AWARD WINNERS

Best of Show - $4000 cash funded by AIS
C.M. Cooper, “As You Were” oil

2nd Place - $2500 cash funded by AIS and Art Cantina Premium Teacher Profile
Charles Young Walls “Amethyst” oil

3rd Place - $1500 cash funded by AIS
Charles Iarrobino “Bright Light in the Room” oil

Southwest Art Award of Excellence - ½ pg ad award
Laurie Hendricks “Sunlit Garden” oil

American Art Collector Award of Excellence - ½ page ad award
Aimee Erickson “Summer’s End” oil

Fine Art Connoisseur Award of Excellence - ½ page ad award
Nancie King Mertz “Illume” pastel

AIS Master Award of Excellence - $1000 cash funded by AIS
Dawn Whitelaw “Waitin’ “ oil

Randy Higbee Gallery Awards of Merit (3) – $100 Framing Certificate

• Richard Dahlquist “Canyon Road” oil (awarded by Jean Stern, Director Irvine Museum)
  
• Ron Stocke “Last Night in Nice” watercolor (awarded by Randy Higbee)
  
• Nita Harper “Morning Rush” oil (awarded by Randy HIgbee)
  

Crystal Cove Paintout/Wet Wall Competition sponsored by Savoir Faire

• Best of Show – Sennelier Plein Air Oil Set $225 - Cindy Wilbur
  
• 2nd Place – Isabey Brushes $150 - Fran Ellisor
  
• 3rd Place – Raphael Brushes $100 – Inna Cherneykina