The annual Robert N. and Peggy Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show and Sale recently announced its winners. The Sears Dixie Invitational, which this year features approximately 220 works from 120 renowned artists, was conceived as a way to fund the preservation of the art on the DSU campus.
All works on display were created with traditional realist techniques and range from photo-realism to stylized works. Media on display include bronze, ceramic, watercolor, mixed media, oil, and pastel created by artists from all over the U.S. and well-known Utah and local artists. Created as a way to get art into people’s homes, the show only features the works of artists who have been invited to participate.
Arlene Braithwaite has been awarded with the Purchase Prize for her pastel, “Canyon Dawn,” and Annette Everett won the Best of Show award for her piece, “In the Garden.”
“My work is inspired by the land around me, a subject I find continually changing, challenging and rich with catalysts for composition,” Braithwaite said. “Pastel is attractive to me because of its immediacy. I enjoy direct contact with the pigment and the bold to subtle hue mixtures that can be achieved through the hatching and layering of pastel. Each painting I do provides me with the opportunity of manipulating color, shape and edge to interpret reality in a hopefully unique way.”
Other awards were given in several categories.
Oil landscape
First Place: J. Brad Holt
Second Place: Doug Braithwaite
Third Place: Martin Blundell
Honorable Mention: Bonnie Posselli, John Berry, Dileen May Marsh, Joshua Baird, and Ron Chesley
Oil other
First Place: Mike Malm
Second Place: Ron Richmond
Third Place: Jerry Read Hancock
Honorable Mention: J. Kirk Richards, Bonnie Cazier, Dilleen May Marsh, Jeremy Conrad Winborg, and Rachel Pettit
Watercolor landscape
First Place: Robert D. McFarland
Second Place: Ian Ramsay
Third Place: Robert D. McFarland
Honorable Mention: Roland Lee
Watercolor other:
First Place: Kristi Grussendo
Second Place: Richard D. Brown
Third Place: Sherry Meidell
Honorable Mention: Karen March
Pastel landscape
First Place: Arlene Braithwaite
Pastel Other:
First Place: Satoko Mans
Miscellaneous media
Honorable Mention: Mercedes Skegro, Leona K. Hawks, and Rob Wilson
Sculpture Bronze and Steel:
First Place: LeRoy Transfield
Second Place: Matt Clark
Honorable Mention: LeRoy Transfield
3D other
First Place: John Jennings
Second Place: Shane Christensen
Third Place: Brian Jensen
Honorable Mention: Morgan Clements, Brady Richardson, and Suzanne Jennings
Featuring extended hours for this exhibit, the gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 2 to 6 p.m. Sundays. Sears Art Museum Gallery is located in the Dolores Dorè Eccles Fine Arts Center on the DSU campus at 155 S. University Ave.
For more information, contact Karman Wilson at wilson@dixie.edu, or visit dixieculturalarts.com/sears-museum-2.
