Award Winners

Judge's Statement

I am honored and pleased to be asked to judge the Experimental Artists of America 2008 Online Exhibition.
There were many wonderful pieces worthy of praise and awards. Because this is an Experimental show, there were some that stood out to me as award worthy.

My Criteria for Judging;

First is Initial impression or instant reaction (something I haven’t seen before).
Originality
Expertise of the medium
Good Design, composition with Contrast

BE PROUD OF YOUR WORK, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND BY ALL MEANS, KEEP PAINTING!

Most Sincerely,
Lana L. Grow AWS

First Place

Spring Planting

Acrylic/Paper
Square woven section created by combining two paintings with silver acrylic paint

Ara Leites

Santa Cruz, California

http://www.araleites.com

mailto:araleites@sbcglobal.net

Second Place

Toolbox? What Toolbox?

Mixed Media. Acrylic and paper collage in addition to non-toxic print making method called polyester plate lithography and watercolor. Part of a series entitled Doors 3.

Peggy Milburn Brown

Montgomery, Alabama

mailto:pelymibro@charter.net

Third Place

Color Waves
Mixed Media Acrylic inks and pearlescents poured onto wet watercolor paper with texture added. Paper was cut into strips of different sizes, edges painted, re-wet and molded the strips into waves. Wavy strips were arranged in layers with hand dyed papers on black background. Copper and brass wires were bent and added to complete overall design.

Toby Klein

Hoover, Alabama

http://www.tobykleinart.com
mailto:toby@tobykleinart.com