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2023 "This is Colorado" Show Awards & Entries

Art pickup date for "This is Colorado" artist is this FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND AT 900AM (not Monday September 25th as previously posted).
"This is Colorado" started around 1974 and is Heritage Fine Art Guild's annual, statewide, juried art exhibit.  It is hosted by Arapahoe Community College and open to all members and to all Colorado artists, 18 and older. 

The 2023 "This is Colorado" Show is on display at The Colorado Gallery of the Arts at the Arapahoe Community College and on our Virtual Gallery here from August 29, 2023 through September 21, 2023:

Colorado Gallery of the Arts
Arapahoe Community College
5900 S. Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, CO 80160
Juried by Lee Wasilik -- Juror's Statement:
2023 represents the 47th time that This is Colorado has been presented to the public. It is my distinct pleasure to have been associated with the show for many of those years.
Congratulations and thank you to all the artists for sharing your talents once again. Thank you also to those who worked behind the scenes to make 
This is Colorado a continuing success. 
​

- Juror Lee Wasilik

Here are the award winners for the 2023 Show: 
(See all entries below)

1st Place
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"Wheel of Thrills" 18x14 Watercolor by Cindy Welch - $1800

Second Place 
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"Jennifer and Her Peanut" 24x20 Oil by Suszanne Bernat-Droney - $2500
Third  Place
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"Building Upon Diversity" 30x22 Mixed Media by Aicha Jacob - $1400

Award of Excellence
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"Water Fight" 36x36 Acrylic by Teri Hendrix - $910
​Award of Excellence
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"Colorado Fall" 9x12 Acrylic by Janice Wright - $450

​Award of Excellence
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"Puzzled Feline" 30x22 Watercolor Pastel by Phyllis Vandehaar - NFS
Award of Excellence
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"Diamond Face" 11x14 Watercolor by Gene Youngmann - $350

​Award of Excellence
​Award of Excellence
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"Lost in Thought" 30x24 Acrylic by MK Jacobus - $320
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"Nature's Miracle Reveals" 18x20 Solar Plate, Plexiglass, Embossed Etching by Judith Bennett - $650

 

All Entries -- Click on Thumbnail Image for Details and Full View
"Packet Store" 23x30 Watercolor by Phyllis Vandehaar - NFS
"Puzzled Feline" 30x22 Watercolor Pastel by Phyllis Vandehaar - NFS
"The Circus Comers to Town" 30x22 Watercolor Pencil by Phyllis Vandehaar - NFS
"All the Marbles" 16x20 Watercolor by Cindy Welch - $2800
"Lillies in Crystal" 16x20 Watercolor by Cindy Welch - $2800
"Wheel of Thrills" 18x14 Watercolor by Cindy Welch - $1800
"A Winter Walk" 9x12 Acrylic by Janice Wright - $450
"Colorado Fall" 9x12 Acrylic by Janice Wright - $450
"Big Jim" 11x15 Watercolor by Gene Youngmann - $450
"Circus Morning 11x15 Watercolor by Gene Youngmann - $350
"Diamond Face" 11x14 Watercolor by Gene Youngmann - $350
"Calella View" 9¾x13½ Watercolor by Patricia Barr Clarke - $395
"Piney Lake Sunset" 8¼x11 Watercolor by Patricia Barr Clarke - $300
"View From Scrub Lodge" 8¼x11 Watercolor by Patricia Barr Clarke - $295
"Embossed Magic in Relief" 15½x12¾ Solar Plate by Judith Bennett - $600
"Nature's Energy Captured" 21¼x15 Multi Media by Judith Bennett - $500
"Nature's Miracle Reveals" 18x20 Solar Plate by Judith Bennett - $650
"Golden Pooch" 24x18 Oil by Suszanne Bernat-Droney - $2000
"Jennifer and Her Peanut" 24x20 Oil by Suszanne Bernat-Droney - $2500
"Waiting in Szoreg" 30x22 Oil by Suszanne Bernat-Droney - $2200
"Ancient Forest" 24x36 Acrylic by Linda K Bridges - $1722
"Reflections On Ice, Lakein Fall " 16x20 Oil by Linda K Bridges - $730
"Russing Along in Steamboat Springs" 20x16 Oil by Linda K Bridges - $742
"Coffee Stains" 24x12 Acrylic by Suzanne Connors - $300
"Why Not Blue Trees - Diptych Part 1" 20x20 Acrylic by Suzanne Connors - $1000
"Why Not Blue Trees - Diptych Part 2" 20x20 Acrylic by Suzanne Connors - $1000
"Citrifical Force" 10x10 Acrylic by Kimberly Dwyer - $395
"Watermelon Sorbet" 11x14 Mixed Media by Kimberly Dwyer - $275
"Into the Deep" 20x20 Acrylic by Kimberly Dwyer - $455
"TheDeep" 12x36 Acrylic Krista Falkenstine - $600
"The Story" 36x24 Acrylic Krista Falkenstine - $750
"Rushing Waters" 16x20 Acrylic by Janet Ford - $325
"Somewhere in Spain" 14x18 Acrylic by Janet Ford - $250
"The Hunt" 11x8 Watercolor by Kim Gedeon - $500
"Trolly" 11x8 Watercolor by Kim Gedeon - $500
"Ketring Lake" 9x12 Watercolor by Marsha L Gilbert - $260
"Aspire" 28x24 Mixed Media by Phil Gustafson - $450
"Still Searching" 24x22 Mixed Media by Phil Gustafson - $575
"Untitled" 18x14 Mixed Media by Phil Gustafson - $250
"Peru My Duck" 16x20 Acrylic by Lynn Hegstrom - $225
"Poppies" 20x16 Acrylic by Lynn Hegstrom - $225
"Savannah Wants to Say Hi" 11x14 Watercolor by Lynn Hegstrom - $225
"Familiar Walk" 14x11 Acrylic by Teri Hendrix - $250
"Oumas Smirk" 12x12 Acrylic by Teri Hendrix - $240
"Water Fight" 36x36 Acrylic by Teri Hendrix - $910
"Discussion Point" 24x20 Collage by Celeste Hodges - $400
"Ocean and Sky" 20x15 Mixed Media by Celeste Hodges - $350
"Building Upon Diversity" 30x22 Mixed Media by Aicha Jacob - $1400
"Time's Mosaics" 29x23 Mixed Media by Aicha Jacob - $1500
"Believe the Light" 40x30 Acrylic by MK Jacobus - $120
"Falling Stars" 24x30 Acrylic by MK Jacobus - $320
"Lost in Thought" 30x24 Acrylic by MK Jacobus - $320
"Swallow Tailed Gulls Galapagos" 10x10 Watercolor by Patricia Nash - $165
"The Center Cannot Hold" 10x10 Watercolor by Patricia Nash - $165
"Breakfast" 11x8 Watercolor by Reta Nass - $375
"Isla Mugeres Seorita" 8x10 Watercolor by Reta Nass - $300
"Our Pergola" 16x12 Acrylic by Ron Nation - $250
"The Vase" 11½x8½ Alcohol Ink by Ron Nation - $1750
"Tropos" 30 Round Acrylic by Ron Nation - $450
"Summer Evergreen" 9x12 India Ink and Acrylic by Jeff Riley - $175
"Cruising Along" 28x24 Water Media by Karen Shaw - $650
"The Rocket's Red Glare" 28x22 Water Media by Karen Shaw - $575
"Heading Out" 20x30 Oil by Susan Slomski - $1400
"Oil Shale" 22x28 Oil by Susan Slomski - NFS
"Pedernal View" 12x24 Oil by Susan Slomski - $900
"Two Rocky Guards at the Beach" 21x17 Watercolor by Judy Strickland - $425
"SummerStream" 21x18 Watercolor by Judy Strickland - $495
"Two Rocky Guards at the Beach" 21x17 Watercolor by Judy Strickland - $425