Award Winners

Audubon Artists’ Annual Exhibition 2023

Sponsors of the 81st Annual Exhibition:

38 Total Awards

AWARDS JUROR:
Paul Efstathiou,
Director of Contemporary Art
at Hollis Taggart Gallery in New York City

See the Entire 2023 Exhibition

Hella Bailin Honorary Memorial Award for Impressionistic Landscape or Figurative Watercolor
Mona Kirk
"Heather on the Hill"
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(6) Aquamedia Awards (23 Exhibitors)

1. Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor ($500 & Medal)
Artist: Michael Edward Scherfen
Title: “At The Bazaar”

2. Audubon Artists Silver Medal of Honor ($300 & Medal)
Artist: Jim Maloney
Title: “Koi-cophony”

3. Honorary John M. Angelini Memorial Award for Watercolor ($500)
Artist: Carol Z Brody
Title: “Party Time” 

4. Blick Art Materials Award in Aquamedia ($?)
Artist: Jackie St. Angel
Title: “Lucky Number”

5. Frank Webb Memorial Award in Aquamedia ($250)
Artist: Kar-Keat Chong
Title: “Blue Crabs No.2”

6. Hella Bailin Honorary Memorial Award for Impressionistic Landscape or Figurative Watercolor

Artist: Mona Kirk

Title: “Heather on the Hill”

 

Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor ($500 & Medal)
Leslie Ovechka,
“The Rewrite”
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(4) Graphics Awards (13 Exhibitors)

1. Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor ($500 & Medal)
Artist: Leslie Ovechka
Title: “The Rewrite” 

2. Audubon Artists Silver Medal of Honor ($300 & Medal)
Artist: Josephine Guscott
Title: “So Many Books, So Little Time”

3. Old Print Shop Award in Graphics ($350)
Artist: Ellen Nathan Singer
Title: “Hope Emerges”

4. Guilia Palermo Memorial Award in Graphics ($250)
Artist: Mary Nagin
Title: “Nutmeg”

Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor $500 & Medal
Michael Suarez
“Imperfect Beauty”
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(5) Collage & Mixed Media Award Winners (23 Exhibitors)

1. Medal of Honor ($500 & Medal)
Artist: Michael Suarez
“Imperfect Beauty”

 2. Audubon Artists Silver Medal of Honor ($300 & Medal)
Artist: Julie Hopkins
Title: “Tenacity”

3. Vincent J. Nardone President Emeritus Award in Collage & Mixed Media ($500)
Artist: Joyce Stern Kanyuk
Title: “We Are Women Strong”

4. John Antonucci Award in Collage & Mixed Media ($200)
Artist: Vincent J. Nardone
Title: “Marine Flutter” 

5. Christopher Berardicelli Creative Excellence Award ($500 & Medal)
Artist: Selma Stern
Title: “Golden Image”

 

Jenny Lin Directors Award in Pastels ($250)
Joyce Hanson
“Adirondack Trail”
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(7) Pastel Awards (29 Exhibitors)

1. Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor ($500 & Medal)
Artist: Rob Gregoretti
Title: “Untitled”

2. Audubon Artists Silver Medal of Honor ($300 & Medal):
Artist: Eveline Miller
Title: “Pleasant Point Morning”

3. Richeson Art Award (Bundle Package)
Artist: Yu-wei Lin
Title: “Forest Leisure Trail”

4. Daler Rowney Award for a Gifted Artist (Bundle Package)
Artist: Marilyn Caissy
Title: “Un Tournasol”

5. Louis Palermo Memorial Award in Pastels ($250)
Artist: Marie Sheehy-Walker
Title: “Beth at Caum Sette”

6. Jenny Lin Directors Award in Pastels ($250)
Artist: Joyce Hanson,
Title: “Adirondack Trail”

7. North America Pastel Artists Association Award in Pastels (#200
Artist: Phil Yeh
Title:  “Bella 1”

Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor ($500 & Medal)

Rick Perez,
“Woman With a Shawl”
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(10) Oil & Acrylic Awards (33 Exhibitors)

1. Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor ($500 & Medal)
Artist: Rick Perez
Title: “Woman With a Shawl”

2. Audubon Artists Silver Medal of Honor ($300 & Medal)
Artist: Mikhail Gubin
Title: “Craftsman’s Family”

3. Honorary Carmine F. Palermo Memorial Award in Oils & Acrylics ($500)
Artist: William J. Brody
Title: “Piece of the Rock”

4. Honorary David Beynon Penn Memorial Award in Oils & Acrylics ($300)
Artist: Marilou Arcuri-Weimann
Title: “Hopeful”

5. National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylics Award ($300)
Artist: Joseph Losonczi
Title: “Autumn in Central Park”

6. Salvatore & Quinta Indiviglia Memorial Award in Creative Oil and Acrylics ($200)
Artist: Geoffrey Leckie
Title: “Hillside in Wales”

7. Salmagundi Art Club Award in Oils & Acrylics ($200)
Artist: Sally Ruddy
Title: “The Pink House”

8. American Artists Professional League for Traditional Realism in Oils & Acrylics ($200)
Artist: Valerie Morone
Title: “Wake Up Snoopy”

9. Elaine & James Hewitt Award in Oils & Acrylics ($200)
Artist: Gabriella Dellosso
Title: “Peonies in Water”

10. Gamblin Artists Colors Award in Oils (Redeemable Gift Package)
Artist: Lisa Stanko
Title: “The Clash”

 

 

Diane & Jay Goldstein Award for Abstract Sculpture
Nancylee Cidoni
“Lake George”
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(6) Sculpture Awards (15 Exhibitors) 

1. Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor  ($500 & Medal)
Artist: Glenn Marlowe
Title: “Vanquished”

2. Audubon Artists Silver Medal of Honor  ($300 & Medal)
Artist: Mark Welles
Title: “Woman with an Orchid”

3. Marion & Gil Roller Memorial Award in Sculpture 
Artist: James Sondow
Title: “Rebekah at the Well”

4. Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Academic or Realistic Sculpture ($1000)
Artist: Jacqueline Lorieo
Title: “Layla”

5. Council of American Artist Societies Excellence in Traditional Figurative Sculpture ($400)
Artist: Evelyn Floret
“Head to Head”

6. Diane & Jay Goldstein Award for Abstract Sculpture ($250)
Artist: Nancylee Cidoni
Title: “Lake George”