Art league show names winners

By Lucinda Breeding
Arts & Entertainment Editor/Denton Record Chronicle

A juror named 17 winners in the 2003 North Texas Area Art League Annual Juried Members Exhibition, an annual exhibit of the league’s artists.

Juror Cidnee Patrick, owner and curator of the Cidnee Patrick Gallery in Dallas, noted almost 20 of the league’s members in the East Gallery exhibit in the Center for the Visual Arts.

The winners are:
Leisa Rich — “Saving Inno­cents,” mixed media. Littie Grooms Award, $250. Shown at right.
Sonja Quarles — “Free Press,” acrylic. The North Texas Home Buyers Award, $150.
Marlys Lamar — Like a Gate Breathing,” oil. Austin Street Artists Award, $100.
Joel Sampson — “Shell,” c-print. Denton Arts and Jazz Festival Award, $100.
George James — “Discarded Rickshaws, Kolkata, India,” gelatin silver print. Pauline Morris Memorial Award, $100.
Joyce Cail — “Sea Escape,” transparency photograph. North Texas Area Art League Award, $100.
Devon Wattier — “The Hotel Paisano I,” etching. Voertman’s Award, $100.
Jennifer Quarles — “Counting House ~11,” ceramic. Mary Sigle Memorial Award, $50.
Diane Reader Dorn —“Breakfast,” watercolor. Amper­sand Award, $122.
Robin Butt — “Trees,” mixed media. HMS Art Supply and Frame Shop I, $50.
Ray Gough — “Beached Boats,” photograph. HMS Art Supply and Frame Shop II, $50.
Doug Dunlap — “Untitled,” lime­stone. NTAAL Merit Award, $25.
Brandon Graham — “Peppers,” oil. NTAAL Merit Award, $25.
Mitch Wells — <“This Beautiful Mess,” photograph. NTAAL Merit Award, $25.
Donna Park “#29,” acrylic. NTAAL Merit Award, $25.
Matt Anzak — “Coupling, oil. NTAAL Merit Award, $25.
Cindy Seely — “The Burden of Being Juicy,” clay. NTAAL Merit Award, $25
Jerry Daniel — “Spring Dance 7/9,” bronze. NTAAL Merit Award, $25 

LUCINDA BREEDING can be reached at 940-566-6877 Her e-mail address is cbreeding@ dentonrc.com.