Dear Artist Members,
We are proud to announce the Award Winners of the
International Guild of Realism’s Fifth Annual Juried
Exhibition at the J. Willott
Gallery, in Palm Desert, California.
As customary during our annual juried exhibitions, we
ask the gallery to award ribbons in different categories to selected Guild
Members for their outstanding artwork. These awards are symbolic marks of
distinction, and as such do not involve any monetary or material prizes—except
for the Editor’s Choice award. The painting and artist who receive this
year’s Editor’s Choice will be featured in an upcoming issue of the American Art
Collector magazine. All award winners will receive their ribbons and an
IGOR certificate by mail.
The International
Guild of Realism congratulates all of the Award Winning Artists!
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Camille
Engel - Best Wildlife for “Trespasser”
Carolina Daley - Best Still Life for “Setting
Sun”
David M.
Bowers - Tromp l’Oeil Award for “Tool Man”
Ed
Copley - Pioneer Award for “Secrets”
Ed Copley -
Best Figure for “Secrets”
Larry
Charles - Creative Achievement for “116 Degrees
Longitude”
Lyn
Diefenbach - Best Floral for “Extravaganza”
Ning Lee –
Artist’s Choice for “Egg Shells”
Ning Lee -
Best in Show for “Egg Shells”
R. Geoffrey
Blackburn - Best Landscape for Desert Rules”
Randy Ford –
Director’s Choice for “Heartland”
Glenn
Harrington – American Art Collector Magazine, Editor’s Choice for
“Catnap”
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The additional benefit of presenting awards is that we
have an added tool for a new round of publicity. IGOR will send out press
kits with a new PR text accompanied by the award-winning images to a host of art
publications. This may result in after-show publicity highlights for the
gallery, the artists, and the Guild.
Judge
David
Dorman,
Fine Artist
The owners of the J. Willott Gallery invited David
Dorman as the overall
juror of this year’s IGOR awards. David Dorman is a prominent Utah artist who was a tenured
professor at the University of Utah for 17 years. He is admired for his
work and respected for his knowledge and understanding of art.
Judges for specific award
categories
The Director’s Choice
was selected by Josh Otten and
Josh
Paquette, owners and Gallery Directors of the J. Willott
Gallery.
The Artist’s
Choice was selected by David Dorman (see
above).
The Editor’s
Choice was selected by Joshua Rose, Editor
of the American Art Collector Magazine.
* To view the Award Winning paintings, click
HERE
or visit our website’s Current Exhibitions section!
* The winners have also been added to the Awards Page in
the
Press & News
section of the IGOR website!
Best regards,
Ernestine Guita
International Guild of Realism
www.realismguild.com
