Ribbon winners of the 2006 Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts announced

Published 5:00 pm Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Best of Show – Mike Koloski, Enterprise, professional, mixed media, “Not All My Heroes Are Cowboys.”

Director’s Choice – Carol McLaughlin, Joseph, professional, watercolor, “Autumn Leaves.”

People’s Choice – Larry Wishart, Enterprise, non-professional, alder, bone and abalone, “Tearing Copper.”

Best Donated Art – Christie Mann, Baker City, non professional, gourd, “Running Horses.”

Professional

First Place – Bob Peterson, Joseph, oil, “Elkhorn Trail”; Malcolm Phinney, Enterprise, oil, “Pastoral”; Mayumi Jones, Grahan, Wash., oil, “Swan Lake”; Kristi Usher, St. Helens, bronze, “Diggin Deep”; Mary Aiwohi-Cisco D.V.M, Summerville, watercolor, “Summer Thoughts”; Ted “Olaf” Juve, Enterprise, clay, “Raku Bowl”; Nathelle Norfleet, Monmouth, oil on canvas, “Tlaquepaque Village, Sedona, AZ”; Jerry Kencke, Mountain Home, Idaho, 35mm photo, hand crafted, “Belgian Stud”; Leslie LeViner, Enterprise, oil, “Little Girls, Ponies and Gossip”; Glennis Phillips, Union, ceramics, “Ash Glazed Bottles (Slab)”; Austin Barton, Battleground, Wash., bronze, “Infatuation”; Jim Shelly, Joseph, Raku Ceramics, “Parallel Conversation”.

Second Place – Rodd Ambroson, Joseph, bronze, “Dignity”; Jennie Kay Snyder, Joseph, transparent watercolor, “Dried Artichoke”; Jennie Kay Snyder, Joseph, trandparent watercolor, “Still Life with Onion and Garlic”; Larry D. Wilson, Pendleton, acrylic, “Stumbough Morning”; Mark thompson, Pendleton, oil on wood, “March of the Haybales”; Vacie Anna Berry, Grant Pass, hand pulled intaglio aquatint, “Angus 744 #7/10”; Mary Aiwohi-Cisco, D.V.M., Summerville, Moonrise pencil; Debra Otterstein, Cove, acrylic, “What Now?”; Leslie LeViner, Enterprise, oil, “Moonrise at Sundown – Joseph Canyon”; Marjett Schille, Ludowici, Ga., B & W Charcoal pencil, “Dawn Song”; Michelle Baird, Enetrprise, watercolor, “Old Favorites”; Rob Kemp, Joseph, photography, “Grand Canyon Dawn”; Robert Dawson, Enterprise, photography, “Best Friends”; Kirk Skovlin, Enterprise, watercolor, “Huevos y Ajo”.

Honorable Mention – Jan Beitel, NWA, Umatilla, acrylic, “Dall Sheep”; gail Wolfe, Enterprise, oil, “Cottonwood Reflections”; Mark Thompson, Penleton, oil, “Calm Illusions”; David Jensen, Enterprise, photography, “Fields of Summer”; Linda M. Peterson, La Grande, watercolor, “Imminent Change”; Paul Hoelscher, Baker City, acrylic, “Last Night”; Bonnie Griffith, Walla Walla, Wash., pastel on paper, “Water and Rails”; Glennis Phillips, Union, ceramics, “Fake Ash Glazed Bottle”; Barbara Fredrick, Enterprise, palette knife, “Beached”; Mike Koloski, Enterprise, alkyd (oil) paint, “Still Life with Roses”; Jerry Dame, Sr., Harrisburg, oil, “When Spring Calls”; Robert Dawson, Enterprise, photography, “Fall Colors”.

Non Profesional

First Place – Abbey Godwin, Halfway, watercolor, “Giverny”; Larry Wishart, Enterprise, Alder, Abalone and Bone, “Tearing Copper”; Jan Holt, Joseph, watercolor, “Ol’ Red”; Gary Moses, La Grande, egg tempera, “Farm Implements – Wallowas”; Elberta J. Wood, Walla Walla, Wash., pastel, “Savoring Lavender”; Jakob Hasslacher, Joseph, ceramic, “A.M.D. Armorment of Mass Deception”; Linda Gray McKean, Union, stoneware clay, “Sandstone Turtle with Eggs”; Rosalie Petrovich, Klamath Falls, pencil, “Radiance”; Jasen Hansen, La Grande, acrylic on panels, “El Nevegante Blanco”.

Second Place – Jacob Norris, Bend, oil on board, “Our Walden Pond”; P. Allyn Smith (Pat Smith), Enterprise, digital photography, “Plowing 2006 – Draft Mule”; Gary Moses, La Grande, oil, “Bumping River”; Christie Mann, Baker City, gourd, “Hide and Seek”; Jackie Penner, Waitsburg, Wash., oil, “Winter Hunt”; Shirley Frye, Joseph, pastel, “A Familiar Face in Wallowa County”.

Honorable Mention – Bob Procter, Gresham, oil matte medium, watecolor, sumi on rice paper, “Eulogy for Celilo”; Lisa Kemple, Joseph, blown glass, “Untitled 1”; Lorene Leita Gibbs-Pitts, Redmond, oil on canvas, “Pygmy”; Wendy Zupan-Bailey, Spokane, Wash., mixed media, “The Merlins”; Shirley Scott, Walla Walla, Wash., acrylic, “Mountain Stream”; John B. Kirby Jr., Baker City, oil, “Scherezade”; Michelle Bloker, Enterprise, digital photography, “Dedication Enterprise/Joseph Volunteer Fire Departments”.