Castle Gallery Fine Art
NOAPS BEST OF AMERICA 2017
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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Gallery Location:
1202 West Wayne St
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
260-426-6568
866-726-3699
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OCTOBER 16, 2017 - NOVEMBER 11, 2017
Priya Ahlawat "One of a Kind" 24 x 18 $2500 Lee Alban "Navajo Mother and Child" 24 x 18 SOLD
Tom Altenburg "Grant's Zebra" 27 x 23 SOLD Del-Bourree Bach "Buccanneers" 11 x 18 $6500
Best by master signature
Suzie Baker "Ripple Effect" 16 x 20.5 $2400 Victor Blakey "Eagle's Nest" 24 x 36.75 $3000
Andrea Bojrab "Little Raspberry Picker" 24 x 24 $4000 Liz Bonham "Rhythms of Laguna" 24 x 36 $2950
JM Brodrick "Moments In Blue" 16 x 20 $1000 Hebe Brooks "Orchids Tray" 20 x 30 $3400
Best still life
Charlene Brown "The Colors of Kate II" 16 x 12 $1320 Karen Budan "Gumball Fiesta" 16 x 20 $2250
Karen Cahill "Wonderful World" 36 x 14 SOLD Juan Cantavella "The Neighbors" 17 x 12 $1800
Mitch Caster "Luminance" 20 x 20 $2500 Victoria Castillo "Quince Kimono" 20 x 10 SOLD
Jane Chapin "Badlands" 16 x 20 $2500 Marc Chatov "Braids" 40 x 30 $10,800
Best of Show
Adam Clague "Becca" 12 x 11 $1100 Steven Creighton "Copper Plate" 19 x 23 SOLD
Best technique and handling
Matthew Cutter "Transition" 16 x 20 $4300 Tony Damico "An Early Winter" 11 x 14 $2200
Best landscape
Mary Ann Davis "Along Levee Road" 14 x 18 $1260 Fred Doloresco "Harbor" 30 x 36 SOLD
Glen Edwards "The Blue Mountains" 30 x 24 SOLD Barbara Edwards "Salt River Pasture" 16 x 20 $2100
Shirley Fachilla "Blue on Blue" 18 x 14 $885 Alison Fang "Green Onions" 28 x 22 SOLD
Shannon Fannin "1957 Chrysler Imperial" 20 x 20 $1800 Karolyn Farrell "On Location-Tuscany Chapel Garden 12 x 9 $2000
Nicole Finger "Snug Six" 24 x 48 $11500 Rusty Frentner "Home On the Range" 15.5 x 28 $3600
Best Realism
Berry Fritz "Seed Seekers" 20 x 16 $2200 Hans Guerin "Campfire Stories" 24 x 28 SOLD
Masoud Habibyan "In the Light" 36 x 26 $3500 Diann Haist "Laughing Eyes" 28 x 22 $5700
Nancy Haley "Peonies From My Garden" 16 x 20 SOLD Albert Handell "At Water's Edge" 18 x 24 $14500
Best Impressionism
Randall Harden "Grapevines at Sunset" 24 x 30 $3200 Linda Lucas Hardy "The Joy of Finding" 16 x 20 $3800
Anne Harkness "Our House Is A Very Very Very" 24 x 30 $2400 Diana Harvey "A Deeper Acquaintence" 14 x 11 $2750
Ray Hassard "The Morning After the Snowstorm" 12 x 16 $2000 Dennis Heckler "Afterglow" 18 x 24 SOLD
Best light & color
Kim Hill "Wash Day" 12 x 12 $2300 Samuel Hoffman "River Man" 18 x 24 $2200
Best use of values
Paula Holtzclaw "Autumn's Approach" 11 x 14 $2300 Al Hopkins "Limes and Lemons" 6 x 9 $2900
Award of Excellence
Ellen Howard "Last Light" 9 x 12 SOLD Brenda Howell "EL Matador Beach" 24x 36 $8600
2nd Place
Frankie Johnson "Hot & Steamy Summer Cooking" 16 x 12 SOLD Barbara Jones "Indian Sage" 9 x 12 $1200
Award of Excellence
Steven Jordan "Thai one on the Mekong River" 18 x 12 $5500 Andrew Knez Jr. "Holy Man" 12 x 9 SOLD
Best Composition
Sheryl Knight "Royal Trees" 24 x 18 $2200 Steve Ko "Maymee" 20 x 16 $3900
Award of Merit
Linda Kollacks "Julia at Fountain" 24 x 20 $2500 Sandra Kuck "Yvonne" 35 x 34
Artistic Excellence
Christina Kuo "Alluring" 12 x 9 SOLD David Larkins "Songnare Venezia" 40 x 30 $4600
Award of Merit
Tom LaRock "Hope" 11.5 x 19.5 $4800 Kirk Larsen "Praying Hoping Waiting for the Muse" 16 x 20 $3200
Christopher Leeper "Low Water" 12 x 16 SOLD Shana Levenson "Wendell" 20 x 20 $4000
Best Oil
Cheng Lian "The Test of Life" 30 x 24 $15,000 Tai Meng Lim "Getting Ready" 16 x 18 $2800
Best Narrative
Ober-Rae Livingstone "Feeling Your Touch" 24 x 48 SOLD CJ Lukacsik "Oakcreek Forest Trail" 20 x 30 $2850
Artistic Excellence Award of Merit
Dale Macafee "Faux Watercolor" 22 x 28 $3600 Miguel Malagon "Blue Tranquility" 12 x 16 $1100
Will Maller "Hidden Beach" 12 x 12 $900 Catherine Marchand "Under the Sun" 24 x 30 $2900
Steve McCoy "Donehogawa" (He who Guards the Gate of Sunset) 20 x 32 $4800 Patrick Meehan "Tip of the Hat" 14 x 11 SOLD
3rd Place
Rosa Montante "Pat's Roses" 18 x 24 SOLD Walter Mosley "Rosarito" 22 x 28 $1200
Fort Wayne Museum of Art purchase award
Michelle Murray "Flamenco Stage Right" 28 x 20 $2500 Farshid Namei "I'm Sorry!" 20 x 16 $2400
Linda Nearon "Heavenly Orchids" 20 x 24 $3000 Pamela Newell "Peonies in Crystal" 20 x 16 $3500
Award of Excellence
Barbara Nuss "Quiet Harmony" 20 x 24 $3700 Sivananda Nyayapathi "Guava" 9 x 12 $1980
Dr. Terry Nybo "Frosty Snow" 11 x 14 $1150 Melanie O'Keefe "Quiet Place" 30 x 30 SOLD
Frances Pampeyan "Buena Vista Social Cuba" 24x20 $2500 Jose Pardo "Simpler Days" 16 x 20 $1200 SOLD
Lyn Phariss "Splash" 16 x 20 $1100 Sharon Pomales "Dakota Stands" 28 x 22 $3400
Barron Postmus "Egrets" 24 x 20 $2900 Craig Pursley "The Blue Kimono" 20 x 16 $3400
Award of Excellence
Igor Raikhline "Sunday Morning" 36 x 18 $4850 Christina Ramos "The Artist" 30 x 24 $5500
Best Acrylic
Diane Reeves "Summer Roses and Delphinium" 20 x 16 $3200 Michael Reibel "Laundry Day in New Harmony" 20 x 24 SOLD
Scott Royston "Freedom's Symbol" 36 x 24 $25,000 Lawrence Rudolech "Moab" 24 x 24 $3600
Award of Merit
Monique Sakellarios "Here to Stay" 16 x 20 SOLD Trish Savides "Harbor Lights" 24 x 30 $3900
John Schisler "Catching Stars 2" 12 x 16 $3000 SOLD William Schneider "Angel of the Morning" 30 x 24 $5075
Award of Excellence
Ming-Mei Sheeh "Golden Treasure" 24 x 24 $4500 Sandhyaa Shetty "Evening Radiance" 12 x 16 $1800
Award of Merit
Pamela Shumway "Blue Kimono" 16 x 12 $1200 Jerry Smith "Lofty Transition" 24 x 30 $3000
Cindy Sorley-Keichinger "Arctic Gold" 9 x 12 $2040 Ken Spencer "White Face" 24 x 30 $4000
Ann Steverson "Above the Storm" 14 x 11 SOLD Thalia Stratton "Homage to Sargent's Beaders" 24 x 18 $5500
Award of Merit
Shawn Sullivan "Captive Beauty" 20 x 16 $1800 James Swanson "Still Water" 20 x 16 SOLD
Stephanie Paige Thomson "In the Workshop" 24 x 18 SOLD Patricia Tribastone "Double Takes" 12 x 24 $1500 SOLD
Cecy Turner "Coming Home" 20 x 16 $1600 David Tutwiler "Ready for a Winters Day" 36 x 24 $12000
J Russell Wells "Allure" 24 x 36 $4752 Robin Williamson "Home By Midnight" 12 x 16 SOLD
Best Figure
Simon Winegar "Makeshift" 12 x 36 SOLD Natalie Wiseman "Calling All Cars" 28 x 24 $3200
Most Original
Kay Witherspoon "Solitude" 18 x 14 $3000 James Wolford "Acadia Shore" 24 x 36 $6800
Jenny Wu "City Light" 28 x 22 $1800 Jian Wu "Warm Light" 24 x 18 $8000
Award of Merit
Demo Pieces
Joseph Orr "Crossing Summer's Path" SOLD