Post 316: People's Choice Winner for March 2023

People's Choice Winner for March 2023

For those that came by the Open Space Arts gallery and voted during the "Reflecting on Women's Point of View in Literature" show for March - here is the winning artwork. This show ends on March 26, so come by and see all of the art.

Saul Roldan Clean Sweep 

This was a first. One artist won first, second AND third. Congratulations Saul!

1st: Searching for Truth
2nd: Boots and Dog
3rd:  Man in Indian Costume

 

 

 

 

 

 Saul Roldan

 The next show begins on March 29 called "Emerging Artists" which features young artists in PWC, ages 15-25 and will be accompanied by past People's Choice winning art. Also, come by Friday, March 31 for the artist reception starting at 6:30pm.

See https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2023/03/post-314-lets-go-to-show-april-is.html 

Drop a well-deserved congratulations to Saul in the Comments below! 

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Author: Donna Liguria
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA and Artistry Spin Blog Admin, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits: 

Leah Boynton

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Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
The Prince William Art Society is a 52-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia.

Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment!

Post 314: Let's Go to the Show! April is Emerging Artists at OSA

Let's Go to the Show! April is Emerging Artists at OSA

Have you been to Open Space Arts? If yes - GREAT! The current show for March is coming to a close this weekend, Sunday, March 26, 2023 - Women in Literature and the new show is quietly being built behind the scenes...(dramatic pause)

Emerging Student Art 

Woo-hoo! A full year of ART at Stonebridge!! THANKYOU to everyone that helped to make art happen! 

From the good folks that run Stonebridge - JBG Smith, to the Prince William County Arts Council, to the Prince William Art Society - and ALL of the various artists, musicians, dancers, authors, and everyone that helped Open Space Arts be what it is today - April 2, 2023 is our full one-year anniversary. We have had some AWESOME art, great food from local restaurants, and so many talented people working to have OSA be here and had some TASTY art receptions!

Beginning on Wednesday, March 29 to April 30 we are featuring "Emerging Student Art" at the gallery. The ages are from 15 to 25 year olds, all local artists - so come by and see the creativity and wonderful imaginations of these artists!

Last year, in June of 2022, we featured an emerging young artist show that was well represented - we may have some of the same artists with new art and some new faces as well. The art reception for this show is on Friday, March 31.

We actually began Open Space Arts (OSA) in Nov-Dec of 2021 for a 3-week art show. Everyone loved it so much, we came back and opened the art space in April 2022. But we are still having a LOT of people say that they did not know such a wonderful art gallery was in Prince William County.

People's Choice Award Winners

We will also feature a section of the gallery with an invitation to our past artists -People Choice Award-winning art! 

We love having the visitors to the gallery vote on their favorite piece of art hanging at our local artist's shows. Actually, on this blog, if you see the "Most Popular Posts" section, most of them are the winner list posts as the most viewed.

We have asked our past winners to bring in a piece that has won First, Second or Third place - so if the artist still has the piece (wasn't sold), you might recognize your favorite!

In honor of our past People's Choice Winners, here is a list: 

February 2023

"African American Voices and Visions"

1st place - Three way tie!

• Anna Gatling - "Cotton and Chain"
• Kate Brogden - "James River Naiad through the Manchester Bridge"
• Otis Stanley - "Sultry"

2nd place: Tom Payne - "Slave Hands"

3rd place: Rita Nolan - "The Whole World in his Hands"

Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2023/02/post-304-open-space-arts-gallery.html

January 2023

"After the Master's Style"

1st Place is Tom Payne's "Vermeer's Vision" (sold)

Second Place is Bettie Sperty's "Sweet Dreams"

Tied for Third Place are 

• Kate Brogdon's " Redwood Forest Nymph Losing Hope"
• Donna Liguria's "Only God Can Make a Tree" 

Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2023/01/post-286-open-space-arts-peoples-choice.html

December 2022

"Deck Your Halls"

First Place went to Fatima Farzana for “Modern Hearth”

Second Place went to Penny Shaw for “All Seasons in One”

Three way tie for Third: 

• Tom Payne “Mrs. Clause is Lost" and “Foxtrot in Occoquan,
• Katherine Owens “DeadEnd”

No Blog Post for this one, folks. Hey! It was a busy month!

November 2022

"Harvest of Artists"

1st. Anna Gatling "Raspberry Crush"

2nd. Ann McCarty "Gulf Sunset"

3rd. Sumi "Autumn Flame" (sold)

Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2022/11/post-263-winners-we-got-winners.html

October 2022

"Hispanic Heritage Art Show"

1st. Saul Roldan - "Inspiration"

2nd. Kevin Johnson - "Mexican Flower"

3rd. Saul Roldan - "Eggs on a Pan"

Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2022/10/post-327-peoples-choice-for-hispanic.html

September 2022

Was the PWCAC India Show

August 2022

Was the PWCAC Ghana Show

July 2022

"Summer Spotlight on Art" Art Show

1st Place Blue Ribbon: Tom Payne for ”Last Hope”

2nd Place Red Ribbon: Fatima Farzana for “Dreaming in Purple”

3rd Place White Ribbon: Scott McDonald for “Midnight Dunes” 

Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2022/07/post-187-summer-spotlight-on-art.html

June 2022

Was the PWCAC "Emerging Artist" Art Show

May 2022

"Beauty and the Beach" Art Show

1st Place Blue Ribbon: Stephanie McGee for "Parrot Fish" 3-D Collage/paper filigree 18x24

2nd Place Red Ribbon: Scott McDonald for "Midnight Wave" Oil, 24x28

3rd Place White Ribbon: Scott McDonald for "Seaside Sunset" Oil, 20x26 

Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2022/05/post-165-and-winners-of-peoples-choice.html

April 2022

"Coloring the County" Art Show

1st Place: Bettie Sperty "Bees on Pink Flower" - Acrylic with Silver Metallic Leaf on Canvas 36x36

2nd Place: Stephanie McGee "Octopus Fan" - Approx. 20"x28" 3-D collage and paper filigree

3rd Place: Stephanie McGee "The Owl and the Pussycat" Approx. 21"x21" 3-D collage and paper filigree 

Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2022/04/post-143-and-winners-arepeoples-choice.html

December 2021

First Place: Otis Stanley received the most votes for his painting of the girl with the braided hair called "Sultry"

Second Place Tie:

• Painting Name: "Mountain Path" by Donna Liguria
• Painting Name: "Birch Trees" by Penny Shaw. This painting was sold

Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2021/12/post-89-pwas-congratulations-and.html

And if your answer to the above question was "no" (?!?!)...you will need to plan a trip to Open Space Arts! It is located up from Wegman's between Ulta and the Loft, on the same block as Barnes and Noble, across from DSW. There are so many great restaurants and nice places to shop around, or grab a cup of Joe - then come on in and wander the gallery. See you there soon!

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Author: Donna Liguria
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA and Artistry Spin Blog Admin, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

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Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
The Prince William Art Society is a 52-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia.

Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment!

Post 304: Open Space Arts Gallery Winners February 2023

Open Space Arts Gallery Winners February 2023

The current art show at the Open Space Arts gallery at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA has been running between February 1 and February 26, 2023. The show is called "African American Voices and Visions" and will come to a close this Sunday. Each art show we have the visitors vote on their favorite art piece and drop the little cards in the box. Well, the public voted and we LOVE announcing the winners! So, a nice surprise here too...

You Came, You Saw, You Voted

1^st place - Three way tie!

Anna Gatling - Cotton and Chain

Kate Brogden - James River Naiad through the Manchester Bridge

Otis Stanley - Sultry

2^nd place

Tom Payne - Slave Hands

3^rd place

Rita Nolan - The Whole World in his Hands

 

First Place - 3-Way Tie

A big congratulations to all the winners - great work!

 

Anna Gatling "Cotton and Chain" 

 

 

Anna Gatling at the art reception Feb 3, 2023

 

 

Otis Stanley "Sultry" 

 

 

Otis Stanley at the art reception Feb 3, 2023

 Kate Brogden - James River Naiad through the Manchester Bridge (IMAGE PENDING)

Second Place  

 

Tom Payne - Slave Hands

 

Tom Payne at the art reception Feb 3, 2023

Third Place 

 

Rita Nolan "The Whole World In His Hands" by Valerian

 

 Rita Nolan "The Whole World In His Hands" by Valerian

There you go folks, the winners with the most votes at this month's Open Space Arts gallery art show. The next art show will be Women in Literature for March and begins on March 1. The reception is open to the public on March 3 at 6:30pm so see you there! And the voting will begin for that show!

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Author: Donna Liguria
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

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Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
The Prince William Art Society is a 52-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia.

Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment!

Post 286: Open Space Arts People's Choice Winners Jan 2023

Open Space Arts People's Choice Winners Jan 2023 After the Master's Style Art Show

As we draw towards the end of this month's art show at the Open Space Art gallery, we count the votes. During the month, we ask the gallery visitors to vote on their favorite art piece of our art shows and then we give out ribbons for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place for People's Choice based on the vote counts.

And the Winners Are...

This art show was called "After the Master's Style" where we asked our artists that answered the Call for Art to submit work that is "inspired by" their favorite master artists. It is fun to watch the gallery visitors really consider the artwork for their choice and we often hear, "Can I only pick one?" And their faces reflect the difficulty in selecting only one! That's a good thing!

It really tickles me to watch the visitors taking in the art as they studiously go from piece to piece trying to decide their favorite. To me, the choice for first place this month was an easy and obvious choice, but still there were so many GREAT artworks! Well done, artists - all of them! Prince William County artists and art groups got talent!

Drum roll please...

1. 1st Place is Tom Payne's "Vermeer's Vision"

The master artist Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), was a Dutch painter that created the "Girl with a Pearl Earring" which was what inspired Tom Payne's "Vermeer's Vision", which as Tom says is "Girl with a Pearl Earring" meets African Cyborg Queen. Update Thursday, January 26, 2023 9:25pm - this painting SOLD, contact Tom Payne for prints. https://www.payne-relief-artworx.com/

2. Second Place is Bettie Sperty's "Sweet Dreams"

Bettie Sperty's painting was inspired by the artist René François Ghislain Magritte (1898-1967) who "was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation." (-Wikipedia)

3. Tied for Third Place are Kate Brogdon's " Redwood Forest Nymph Losing Hope" and Donna Liguria's "Only God Can Make a Tree"

 

Kate Brogdon's " Redwood Forest Nymph Losing Hope"

 "This piece continues my series of nymphs: strong female guardians of a complex environment she fills with energy.  The redwood tree nymph is losing hope in the face of threats to her tree and the forest, as continued degradation and fragmentation reduce the ability of forests to shelter valuable ecosystems and mitigate warming.  Candy wrappers are the base of the image providing shine and sparkle, but also highlight the often invisible trash filing our natural areas.  The nymph is drawn in pencil and the environment is a photograph  with paint." - Kate Brogdon

 

Donna Liguria's "Only God Can Make a Tree"

"The master creator and painter, God, inspired my rendition of a looking up at a tree. There is a squirrel, 2 birds, and a couple of lady bugs sprinkled around the canvas." - Donna Liguria

Please note that all of the artwork at the gallery is for sale if you are interested.

After the Master's Style will only be up until Sunday, January 29, so come out and enjoy the show. It is FREE to come in and view the art. The next art show beginning on Wednesday, February 1 and running until Feb 26 is "African American Voices and Visions". And the voting will start all over again.

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all that visited and voted.

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Author: Donna Liguria
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at https://DonnaLiguriaArt.com & her Blog at https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/.

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Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
The Prince William Art Society is a 50-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia.

Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment!