everyday passerby. The under paintings consist of vibrant and warmer colors and are layered with muted cooler colors. I chose to focus on subjects that showed age and texture so I could really play with color and give the viewer a more colorful memory of a place they see in passing everyday.

Ace Hardware Kristin Eastwood

Acrylic 11 x 14 No:13a

Chevy Kristin Eastwood

Acrylic 11 x 14 No:13b

MEGAN DOTY-BARNES

Since I was a young child, I was drawn to music and art, and several years ago I embarked on the journey of higher education at Nossi College of Art for a bachelor’s degree in Commercial Illustration. Throughout my college experience, I tried many different mediums and styles, and I found that I really enjoy creating illustrations for children and upon learning this I decided to focus on writing and illustrating children’s books and creating artwork that children can interact with. Since I have a child of my own, I generally take inspiration from the things that he loves. I love working in all mediums, but I prefer working in oil, acrylic, gouache, and digitally. I look forward to having a life and career filled with art.

Ms Page Megan Doty-Barnes Oil 12 x 12 No: 14a

Under the Brush Megan Doty-Barnes Acrylic 8 x 16 No: 14b

LISA WILLIS As an artist, the compositions I create are entries in a visual diary. I use stylized realism to paint allegories of the thoughts that weigh on my mind the most. After a strange and unprecedented year of lockdowns, medical tests, and drastic headlines, those thoughts turned to mortality, particularly my husband’s and mine. And yet, a simple observation of nature and the seasons reveals to us that everything ends. The deer in the painting stares at the viewer not as a threat, but as a gentle reminder that though we may fear death, we need to face it. And as unpleasant as it might be, we must learn to accept it.

Woods Spirit Lisa Willis

Acrylic 20 x 24 No: 15a

RENEE FABER

Art is a way for me to connect to wonder, to fold into it. Life’s tenderness can simultaneously grow your heart and shatter you in equal measure, and creating art is a direct communication of this. Art is my way to not just fold into my own experience of wonder, but also to connect to others. My first profound experience of art was with my mom in the hills I grew up in, drawing and painting amongst the wildflowers and tall grasses with our dog napping beside us. Beautiful memories with my beautiful mom.

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Honorable Mention

Sentient Being Renee Faber Watercolor 20 x 24 No: 16a

The Gaze Renee Faber Watercolor 20 x16 No: 16a

3D DIVISION ONE

LUNDY CUPP My work primarily focuses on the human face and form and animals. All animals are unique even when they often look very similar or even identical. I enjoy giving them individuality. But I am mostly intrigued by the vast array of subtle nuance within the human face. No two faces are exactly alike. It is as unique as the individual who wears it and that person’s life experiences. For such a small area as a face, the expressions and variations are endless. I try to capture a brief moment of expression within my subject. As with any creative process, whether they are a portrayal of a specific individual or a whimsical character in my mind, the faces evolve as they emerge. This is one of the most satisfying aspects of what I do. My love of detail and combining realism with semi-abstract brings it all together for me. I enjoy experimentation and exploring new mediums and techniques to achieve my visions. My process and techniques have evolved over the past several years and continue to evolve. Trial and error is an important part in any material I work with. My book carvings emerged from my love of books. I quickly discovered encyclopedias are ideal for my subject matter of human portraits. I can carve a life-size face within the space of a few volumes. And since encyclopedias are now primarily obsolete, they are abundant. There are homes and attics across America full of these beautiful books. So I just give them a new life so-to-speak. It is an incredible challenge to carve paper. I don’t glue the pages together before carving. It’s purely subtractive, so much thought goes into the approximate 100 hours it takes to carve a portrait into the paper of books. I look at the world, animals and the human face in a different way than I did before I discovered my abilities as an artist. I see the beauty in both simplicity and complexity. The learning and discovery process never ends. Ever. That’s what makes this whole art thing work, what makes it so much fun and addicting. It’s the magic that drives the wonders of art.

JURIED ART SHOW

3rd Place- 3D

Native American Lundy Cupp Books/Paper carving American Peoples Encyclopeida - 1969 Edition 11 H x 8.5 W x 8 D No: 1-3Da

Horse Lundy Cupp Wood / Walnut 30” High No: 1-3Db

Spirit Owl Lundy Cupp Wood / Spalted Beech 12.5 H x 4.5 W No: 1-3Db

PAUL PARILLO Once I become confident working with stained glass, I became curious how I could incorporate other objects and combine both glass and objects to create unique art. I love the challenge of taking used, sometimes broken musical instruments and creating a new, revitalized piece of art. Whether abstract or a themed design, it is very satisfying to blend the two separate art forms to become one.To date, I have created pieces utilizing guitars, violins, banjos, drums, cellos, guitar amps and mandolins

JURIED ART SHOW

Johnny Cash Guitar Paul Parillo Stained Glass 39 x 15 x 4 No: 2-3Da

Lighthouse Violin Paul Parillo Stained Glass 23 x 9 x 2 No: 2-3Db

2nd Place- 3D

Mandolin Abstract Paul Parillo Stained Glass 25 x 12 x 3 No: 2-3Dc

MORRIS SELF I have lived in Cheatham county for 26 years. I started doing sculptures for my family, and then their friends started commissioning sculptures from me. Then I started doing public art shows. My sculptures are made using recycled metal and scrap metals from our area to assemble sculptures of all different types. I have taught classes with children to motivate their art potential so they can experience taking items that are different and put them together in one common goal to make something other than its original purpose. I want people to see my art and realize their own potential to do something creative with simple every day items commonly thrown away. I have donated sculptures for fund raisers to local hospitals, schools, and charities, as well as, a 14’ breast Cancer ribbon sculpture located on Charlotte Avenue in Nashville at the Hope Lodge for cancer patients families.

Tall Gauge Morris Self Metal Work 32 x 12 x 6 No: 3-3Da

Pulley System Morris Self Metal Work 85 x 80 x 10 No: 3-3Db

Valve Gauge Morris Self Metal Work 30 x 22 x 11 No: 3-3Dc

STEPHEN HUTCHINS I’ve worked with stone over the last two decades as a mason and architectural stone carver. As a self- taught artist, sculpture has been a creative escape from the square and tape measure. My ultimate goal is to add a sense of peace to whatever setting my work occupies. I often create abstract, free-form shapes inspired by everyday objects whose simple beauty is easy to overlook: a rubber band, an orange peel, or a token found in the forest. I like to include texture using traditional masonry techniques in tandem with a high polish on the limestone and marbles that I work. Many of the sculptures I create are repurposed from stone that cladded Nashville’s historic buildings before they were demolished. Most recently, I’ve been exploring figurative sculpture in clay. Branching into a new medium has been an exciting growth opportunity, and I look forward to continuing this path and sharing my creations.

Georgia Marble Bowl Stephen Hutchins

Stone Bowl 10 x 18 x 4 No: 4-3Db

Legato Stephen Hutchins Stone Sculpture 10 x 24 x 10 No: 4-3Da

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1st Place- 3D

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BEST IN SHOW

Drapery Study Stephen Hutchins

Plaster 12 x 18 No: 4-3Dc

PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION ONE

PHOENIX THORNBURG The time-honored art of preserving time through the photographic lens has long fascinated me. The viewfinder offers a structured limitation, inside which I find an outlet for exploration, reflection and expression. I am interested in the potential for time and space to be imprinted by energy and vibration, and try to translate this evocation of emotions by means of the photograph; storytelling. Living and working in rural Cheatham County has nourished the roots of my perspective with a constant flow of not only the profound beauty of nature found here, but also with local history and lore. “Southern Gothic” in style, my current series is a reflection of the haunted, heartbreaking, macabre and feral aspects of humanity, within the contexts of nature and culture in the South.

For Varmints and Such Phoenix Thornburg Photograph 16 x 20 No: 1Pa

JURIED ART SHOW

Mon Petit Cher Phoenix Thornburg Photograph 16 x 20 No: 1Pb

1st Place- Photo

Of Time and Grain Phoenix Thornburg Photograph 16 x 20 No: 1Pc

BEVERLY NICHOLSON As a photographer, My primary focus is to capture captivating images that tell a story of the life of the person, place or object photographed. In my process for choosing what I will photograph, I like to choose subject matter that enables me captivate the natural beauty and personality that is already present. I want my images to tell a story and to capture those stories at angles and depths that may or may not be within the compass of standard photography guidelines. In my recent work, I want to feel as though I’m stepping into the life, culture, or history of the captured image. My greatest desire is that each image will speak to the soul of the viewer so they can connect with the presence of the life they reflect.

Serenity Beverly Nicholson Photograph on canvas 16 x 20 No: 2Pa

Guiding Light Beverly Nicholson Photograph on canvas 16 x 20 No: 2Pb

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2nd Place- Photo

The Barn Beverly Nicholson Photograph on canvas 12 x 18 No: 2Pc

JENNY MABRY 1. Water Wings . Photographic image created with a digital camera, edited in Photoshop and presented on a 16x24 Gallery stretched canvas. NFS. This image was inspired by the clean white dress of the subject and the motion of the water when she moved. I felt she looked angelic in the white dress and used the water to allude to wings. water wings copy.jpg 2. The Tourist. Photographic image created with digital camera and photoshop presented on a 16x20 gallery stretched canvas. NFS. This image was part of a collection of Fine Art photographs that I shot during the winter in my downtime. I have always had a fondness for fine art, classic portraiture and wanted to incorporate my love of photography with the little camera prop. The Tourist copy.jpg 3. Blues. Photographic image created with digital camera and edited in Photoshop. Printed as an 11x14 on Fine Art Watercolor paper, mounted on foam board in a wood frame. NFS. This image was part of a collection of Fine Art photographs that I shot during the winter in my downtime. I have always had a fondness for fine art. The name comes from the subjects piercing blue eyes paired with the blue of his overalls and the blue in the books. Blues copy.jpg

JURIED ART SHOW

Water Wings Jenny Mabry Photograph on Canvas 16 x 24 No: 3Pa 3rd Place- Photo

The Tourist Jenny Mabry Photograph on Canvas 16 x 20 No: 3Pb

Blues Jenny Mabry Photograph 11 x 14 No: 3Pc

JACKSON CARR Jackson Carr is earning his Photography degree from Nossi College of Arts in Nashville, Tennessee. What I hope to accomplish through my photographs is capturing the little moments people forget about or don’t even notice. We have all looked back and wished we had captured certain moments and I hope I am able to do that through my pictures.

Bison Jackson Carr Photograph 11 x 14 No: 4Pa

SLOANE HUNTER Locally born and raised in Pleasant View Tn. and a Tennessee native Photographer, I enjoy snapping a lot of pictures, at all times! Just whatever catches my eye. I love walking on our farm, most of the time it’s right in front of me before I know it. Some of my favorite things are sunsets, crops in the field, smoky barns in the distance the list could go on and on….I’m definitely a farmers daughter and my work shows it. And then there’s another side of me that loves to travel. That’s in my blood too. My Mom was a international flight attendant. So lots of my photos are from my travels. Again whatever catches my eye. I’m also know to be driving and see something that I just can’t pass up and have to pull over. Hope you enjoy what you see. We all see through different lenses and that’s what makes the world go round. Cheers #foreversloane

3 Generations Sloane Hunter Photograph on Canvas 16 x 20 No: 5Pb

Branch Into The Light Sloane Hunter Photograph on Metal 11 x 14 No: 5Pa

Going The Extra Mile Sloane Hunter Photograph on canvas 12 x 12 No: 5Pc

2022 Juried Art Show Artists STUDENT Artists ages 12-18

STUDENT DIVISION TWO

16 Artists and 30 entries! - - March 11th - 19th

Halely Tenpenny 17

Blakely Teal 15 Just Another Day

6 a 7 a b 8 a 9 a b

12

Abigail Lambert * 15

1 a b 2 a b c 3 a b c 4 a b c 5 a

Persephone

a

In My Eyes Fantasy Forest

Hayleigh Matheson 17 Lost in Thought A Complicated Love Elizabeth Ufnar 12

Landon Johnson 17

13

a

Leopard

Savannah Williams * 16

Youth/Old Two Face

Vance Becknell 17

14

a b c

Surprise Sunshine

Peace

In the Light

Sunset Warmth

Callie Edwards * 15

Conner Kelly 17

Self Portrait Caduceus

Bryson Perry 14

15

Spring Song

Reaching Skyward

a b c

Sherlock

Tourism

Jack the Ripper

Sage Valentine 18 Cry Me A River Nicole McCarver 18

10

Dweller

Hannah Caulfield * 16

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Oops!

Genevieve Garrett 12

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Flying Paint

11

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Prince Crow

Majestic Pegasus

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Little Lady The Raven

Victoria O’Neill * 12 Enchanted Blossoms

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ABIGAIL ‘OLLIE’ LAMBERT - 15

I use art to deal with the stress of life as a teenager. It also helped me cope with my parents divorce. I look to keep improving and developing as an artist

In My Eyes Abigail Lambert

acrylic 16 x 20 No: 1Ja

Fantasy Forest Abigail Lambert Oil 16 x 20 No: 1Jb

SAVANNAH WILLIAMS - 16 Ever since I could remember, I’ve done art. Whether it be doodles on my chemistry notebook or paintings on a canvas. It’s a part of me!

Youth/Old Savannah Williams

Two Face Savannah Williams Pen & Ink 8.5 x 11 No: 2Jb

Watercolor 14.5 x 11.5 No: 2Ja

Peace Savannah Williams Acrylic on CD 9 x 11 No: 2Jc

CALLIE EDWARDS - 15 My art focus has mainly been realism in the past, but this year I am striving to add a surrealistic spin on my art. Mixed media has also been one of my main focuses this year as well as representing an idea or myself as much as possible.

Self Portrait Callie Edwards Mixed media 9 x 11 No: 3Ja

Caduceus Callie Edwards Oil 16 x 20 No: 3Jb

Tourism Callie Edwards Pencil 11 x 14 No: 3Jc

HANNAH CAULFIELD - 16

Hello, my name is Hannah Caulfield and I am a 16-year-old artist. I have been drawing since fourth grade and started digitally around 2019. I have been inspired by so many other artists on social media and people I know. I think I have improved enormously since I first started drawing and I would love to share my most proud pieces so far.

Oops! Hannah Caulfield Digital Art 8.5 x 11 No: 4Ja

Flying Paint Hannah Caulfield Digital Art 8.5 x 11 No: 4Jb

Majestic Pegasus Hannah Caulfield Digital Art 8.5 x 11 No: 4Jc

VICTORIA O’NEILL - 12 Art has always been a big part of my life and I love to find my inspiration in nature.

Enchanted Blossoms Victoria O’Neill

Acrylic 12 x 12 No: 5Ja

JURIED ART SHOW

1st Place

HAYLEY TENPENNY - 17

Art has been a large part of my life ever since I was really young. I taught myself how to draw all the things I saw and imagined. The thing that inspires me most about art is that it can be and mean so many different things. Everyone sees art differently and I love that no matter what I create, it can be interpreted differently. In my eyes, that’s the beauty of art.

Persephone Hayley Tenpenny Acrylic & Watercolor 20 x 24 No: 6Ja

JURIED ART SHOW

2nd Place

HAYLEIGH MATHESON - 17

Art has been a large part of my life ever since I was really young. I taught myself how to draw all the things I saw and imagined. The thing that inspires me most about art is that it can be and mean so many different things. Everyone sees art differently and I love that no matter what I create, it can be interpreted differently. In my eyes, that’s the beauty of art.

Nossi Scholarship Winner

Lost in Thought Hayleigh Matheson Graphite 11 x 14 No: 7Ja

A Complicated Love Hayleigh Matheson Graphite & Charcoal 11 x 14 No: 7Jb

ELIZABETH UFNAR - 12 I painted my piece Cherry Blossoms was made for my grandmother and I wanted to do things from around the world, and I really liked how cherry blossoms looked and really wanted to paint them. My other piece Country Garden, I wanted to paint something pretty that would help get me out of my art block, so I looked up some images and painted what I saw.

Cherry Blossom Elizabeth Ufnar Painting 12 x 15 No: 8Ja

JURIED ART SHOW

Best of Show

Country Garden Elizabeth Ufnar Painting 8 x 10 No: 8Jb

CONNER KELLY - 17

Art is like writing but the images show you and place on paper but I think beyond the Earth’s imagination and that’s why I draw because I want to tell a story through art.

Dragon Conner Kelly Pencil

8.5 x 11 16 x 20 No: 9Ja

SAGE VALENTINE - 18 The inspiration for this piece was an intended call out to pollution and how the environment would feel if it was as painfully aware as we are that we are killing Mother Nature. My hopes are that people will look at this piece and think twice before littering. I chose to use acrylic paint because I wanted to step just outside of my digital comfort zone. The ideas I had for this piece consumed numerous pages of my sketchbook both on paper and on screen. All the ideas boiled down to one key component, the environment. I though maybe a piece that had a deeper meaning may be important to other artists like it’s important to me. For a piece to have a deeper meaning is great because you appreciate it both from an artistic standpoint but also an intellectual standpoint.

Cry Me A River Sage Valentine

Acrylic 38 x 24 No: 10Ja

NICOLE McCARVER - 18 Art is just always something I’ve done since I was small. I would always spend my free time drawing or doing something art related as a kid. My parents have always supported my dreams of being an artist. What inspires me is trying out new mediums and surrounding myself with beautiful art and artist.

JURIED ART SHOW

The Raven Nicole McCarver Watercolor 8 x 10 No: 11Ja

3rd Place

Little Lady Nicole McCarver Alcohol on ink 8 x 10 No: 11Ja

BLAKELY TEAL - 15

I’m 15 years old, in 10th grade. My idea came from wanting to do something realistic with a fictional twist, but my real inspiration for the piece revolved around being totally oblivious to the world around you.

Just Another Day Blakely Teal Graphite & Charcoal 8.5 x 11 No: 12Ja

JURIED ART SHOW

Honorable Mention

LANDON JOHNSON 17 This artwork took me some time to do because I mainly draw super hero’s but I couldn’t do that for this contest. So I though I would challenge myself by trying to draw as realistic as I could. I didn’t really know what to do so I just thought I’d draw an animal. I spent some time trying to learn how to do it and I don’t think it came out bad for my first attempt at realism.

Leopard Landon Johnson Pencil, Eraser, Paper 9 x 2 No: 13Ja

VANCE BECKNELL - 17

My artistic expression in photographs revolves around my love of nature & the elements that attract us to the outdoors, such as life, light, & warmth. I find joy in capturing nature’s beauty in spontaneous, unexpected moments.

Sunshine Vance Becknell Photography 8 x 10 No: 14Jb

Surprise! Vance Becknell Photography 8 x 10 No: 14Ja

Sunset Warmth Vance Becknell Photography 8 x 10 No: 14Jc

BRYSON PERRY- 14

My name is Bryson Perry and I am 14 years old. Every since a young age I have enjoyed drawing and doing anything that involved art. I have been practicing my realism and the pieces that you see before you are my examples. Thank you for your time and I hope you all enjoy them.

Sherlock Bryson Perry Pencil Drawing 8 x 10 No: 15Ja

Jack the Ripper Bryson Perry Pencil Drawing 8 x 10 No: 15Jb

Dweller Bryson Perry Pencil Drawing 8 x 10 No: 15Jc

JURIED ART SHOW

Honorable Mention

GENEVIEVE GARRETT - 12 Genevieve Garrett is a 7th grader who aspires to one day become a professional artist, open and operate her own café and work with animals. She specializes in creating original characters drawn in ink and watercolor and digital animation art.

Prince Crow Genevieve Garrett Mixed media 11 x 13 No: 16Ja

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