PORT ORCHARD — Award winners have been announced for this year’s 51st annual Helen Norris Open Art Show at the Sidney Art Gallery in Port Orchard.
J. Louis King was the judge for this year’s art show competition.
Ben Butcher won the Judge’s Choice with his mixed media piece called “Seven.”
Here are the award winners, announced on May 9 by the art gallery:
Judge’s Choice
Ben Butcher, “Seven,” Mixed Media
3D Mixed Media
1st: Barbara Bourscheidt, “Fern Platter”
2nd: Dan Spence, “Dragonfly,” fused glass and mechanical parts
Oil/Acrylic
1st: Shirley Sakatani, “Honey”
2nd: Dianne Gardner, “Fields of Peace”
3rd: William Walcott, “A New Beginning”
Honorable Mention: Dianne Gardner, “Making Waves”; Rose Guastella, “Summer Dahlia”; and Anne Peters, “Snarling Tiger”
Watercolor
1st: Sherry Beck, “Dragonfly Garden”
2nd: Elissa Whittleton, “SKOK Valley High Water”
3rd: Anna Hower, “Unnamed Path”
Honorable Mention: Anna Hower, “Shades of Monet”; Jane Krause, “Rufous Hummingbird”
Photography
1st: Glen Wilkerson, “Northhead Lighthouse”
2nd: Nick Whittleton, “Sunset Rays”
3rd: Glen Wilkerson, “Power of the Ocean”
Honorable Mention: Nick Whittleton, “Winter Vista”
Drawing
1st: Elissa Whittleton, “Phoenix Raising,” colored pencil
2nd: Mike Steffensrud, “City,” colored pencil
3rd: William Walcott, “Reflections IV,” colored pencil
Honorable Mention: Janette Stiles, “MacGuffin, Tirol Stone Sheep,” colored pencil
Mixed Media
1st: Ben Butcher, “Seven”
2nd: Maria Amburn, “Flames,” paper, paint
3rd: Victoria Tierney, “Corona Eclipse,” fabric, thread, paper, words
Honorable Mention: Davis Lewis, “Days Catch,” plaster, paint, fabric