Area Agency On Aging District 7 Names Art Exhibit Winners

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The Area Agency On Aging District 7 has announced winners of their 2024 Senior Citizens Art Exhibit.

Here is the list of categories and winners from each:

Victor Potts Best of Show (Amateur)
Gene Bray of Ross County – “Bandon Dunes” (Watercolor)

Victor Potts Best of Show (Professional)
Cindy Bissantz of Brown County – “A New Day’s Promise” (Pastels)

People’s Choice Award
Kristina Adams of Pike County – “Color it Rain” (Watercolor)

Mary Peck Friend of Animals Award
Rae Nichols of Adams County – “Rosie” (Pencil)

Rushie McAllister Best Acrylic Award
Bruce Spriggs of Scioto County – “National Bank of Portsmouth”

Best Overall Poem
Charles Murray of Gallia County – “The Ohio”

Best Overall Essay
Polly Lyons of Fairfield County – “My Sister the Marksman”

ACRYLIC – Animals and Birds
1st Place JC Warf “Birds of Prey”
2nd Place JC Warf “Big Cats”
3rd Place Judith Cheek “Waiting for a Murder (of Crows)

ACRYLIC – Floral
1st Place Sylvia Stroth “Daisy Dreams”
2nd Place Denise Borland “Untitled”

ACRYLIC – Landscape
1st Place Bruce Spriggs “National Bank of Portsmouth”
2nd Place Mary Kovach “Kelly’s Walk”
3rd Place Sylvia Stroth “Family Barn”

ACRYLIC – Other
1st Place Pattie Shupert “Peaceful Slumber”

ACRYLIC – Seascape
1st Place Judith Cheek “Ocean Sunset”

ACRYLIC – Still Life
1st Place Sandra Eisten “Sunny Bananas”

COLLAGE ART – Floral
1st Place Denise Borland “Untitled”
2nd Place Gloria McDonald “Untitled”

COLLAGE ART – Landscape
1st Place Gloria McDonald “Untitled”

COUNTED CROSS STITCH – Landscape
1st Place Judith Clay “Serene Beauty and Quiet”

COUNTED CROSS STITCH – Portrait
1st Place Judith Clay “Girl with Pearl”

FIBER ARTS – Animals and Birds
1st Place Beverly J. Danner “Deer Head Wall Hanging”

FIBER ARTS – Other
1st Place Sylvia Thompson “Modern Woman”

MIXED MEDIA – Abstract
(Professional)
1st Place Rosetta Williams Fungi 785”

MIXED MEDIA – Animals and Birds
1st Place Tilly Thompson “Dog”

MIXED MEDIA – Floral
1st Place Tilly Thompson “Spring”

MIXED MEDIA – Other
1st Place Madelynn Howard Barrett “Once Upon a Time”

OIL – Animals/Birds
(Professional)
1st Place Paul Brown “King of the Highlands”

(Amateur)
1st Place Chester Lambert “Dragon Fly”

OIL – Floral
(Professional)
1st Place Everett A. Rand “Russian Sunflower”
2nd Place Paul Brown “Milkweed Pods and Seeds”

(Amateur)
1st Place Lola Miller “Fresh Flowers from the Garden”

OIL – Landscape
1st Place Karen S. Williams “Senior’s Resting Place”

OIL – Portrait
(Professional)
1st Place Pat Thompson “Rest in Peace, My Child”

OIL – Seascape
(Professional)
1st Place Everett A. Rand “Forgotten Servant”

(Amateur)
1st Place Karen S. Williams “Evening Rest”

OIL – Still Life
1st Place Carol Blamer “Copper Pot and Fruit”

PASTELS – Animals and Birds
(Professional)
1st Place Cindy Bissantz “A New Day’s Promise”

PASTELS – Portrait
(Professional)
1st Place Elaine Lafferty “Regrets”

(Amateur)
1st Place Sandra Eisten “Conman with Dementia”

PEN/INK – Animals and Birds
(Professional)
1st Place Mary Jo Copeland “Peek-a-Boo”

(Amateur)
1st Place Connie Bond “Lion”

PEN/INK – Floral
1st Place Connie Bond “Leaves and Flowers”

PEN/INK – Other
1st Place Bonnie Huber “Untitled”
2nd Place Bonnie Huber “Untitled”

PENCIL – Animals and Birds
(Professional)
1st Place Rae Nichols “Rosie”
2nd Place Rae Nichols “Mockingbird”

(Amateur)
1st Place Glenn Burchwell “Who Goes There”

PENCIL – Floral
1st Place Glenn Burchwell “Purple Foxglove”

PENCIL – Landscape
(Professional)
1st Place Rosetta Williams “73 Sauner Barn”

PENCIL – Seascape
1st Place Faye Stapleton “At Sea”

PENCIL – Portrait
(Professional)
1st Place Pat Thompson “Precious Memories”

(Amateur)
1st Place Faye Stapleton “The Potter’s Hands”
2nd Place Sylvia Thompson “Old Man”

PHOTOGRAPHY – Animals and Birds
1st Place Mary Beaumont “Springboard”
2nd Place Mary Beaumont “Eagle”
3rd Place Lynn Stroth “Looking Forward”

PHOTOGRAPHY – Floral
1st Place Madelynn Barrett “Night Bloom”
2nd Place Patricia Gragg “Lavender Landing”
3rd Place Karen Grey “Honeybee in Flight”

PHOTOGRAPHY – Landscape
1st Place Karen Grey “Fog at Yellowstone”
2nd Place Carl Murdock “Beautiful Butterfly”
3rd Place Carl Murdock “Blue Butterfly”

THREE-DIMENSIONAL
(Professional)
1st Place Mary Jo Copeland “Boot Shoe”

(Amateur)
1st Place Pat Parsons “Cattails and Fish”
2nd Place Mark Bumbaugh “I’ve Lost My Marbles”
3rd Place Jennifer Anne Fiorillo “Fiore” Heaven Scent”

WATERCOLOR – Landscape
1st Place Gene Bray “Bandon Dunes”
2nd Place Gene Bray “Spring Path”
3rd Place Bruce Spriggs “Rustic Barn”

WATERCOLOR – Other
(Professional)
1st Place Kristina Adams “Color it Rain”

WATERCOLOR – Portrait
1st Place Mary Kovach “Kenny”

WATERCOLOR – Still Life
(Professional)
1st Place Carol Mazurek “A Fashion in Time”

WATERCOLOR – Waterscape
(Professional)
1st Place Kristina Adams “DREAM BIG”

ESSAYS
Best Overall Essay
Polly Lyons of Fairfield County – “My Sister the Marksman”

Pike County
1st Place Delmar Burkitt “The Masterpiece of Age”
2nd Place Kay Starr Harris “My Sister”

Ross County
1st Place Shirley Ratcliff “So Jackson it Was”

Out of District
1st Place Polly Lyons “My Sister the Marksman”

POEMS
Best Overall Poem
Charles Murray of Gallia County – “The Ohio”

Adams County
1st Place Belinda Sininger “Your Choice More or Less”

Brown County
1st Place Kay Fry “A Stroke of Genius”

Gallia County
1st Place Charles A. Murray “The Ohio”

Jackson County
1st Place Jennifer Anne Fiorillo “Promise”

Pike County
1st Place Kay Starr Harris “My Dad”

Scioto County
1st Place Judy Cheek “Wounded Flowers”
2nd Place Kathy Moore “Summer is Waning”

Out of District
1st Place JC Warf “Glory to the Prince of Heaven”
2nd Place Polly Lyons “Secrets of Spring Wildflowers”