San Antonio Art League & Museum: 92nd Juried Artists Exhibition CATALOGUE

San Antonio Art League and Museum 92nd Annual Artists Exhibition March 27th to June 3rd, 2022

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San Antonio Art League and Museum 92nd Annual Artists Exhibition March 27th to June 3rd, 2022 President: Dona LeCrone Walston

Exhibition Committee: Peter Szarmach (Chair) Lyn Belisle Frankie Boone Claudia Langford Stefani Job Spears Dona LeCrone Walston Nancy Wood Lynn Young Lynn Young

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Sincere Thanks to Our Financial Supporters Awards Contributors

Corporate Sponsors

Zet Baer Nancy Bandy Ligia Bedenkop Suzanne Bolner Frankie Boone John Cebrowski Steven DaLuz Ted & Jan Davis Virginia Floyd Robin Gara John Garland John P. Giolma Polly Hansen Billy Keen Ronald C. Keller Sybil & Mervyn Klein Claudia Langford Virginia Nemir Lukefahr Zelime Matthews Beth Newman Fred Plank Linda H Rael Rachel Edwards Ridder Kay Rodgers Brian & Judy Row Thomas Schlenker Donna Simon Jack & Dorothy Sims Hildegarde Slaughter Mary Steward Dona LeCrone Walston Joan Woodley

Enterprise Lifschultz Foundation Art Gallery Prudencia Herweck’s Awards Patrons Ronald C. Keller Mr & Mrs Richard C. Traylor Awards Sponsors Linda Killman Lyn Belisle Kurtin Andre & Virginia Bally Paula Sussman

Awards Donors William & Elizabeth Chiego Richard Arrendondo Francis Y. Huang Ann Griffith Ash Barbara C. Kyse Chrissie & Daniel Warner Daniel S. Cantu Linda & Billy Keen Fred Plank Dona LeCrone Walston Wesley A. Williams

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Past Julian Onderdonk Purchase Award Winners 2021 - Samuel Wilson 2020 - Paula Sussman 2019 - Alexandra Nelipa 2018 - Brian Row 2017 - Richard Conn 2016 - Thomas Schlenker 2015 - Sallie Stanley Carter 2014 - Vikki Fields 2013 - Tamara Van Horn 2012 - Billy Keen 2011 - Francis Huang 2010 - Susan Brumfield Farris 2009 - Bernice Appelin-Williams 2008 - Solomon Wells 2007 - Rachman Ulmer 2006 - Tim McMeans 2005 - Brian St. John 2004 - Gladys Roldan-de-Moras 2003 - Betty Muyres 2001 - Margaret Warren 2000 - James Hendricks 1999 - Fritz Ozuna 1998 - Henry Stein 1997 - Brixey Sutton 1996 - Kuo Yen Ng 1995 - Robert Johnson 1994 - Dan Burt 1993 - Dan Burt 1992 - E. Gordon West 1991 - Linda Hammond 1990 - Marija Kae Rodriguez 1989 - Sandra French 1988 - Agnes Welsh Eyster 1987 - Louis Lubbering 1986 - Jim Stoker 1985 - Drusilla Pfannstiel

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1984 - Joe Tye 1983 - Kathleen Cook 1982 - Neal Wilson 1981 - Thomas A. Pressly 1980 - Bill Reily 1979 - Jim Stoker 1978 - Stevie Manak 1977 - Gilberto Tarin 1976 - Frank Hein 1975 - Arthur de la Fuenta 1974 - Mildred Cocke 1973 - Richard H. Rogers 1972 - Val Alexander 1971 - Val Alexander 1970 - Mildred Cocke 1969 - David Reyes 1968 - Wendell Ott 1967 - Jack Tinkle 1966 - Carl Embrey 1965 - Jim Watson 1964 - Richard H. Rogers 1963 - Helen Van Buren 1962 - Clay Walker 1961 - Bill Bristow 1960 - June Kroll 1959 - Margaret Putnam 1958 - Leslie Larson 1957 - George Pinca 1956 - Keith McIntyre 1955 - Chester Toney 1954 - Jack Tinkle 1953 - Keith Mc Intyre 1952 - Cecil L. Casebier 1951 - Janet Turner 1950 - John Squire Adams 1949 - J. Arthur Head 1948 - Jack Tinkle

LEAH HARDY, M.F.A. JUROR’S STATEMENT

It was a delight and honor to observe the many facets of Texas through the lens of visual artists. Selecting a diverse and robust sample from the many entries was not a small task; objectivity was key in weighing each piece according to its aesthetic, techniques and conceptual intent. It is my hope that the viewer will appreciate the plethora of diverse artistic voices manifested in layered encaustics, assembled, fabricated or cast sculpture, collage, photographs, cut paper, watercolor, oil paint, and many other media.

Curiosity and inquiry are illustrated through pieces that are introspective, outwardly expressive or evoke emotion-sometimes sharing a narrative. Several pieces invite us directly to contemplate social issues such as PTSD and abuse, history, gender identity or global crises such as climate change. Other works celebrate and acknowledge long-standing traditions of documenting everyday life through portraiture, landscape and still-life. All art provides a vehicle to transport us away from, or deeper into, the human experience. We cannot experience joy without the shadow of pain. Artists have the gift to remind us of this, of jostling our memory, making us laugh and cry, and prodding us to consider injustices, and perhaps even to act.

The intent of this adjudication was to represent many personal viewpoints and approaches to art-making, be it serious or whimsical; non-objective, abstract or representational; surreal or poetic. I would be remiss to not acknowledge the artists’ works, included or not in the exhibition, that emotionally responded to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as other current global issues. Throughout this process, I was reminded of the importance of solidarity in the human race. Our efforts to survive and even thrive as a global race is ever-important.

I express gratitude and offer congratulations to all of the artists who have shared their art and imbue our world with creativity and visual poetry. I offer a very warm and special thanks to all of the members of the San Antonio Art League and Museum who tirelessly work to thoughtfully organize the exhibition each year. It was truly a pleasure to work with them in the adjudication process. Enjoy and celebrate the 92nd Annual Exhibition.

ABOUT THE JUROR Leah Hardy has taught at the University of Wyoming since 2001 and established the Metalsmithing Program in 2009. Hardy’s intimately scaled mixed media sculptural works have been exhibited nationally and internationally, acknowledged with numerous awards and featured in books and articles. A passion for travel and researching metalsmithing techniques in other cultures has resulted in many international residencies and co-teaching a UW Art course every other summer in India 2005-2015. After an artist residency at Gray Street Workshop in Adelaide, South Australia in 2012, Hardy has returned several times to exhibit and travel down under. In 2017 she was a Visiting Artist at the School of Art, Architecture and Design at the University of South Australia for three months and coordinated an art project that involved six artists (US, Australia, New Zealand) who embarked on a camel trek in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. Art manifesting from the experience was highlighted in the traveling exhibition, In Camels’ Footsteps, in Adelaide and Sydney during July-September 2018.

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Celebrating Art in Texas for 92 Years!

What happens when 197 Texas artists submit 443 pieces of art for a juried exhibition?

The San Antonio Art League & Museum (SAALM) proudly presents 66 of those pieces selected by Juror Leah Hardy for the 92nd Annual Juried Exhibition.

With a storied history of the Edgar B. Davis collection amassed from competitions held in the late 1920s, SAALM has a venerable reputation of showing some of the finest artwork Texas artists have to offer. Including this year’s annual exhibition representing artists from San Antonio, Dallas-Ft Worth, Houston, Austin, San Marcos, Corpus Christi and places in-between.

More than $12,000 in awards were presented at the opening reception in various categories and to honor past SAALM members. This includes the prestigious Onderdonk Purchase Prize Award of $3,000 in honor of Julian Onderdonk, a San Antonio native who studied under William Merritt Chase.

Onderdonk’s work has been celebrated

by Presidents and Museums alike, including an exhibit at the San Antonio Art Museum in 2017.

Our thanks to the Exhibition’s corporate sponsors which include Enterprise RentA-Car, Herweck’s Art Supply, Art Gallery Prudencia and La Fonda on Main.

And THANKS to our committee who volunteered their time to make this Exhibition possible, with a special THANKS to Lyn Belisle and Dona LeCrone Walston whose extra efforts deserve extra kudos!

EXHIBITION AWARDS Onderdonk Purchase Award Richard Conn Memorial Mixed Media Award Beth Eidelberg Watermedia Memorial Award Mr & Mrs Richard C. Traylor Award Betty Keller Memorial Award Frank & Cecilia Keller Memorial Award Ann Griffith Ash Award Andre & Virginia Bally 3-D Art Award Ronald C. Keller Watercolor Award Herweck’s Art Supply Award Barbara C. Kyse Award Daniel S. Cantu Oil Painting Award Fred Plank Sculpture Award Francis Huang Artistic Excellence Richard Arrendondo Pastel Media Award Dona LeCrone Walston Watermedia Award Prudencia Art Gallery La Fonda on Main Award

Peter Szarmach, Exhibition Committee Chair

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Onderdonk Purchase Award $3000 Marc Eiasenberg Merry-Tunes-Go-Round Found Objects 8

Richard Conn Memorial Mixed Media Award $1500 Robin Gara California Dreaming Mixed Media

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Beth Eidelberg Memorial Watermedia Award $1000 Joanna Burch Where the Magic Brushes Go Watercolor on Paper

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Mr & Mrs Richard C. Traylor Award $1000 Rita Kirkman Cousins Pastel

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Betty Rihn Keller Memorial Award $800 Dub Weathersby Chaos Theory in the Garden Paper

Frank & Cecilia Keller Memorial Award $700 Judi Simon Hail Damage Oil on Board 12

Ann Griffith Ash Award $500 Norma Jean Moore Late Frost Acrylic on Canvas

Andre & Virginia Bally 3-D Art Award $500 Danville Chadbourne The Persistent Ideals of Misrepresentation Wood, Acrylic on Earthenware and Wood

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Ronald C. Keller Watercolor Award $500 Nancy Gerfers Living in Harmony Watercolor

Herweck’s Art Supply Award $400 Victoria Ermler Boredom Oil on Canvas

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Barbara C. Kyse Award $350 Guadulupe Hernandez Rebeldia De Juventud (Blue) Cut Paper

Daniel S. Cantu Oil Painting Award $250 Andrea Jacobson Battles to Come Acrylic ink and Oil on Canvas

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Fred Plank Sculpture Award $250 Roberta Masciarelli Twenty Thousand and Something More Found Objects and Repurposed Materials

Francis Huang Artistic Excellence $250 Jelisa Peterson Fraternal Twin Sisters Archival Pigment Print

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Richard Arrendondo Pastel Media Award $250 Nancy Bandy Summer Storm Clearing Pastel on Paper

Dona LeCrone Walston Watermedia Award $250 Margie Hildreth Texas Hill Country Watercolor on Paper

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Prudencia Art Gallery $250 Susan Best Arrival Acrylic Paint with Paper Collage

La Fonda on Main Award $250 Tatiana Nikolova-Houston Cathedral of Hands Gold and Iridescent Acrylic, Swarovski Crystals

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EXHIBITED ARTWORK

Wood Anthony Not All Is Rose Colored Oil on canvas $9500

Susan Best Arrival Acrylic with Paper Collage $650 Nancy Bandy Summer Storm Clearing Pastel on Paper $900

Victor Blackburn

By Still Waters Oil on Canvas $450

Sylvia Benitez Sorrel Field Oil on Cradled Panel /Maple Framed $2000

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George Blucker Echos Ink and Watercolor on Paper $500

Daniel Brents Overpass Oil on Canvas $800

Joanna Burch Where the Magic Brushes Go Paper $1000

Rodney Butler Spiritually Silenced Oil on Canvas Board $1200

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Dave Calkins Queen of the Missions Photographic Print on Luster Paper with Clear Coating $120

Lara Hye Coh Fallen Star Oil on Ampersand Panel, Cradled $600

Barbara Cooledge Cup and Saucer II Oil on Panel with a Finished Maple Wood Cradle. $375

Danville Chadbourne The Persistent Ideas of Misrepresentation Wood, Acrylic on Earthenware and Wood $ 2000

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Scott Cooper Eyes of Texas Watercolor on Panel $400 Alan Crook Star Walk Film, Ilford HP5 Black and White $850

Kathie Cox Blue Pig Bronze $2000

Dawn Crook Judgement Film, Black & White $275

Des Cuellar Holding it Together Steel, Flowers, Nails, Screws $870

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Marc Eiasenberg Merry-Tunes-Go-Round Found Objects $4500

Patti Cummings Whiskey and PTSD Oil on Canvas $10,000

Victoria Ermler Boredom Oil on Canvas $10,000

Steven DaLuz Hover Oil, Composition Gold Leaf on Panel $16,000

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Joan Fabian Lost in the City Collage, Paint, Recycled Paper, Wood and Fabric $850

Robin Gara California Dreaming Mixed Media $800

John Garland San Lucas Friendship Bridge Client Oil on Panel $750 Wendell Fuqua Ralph’s Cenotaph Paper $352

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Nancy Gerfers Living In Harmony Watercolor on Paper $1000

Paige Gibson Undertow 1 Acrylic on Canvas $2500

Cassie Gnehm Sleep Wake Oil and Acrylic on Canvas $2000

Stephanie Gonzalez “Contemplation” Acrylic, Plaster, Dye, Paper, and Gouache on Canvas Mounted on Wood Panel. $1500 25

Isaac Grigar Demiurge Heavy Body Acrylic on Paper $200

Polly Hansen Nectaring Coiled paper, Glass beads, Floral wire, Wood $1800

Carol Hayman She Asks the Flowers to Bloom Paper, Ink $250

Guadalupe Hernandez Rebeldia De Juventud (Blue) Cut Paper $1500 26

Margie Hildreth Texas Hill Country Watercolor on Paper $3600

Andrea Jacobson Battles to Come Acrylic ink and Oil on Canvas $17,000

Gladys Jacobson Wanda Card Stock $75

Nishima Kaplan The Multiverse Watercolor, Acrylic, and Metallic Paint, gold/silver Leaf, Wood Letters, Torn Paper Collage $1000

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David McCormick Endangered Species: Humpback Whale Watermedia with Other Media on Paper $1000

Rita Kirkman Cousins Pastel $14,000

K Moore Charro Snag Smartphone image on Metallic Photo Paper $175

Roberta Masciarelli Twenty Thousand and Something More Found Objects and Repurposed Materials $1200

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Norma Jean Moore Late Frost Acrylic on Canvas $2170

Tatiana Nikolova-Houston Cathedral of Hands Gold and Iridescent Acrylic, Swarovski Crystals $1800

Angela Navarro Getting Ready in the Morning Wearing a Uniform Mixed Media on Canvas $1300 Patricia Ortiz Rhapsody in Blue Aluminum Metal $550

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Luis Pena The Foxbit Ampersand Scratchboard, X-acto blade $250 Joseph Rogers Ask Sandcast Brass on a Fabricated Steel Base $800

Jelisa Peterson Fraternal Twin Sisters Archival Pigment Print $650

Brian Row Wailing Wall Ink and Paper $1000

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Pat Safir St. Peter and Chartres Watercolor on Bristol Board $2500

Judi Simon Hail Damage Oil on Board $1500

Patricia Simonite In The Night Garden Archival Pigment Print $1000

Alison Schuchs The Horse Whisperer Oil on Panel $2900

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Hildegarde Slaughter Traces 2 Encaustic on Paper $300

Neva Smoll Rick Soft Pastels $480

Steven Smith La Danse Acrylic/canvas $1200 Jennye Stubblefield Booay Oil $4400

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Jenny Swannack January Acrylic on Canvas $450

Cody Vance Prana Onyx $2800

Stanley Unser Dog Day Canvas substrate, Acrylic photo transfers, Copper foil, Molding paste, Hard gel, Sand, Oil $485

Marissa Vazquez Suburbia Blue Acrylic on Stretched Canvas $450

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Dub Weathersby Chaos Theory in the Garden Paper $350

Neal Wilson Twin Banners Acrylic on Canvas $875

Robert Wilkens Reflections of Rain Oil on Canvas $2000 Cynthia Zemis-Morris Corona Series Quink and Bleach on Paper $600

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Afterword SAALM’s Annual Juried Exhibition is open to all artists with established residence in the State of Texas including the armed forces personnel stationed in Texas. With its objective in promoting artistic excellence in the art community, the annual exhibition welcomes creative artworks by all media except jewelry and video.

The current exhibition is the 92nd open event of San Antonio Art League and Museum (SAALM) in 110 years of establishment. It grew out of the fabled Edgar B. Davis Competitions of the late 1920s. Ever since, numerous well-known regional and national artists have participated in this annual competition event.

Each year an Exhibition Committee is assigned by the SAALM Board to organize this event. An invited juror with outstanding background in the art and cultural fields judges all the submitted artworks. The Juror has the complete liberty in making acceptance and award decisions.

The SAALM members, patrons, supporters, and business corporations donate all the award prizes. The artwork of the Onderdonk Purchase Award is added to the SAALM permanent collection, which is exhibited annually on a rotation basis.

SAALM sincerely appreciates the contributions of all the participants and strongly encourages your future entries and support. www.saalm.org

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Admission is free.

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