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Monday, March 06, 2023
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Dora Patin
As I noted earlier this week, this March, we will return to our 17th year in a row (less the year of the attack of the Covidian monster) to the Affordable Art Fair in New York City, we're bringing in a whole new group of artists from the DMV, most of whom I first met via their artwork when I juried the 2022 Paint the Town event in the pretty area of downtown Kensington, Maryland.
Let me repeat myself: jurying any art show always exposes the juror to new talent, and when I juried this show, as 2022 Paint the Town I often do, I selected some of my fave artists to bring to NYC for an art fair. In my mind we wanted to "curate" a booth for the fair that showcased realist work at its best. Booth curation is a somewhat subjective process (pun intended).
And one of my prizewinners (in fact the Best in Show winner!) Dora Patin is coming to NYC with us in booth D-10 at the fair!
I think that Patin is a painting prodigy. She has only been painting for a handful of years, and yet her trompe l'oeil paintings are breathtaking in their ability to fool the eye. She's yet another great testimony to the teaching skills of Glen Kessler at The Compass Atelier.
Note the facility in delivering one of the hardest subjects to fool the eye: paper.
In this new series focusing on cards, Patin flexes her painting skills to deliver superb work that not only fools the eye, but also subtly reminds us that it is a painting. These are opposite goals on the horizon of an artist as he/she commences a new work, and yet, in these works she accomplishes both of them easily. This is sooooo hard to do, and yet she accomplishes it with deceptive ease.
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| The Optimist by Dora Patin c. 2023, 5x7 inches, oil on panel |
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| Monarch by Dora Patin 5x7 inches - Oil on Panel c. 2023 |
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| Luck or Skill? by Dora Patin c. 2023, 12x12 inches, oil on panel |
Sunday, September 04, 2022
The 2022 Paint the Town Award Winners!
It was my distinct and unique honor to serve as the 2022 Paint the Town juror for the Montgomery Art Association, which together with the town of Kensington, Maryland stages this annual visual art exhibition and competition each year in beautiful Kensington, just outside of the District.
This was a very difficult show to juror - both the open exhibition at the Kensington Armory and the plein air competition which took place yesterday all over this beautiful Maryland town outside nearby Washington, DC. Below are the award winners selected by me - congratulations to all of them... it was a really difficult competition!
Let me repeat myself: as all great shows are, this was an immensely difficult show to judge, which is a good thing! The quality of entries was uniformly superior in almost every category, and the difference between first, second, third, and even some honorable mentions was minimal. The Portrait category in particular was tough to judge as there were so many really outstanding entries. And I was especially surprised by the Kensington category – there was not a single bad entry! As always, I am honored to be able to judge and comment on work of my fellow artists.
Kensington Category
1st Place & Best in Show (Bertha Clum Award): Historia Est Magistra Vitae by Dora Patin
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| Historia Est Magistra Vitae by Dora Patin |
2nd Place: The Hard Work by Paula Zeller
3rd Place: Early Morning on the MARC by Barbara Mandel
Honorable Mentions: Light Remains by Virginia Browning; At the Station by Susan Fitch Brown; Cedar Lane, 3 am by David Sommers
Landscape Category
1st Place: Golden Cloud by Sarah Clayton Davis
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| Golden Cloud by Sarah Clayton Davis |
2nd Place: Vaison La Romaine, France by Mary Vinograd
3rd Place: Water Meadows, Woodfield Road by Benita Kane Jaro
Honorable Mentions: Time Out by Margaret Ingram; Winter by Rajendra KC; Isle of Capri by Deborah Pollack; Tempest by Ting Rao; The House Before the Storm by My-Linh Rouil; Nature's Sculpture by Yik Chek Phan
Portrait Category
1st Place: I Will Conquer by Isabella Martire
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| I Will Conquer by Isabella Martire |
2nd Place: You Are Gone and That Scares Me by Ally Morgan
3rd Place: Summer Morning by Ting Rao
Honorable Mentions: Glow by Jennifer Lynn Beaudet; Gaby Is Musing by Nan Dawkins; Playing the Blues by Karen Merkin; Weathered by Ellen Yahuda; Stock Up Time by Vicky Zhou
Still Life Category
1st Place: Veri Peri Macaron by Jennifer Barlow
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| Veri Peri Macaron by Jennifer Barlow |
2nd Place: A Bear Necessity by Amanda Coelho
3rd Place: Waiting for Wings by Christina Webber
Honorable Mentions: Chatty Onions by Nan Dawkins; Roses Ride by Jack Hammond
Abstract Category
1st Place: Metamorphosis by Sandra Pérez-Ramos
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| Metamorphosis by Sandra Pérez-Ramos |
2nd Place: Rhapsody of a Hug by Martina Sestakova
3rd Place: Crows by Nancy Randa
Honorable Mentions: Composition 29 by Mari Craig; Coastal Dreams by Rosemary Fallon; Happy Wave by Raya Salman; Exploration by Jenny Wilson
Sculpture Category
1st place: Patchwork of Promise by Peijisan Art
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| Patchwork of Promise by Peijisan Art |
2nd Place: A Much Needed Break by Samantha Hecox
3rd Place: Ice Bucket by Nadia Hewchuck
Honorable Mention: Fort! by Anastasia Walsh
Photography Category
1st Place: The Gymnast by Arindam Dasgupta
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| The Gymnast by Arindam Dasgupta |
2nd Place: Warbler House by Julie Steinberg
3rd Place: Snow Day by Regina Boston
Plein Air Competition
1st place: Saturday Market by Vicky Zhou
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| Saturday Market by Vicky Zhou |
2nd place: OK Morning! by Robert Pearlman
3rd place: Water Fountain by Carrie Adler
Honorable mentions: Professor by Holly Buehler; Outdoor Seating, Kensington by Garine Magary
Student Invitational
Winner: The Bearer by Elielle Kayomb
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| The Bearer by Elielle Kayomb |
2nd Place: Hammer Brooch by Nadia Hewchuck
3rd Place: A Gazelle in the Water by Stephanie Fernandez
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Paint the Town Labor Day Show 2022
I'm sooooooooooo excited to jury this show coming up Labor Day weekend!
The three-day Paint the Town Labor Day Show & Sale. This is one of the longest-running and largest art shows in the region, with hundreds of works by 175 local artists, all members of the Montgomery Art Association. The event is free and open to the public.
All works are for sale. In addition, the Artist Marketplace will have small works, prints and notecards available for purchase. A portion of all sales proceeds goes to support MAA's arts mission.
Walk around Kensington on Saturday, and you'll see dozens of artists painting and drawing. Those are participants in our annual Plein Air Competition!
From 7 am-3 pm, adults and children complete paintings with a Kensington theme and submit them for prizes. The competition is open to all adults and children. It's free for kids under 18 and current MAA members; adults pay $10.
Full three-day schedule here.
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