Post 582: People's Choice Winner of Best of the Region 2025

People's Choice Winner of Best of the Region 2025

Sunday, June 15, 2025. Today is the final day of the Prince William Art Society sponsored and hosted Best of the Region Fine Art Show and Sale at the Manassas Art Factory. The show ran from June 3 to June 15 and featured 40 artists from all over the Northern Virginia area. The final award of the show is in - the vote of People's Choice.

Best of the Region Winners

Best of the Region Online Web Gallery

1st Place Mike Flynn of Gainesville, VA with his watercolor painting "Bull Run"

2nd Place Absku AKA Kwaku Oforit-Yirenkyi of Dumfries, VA with his mixed media (acrylic, fabric and oil) painting "Eternal Reflections"

3rd Place Corban Hubler of Centerville, VA, with his oil painting called "Ambush"

Honorable Mention 1 Michele Frantz, of Manassas, VA, with "Peaches in the Garden" in watercolor

Honorable Mention 2 Jill Brabant, of Manassas, VA, with "Summer Symphony" in oil

And finally, the gallery visitors had the opportunity to vote for their favorite artwork in the gallery during the length of the show. The people chose Emily Thomson's work "Hydra" as their winner. Congratulations Emily! This piece is a stunner!

 

"Hydra" on the wall 

 

"Hydra" on the wall  

Monday, June 16, 2025. Emily picked up her artwork today so her is the photo of her with her People's Choice Award.

 

Photo by Donna Liguria 

Well folks, we hope you enjoyed Prince William Art Society's Best of the Region Art Show 2025. Look for us soon around Prince William County - hopefully at Arts Alive and the Tall Oaks Fall Art Show. 

Would you be interested in doing a Best of the Region Show again? Let us know in the comments below.

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Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and 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 Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits: Otis Stanley

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Local Art: 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. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

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

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Post 579: A PWAS Art Reception at the ARTfactory for BoR - Part 3

A PWAS Art Reception at the ARTfactory for BoR - Part 3

Saturday, June 7, 2025 At the ARTfactory in Manassas, VA. The Prince William Art Society (PWAS) sponsored Best of the Region Fine Art Show and Sale (BoR) which opened June 3 and will run until June 15. art reception took place Saturday, June 7 and if you missed it, you missed a good one. The winners were crowned with beautiful ribbons and the artists were presented with their prizes. Everyone enjoyed the evening of art, artists, friends, family, art enthusiasts, food and beverages. But you can still see the show - its up until Sunday, June 15th.

 

 

Open the Door to the ARTfactory

And come up the steps, and enter the Best of the Region Fine Art Show and Sale.

Please see A PWAS Art Reception at the ARTfactory for BoR Part 1 and A PWAS Art Reception at the ARTfactory for BoR Part 2 

 

Artist and PWAS Member Scott Elliot (left), with PWAS Member David Dillon in background 

 

Scott Elliot's "Snowy Day Lake Royal"

 

 

Debra Keirce's "Vitruvian Son"

 

Mike and Sheri Herrick, with Mary Reilly and friend 

 

PWAS Members Nicole Fisher and Anna Gatling 

 

PWAS Members Donna Liguria and Kelly Haneklau avoiding the camera 

 

PWAS Member Eric Ndofor's "Masks in Shades" 

 

John Hartt's "Watermelon Fish" 

 

Absku and his Second-Place Winning artwork called "Eternal Reflections"

 

Voting for People's Choice - "pick me, pick me!!" (I heard someone say)

 

Artists and PWAS Members Anna Gatling (left) and Zee Berrios (right) with Lena Berrios (center) 

 

Artist Janet Hansen Martinet and her "Life on Assateague" below

 

Debra Keirce's "Musical Notes"

Staci Blanchard and Maria Briganti, PWAS Members

 

Anna Polanco's "Jack Skellington" 

 

Mike Flynn's "Bull Run" the First Place Winner 

 

 

 Rebekah Keener's artworks called "Hometown Holiday" above, and below is "Belonging"

  

 

Tom Payne (left), Absku and Scott Elliot to the right 

 

Absku and his painting "Mamadonna and Child"

 

 

 Ann McCarty's "Gathering Storm"

Michele Frantz's "Cusp of Spring, Big Meadows" above and "In a Dream" below

 

Carol Rusaw's "Lioness Beach"

 

Artist Russ Mardon and his "Aspens Near and Far" below

 

 

PWAS Member Danielle Bancroft's "Black Swan" 

 

Jill Brabant's "Ivory and Alabaster" 

Aurea's "Flower and Passion"

 

Artist and PWAS Member, Donna Liguria 

 

Donna Liguria's "Sunrise at Historic Manassas Train Station" 

 

 

Donna Liguria's "Garden Patio" above and below is her "No One Can Teach Riding So Well As A Horse" 

  

 

Eric Bohn's "Below the High Meadow" 

 

ARTfactory Staffer and Artist, Teresa Lopez 

Becky and Tom Payne

Artist and PWAS Member Anna Gatling 

 

PWAS Member Kelly Haneklau and her painting "One" 

L-R: Bettie Sperty, Donna Liguria (grabbing the chair on Kelly's painting), and Kelly Haneklau

L-R: Donna Liguria, Betty Sperty, Anna Gatling, Nicole Fisher and Kelly Haneklau

L-R: Jordan Exum (ARTfactory Director), Bettie, Anna, Absku, Nicole, Kelly and Donna

 

Artist John Hartt 

 

They must be looking up the artwork on the BoR Web Gallery https://bestoftheregionexhibit.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery

Artist Aurea

PWAS Member Artist Danielle Bancroft. Danielle has her artwork wired so that it can be hung horizontally or vertically

PWAS Member and Photograper / Artist, Otis Stanley - thank you for the journey! 

Well, that's the show, folks. It is up at the ARTfactory until June 15 so get by the gallery and see the works up close and personal. You honestly cannot appreciate the work fully until you have it right in front of you. Art must be experienced in person to feel it and to see the true texture, its size, the real colors, and to let it speak to you.

Part 1

Part 2 

What do you think of the show? Drop your comment below!

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Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and 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 Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits: Otis Stanley

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Local Art: 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. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

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

Have an idea for a blog post? Are you a writer and want to help with the blog? Let me know! Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment (below)! ...Remember, comments are monitored so they will not show up immediately.

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