INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The Indian River Photo Club’s 2014 Juried Print Exhibition is now on display in the Patten Community Gallery at the Vero Beach Museum of Art. The exhibition will be open to the public through Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015.
Fifty photographic prints will be on view. The prints are the work of members of the Indian River Photo Club as well as non-members, both professional and amateur. Pictures are grouped in seven categories: People, Nature-flora, Nature-fauna, Scapes, Still Life, Special Techniques and Open.
The jury consisted of Louis Ciszek, retired professional photographer and photography instructor; Wallace Weeks, professional travel photographer whose images are represented and distributed by 26 stock agencies that are headquartered in 14 countries; and Lila Blakeslee, a managing partner and fine artist of 14th Gallery in Vero Beach. Blakeslee has a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from North Texas State University and her art work centers around her professional equestrian career. They judged 125 entries.
Ribbons were awarded as follows:
People Category:
1st place: Erica Masterson; Refuge
2nd place: Erica Masterson; The Keeper
3rd place: Arlene Willnow; Evil Jester
Honorable Mention: Jacob Maresca; Windows of the Soul
Nature-flora Category:
1st place: Arlene Willnow; Bee in a Sweet Pea
2nd place: J R Williams; Twice as Nice
3rd place: Don Schuster; Morning Light
Nature-fauna Category:
1st place: George Bolis; American Lady Butterfly
2nd place: Arlene Willnow; Sad Little Fellow
3rd place: Mike Ricciardi; Hawkfish on a Coral Perch
Honorable Mention: Mike Ricciardi; Pink Squat Lobster
Honorable Mention: Charles Newman; Amur Leopard
Honorable Mention: Ginger Shoun; Blush
Still Life Category:
1st place: Rene Donars; Sunrise at the Winery
2nd place: George Bolis; Broken, But Just as Sweet
3rd place: Donna Green
Scapes Category:
1st place: Nancy Alderman; Celestial Trilogy
2nd place: Linda Leonard; On the Rocks
3rd place: Roger Sobkowiak; Riverwalk
Honorable Mention: Charles Kellington; Yucca Plant
Honorable Mention: Lou Lower; Caravan Petra
Honorable Mention: Lou Lower; First Frost of Fall
Special Techniques:
1st place: Maria Heffernan; A Cat in the Moon
2nd place: Betsy McKean; Tapestry
3rd place: Jo Zaza; Honor Thy Neighbor
Honorable Mention: Barbara duPont; Vortex
Open Category:
1st place: Linda Leonard; An Eye For Wyeth
2nd place: Jim Cohoe; A God Picture
3rd place: William Lord; Light Currents and Eddies
Honorable Mention: Lauralee McKay; Odyessy