Best-of-the-Rest

A Juried Selection by Della Clason Sperling, Independent Curator and Art Historian

May 2013

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   1*
It's A Mall World by Ione Citrin		2
The Poet by Mateus Costa		3
NEESHA & TANK 956 by Jon Rettich		4
Red-violet Beauty by Ilene Skeen
5
Margeurite by Stephanie Fuller		6
Megan-Jean by Gil Conradis		7*
Three Days, Three Men by Jacqueline Saunders		8
ARTIE 2 by Jon Rettich		9
Full Gallup by Bill Foote		10
True Beauty by Peter Wong King		11
Impressionist's Muse by Lindsay Rabson
12
Wally and the Bathing Beauties by Darlene Kuhne		13
Twisted Scent by Guadalupe Herrera		14
waiting 2 by Taehyub Lee		15
The Vision by Janet E Gorman		16
Good Friends by Robert Copelan		17
Portrait of a Deity by Terence Kelly		18
Work # 538 by Robert Copelan
19
COLORADO QUARRY by Elizabeth Sowell-Zak		20
Work #658 by Robert Copelan		21
Black Brow by Sam Martine		22
Bear Cut Preserve Mangroves by Rebecca Venn		23
Britt Nhi by Jean Marcellino		24
Wild Womans Chair by Darlene Kuhne		25*
Observer by Geoffrey Stein
26
"The Feast of St. Anthony" by Pacifico Palumbo		27
Focus by Dan Simoneau		28
Anastasia by Jacqui Morgan		29
Am I walking into Eternity...? by Roger Cummiskey		30
Same by Donelli J. DiMaria		31
Ode to Hopper by Jacqui Morgan		 

Spring Drama, Part 3 — Ms. Della Clason Sperling served as the juror of awards for the three Barebrush May calendars, stepping in when the announced curator suddenly because unavailable. Ms. Sperling is no stranger to Barebrush, having selected the calendar art for February 2009 (when she joked about the short month!) and March 2012.

Ms. Sperling's three Curators' Choice nominees for Best-of-the-Rest are: Tilt Shopping Center, a watercolor by Ione Citrin of Los Angeles, CA; Three Days, Three Men, a watercolor by Jacqueline Saunders of Burke, VA; and Observer, a mixed-media piece by Geoffrey Stein of New York, NY.

Two artists are making their Barebrush calendar debut: Robert Copelan from Lynchburg, VA and Terence Kelly from Manchester, UK.

The 31 artists represented in May, 2013, in day order are: 1* Ione Citrin, 2 Mateus Costa, 3 Jon Rettich, 4 Ilene Skeen, 5 Stephanie Fuller, 6 Gil Conradis, 7* Jacqueline Saunders, 8 Jon Rettich, 9 Bill Foote, 10 Peter Wong King, 11 Lindsay Rabson, 12 Darlene Kuhne, 13 Guadalupe Herrera, 14 Taehyub Lee, 15 Janet E Gorman, 16 Robert Copelan, 17 Terence Kelly, 18 Robert Copelan, 19 Elizabeth Sowell-Zak, 20 Robert Copelan, 21 Sam Martine, 22 Rebecca Venn, 23 Jean Marcellino, 24 Darlene Kuhne, 25* Geoffrey Stein, 26 Pacifico Palumbo, 27 Dan Simoneau, 28 Jacqui Morgan, 29 Roger Cummiskey, 30 Donelli J. DiMaria, 31 Jacqui Morgan.

Each of the artists selected for the calendar receives two (2) complimentary listings for each artwork included in this calendar. Three artists, indicated by asterisks (*), are nominated for the Curators Choice Awards. Curators’ Choice nominees receive 8 additional complimentary listings. The top artist receives an additional prize. Viewers can also vote for “The People's Choice,” a poll which includes all of the art in the calendar. The top three artworks in The People's Choice win one (1) complementary listing for their artists. Winners announced June 1st.

The Barebrush Provenance for each artwork is viewable by clicking on the calendar thumbnail (above) or on the caption under the artwork from each artist’s Barebrush Gallery page. The Barebrush program of retiring artworks that have been selected for three calendars is designed to encourage all artists to show their best new work and keep their online galleries fresh and interesting.

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*Curators' Choice nominee

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Winners below:

(winner, day, prize)

Curators' Choice

1st:
Jacqueline Saunders (7), +16 points
 
Honorable Mention:
Geoffrey Stein (25)
Ione Citrin (1)

 

Results for your Favs:
1st:
Linsay Rabson (11)
2nd (tie):
Jacqueline Saunders (7)

Jacqui Morgan (31)

 

Congratulations all!

 

 

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