The heart of Art in the Redwoods is the Fine Arts Exhibit. For the first time, view the exhibit online!
Best of Show Award
sponsored by Sea Ranch-Gualala Real Estate Company
- Beatrice Acosta, Frivolo Frezando
Best Local Work Award
sponsored by Westamerica Bank
- Bill Apton, ‘Cala fornia Colors’
Figure Drawing Excellence Award
sponsored by Gualala Arts Life Drawing Group
- Carolyn Case, The White Dress
Beading Excellence Award In Honor of Jane Reichhold
sponsored by Bed Rock
- Mo Quintana, Carved Bead Necklace
Emerging Artist Award
sponsored by Colette Coad & Rozanne Rapozo
- Stuart Susalla, Untitled Planetscape
Oil & Acrylics Award
sponsored by Surf Market
- 1st Place Karen Olsen-Dunn, Mendocino Glitch
- 2nd Place Lisa O’Connor, Hey Tiger!
- 3rd Place Chris Grassano California Quail
Water Media Award
sponsored by Jane Kelley Bookkeeping
- 1st Place DanaPetersen, Honey bees and Lavender
- 2nd Place Andrea Allen, Sumi Chrysanthemums
- 3rd Place Suzanne Dunn, Walk On Series: Seaweed Sketch 2
Prints & Graphics Award
sponsored by Lighthouse Peddler
- 1st Place Christopher Dewees, Spawning Chinook Salmon
- 2nd Place Leslie Moody Cresswell, Expecting to Fly
- 3rd Place Miriam Owen, Puppy Joy II
Sculpture Award
sponsored by Brennie Brackett Fine Art
- 1st Place BodhiShakti, New Glory 2020
- 2nd Place Jane Casner Mothersill, The Sculptress Sculpting the Sculptress
- 3rd Place James Adrian Adams, Faces of Friends from past lives coming forth. Series #1
Monochromatic Photography Award
sponsored by Independent Coast Observer
- 1st Place Scott Sewell, Services Rendered
- 2nd Place Ann Lee-Yen, Ethereal
- 3rd Place Allen Vinson, Eric Gales at Delta Blues Festival 2020
Color Photography Award
sponsored by Ferrellgas
- 1st Place Mary Davenport, Raven Celebrity
- 2nd Place Peter Sidell, Milky Way Over Bristle Cone Pines White Mountains October 2009
- 3rd Place Geraldine LiaBraaten, Cloud Sharks
Digital Art Award
sponsored by The Mac Link
- 1st Place Patrick Ellis, Heartland
- 2nd Place Alison Yerxa, Creek
- 3rd Place Brian DeNova, Voices of the Ancients
Pastels & Drawing Award
sponsored by Barry & Kathryn Weiss
- 1st Place Michael Henderson, Sticks and Stones Series #2
- 2nd Place Judy Pfeifer, Misty Wisconsin Road
- 3rd Place Laura Williams, Redwood and ferns, pen and ink
Woodworking Award
sponsored by John Bower
- 1st Place Paula Haymond, Simple Twist of Fate
- 2nd Place James Docker, Knife Block and Board
- 3rd Place Art Dreyer, Gualala River Flotsam Hoard Harvest
Glass Art Award
sponsored by Kennedy & Associates Real Estate
- 1st Place Cynthia Myers, Humpback Whale Family
- 2nd Place LeslieMoody Cresswell, Copperblue w/Silver, Fumed
- 3rd Place Colette Coad, Tower of Beauty
Jewelry & Ornamentation Award
sponsored by Ignacio Health Insurance Services
- 1st Place Paige Likins, Heavenly
- 2nd Place Joan Rhine, Homage to Modern Style Necklace
- 3rd Place Kathryn Weiss, I’ve Got My Eyes on You
Clay & Mosaic Award
sponsored by The Sea Ranch Foundation
- 1st Place Bonnie Belt, Sky Dove Plum Blossom Branch Jar
- 2nd Place Dennis Pedersen, Evolution
- 3rd Place Dede Plaisted, ‘Coming Apart Becomes Me’
Fiber, Textiles & Soft Sculpture Award
sponsored by Harmony Art Organic Design
- 1st Place Elizabeth Solomon, Wonderland
- 2nd Place Gerda Randolph, Finally, A Horse of My Own
- 3rd Place Mirka Knaster, Adrift in Indigo
Quilts Award
sponsored by Pacific Piecemakers Quilt Guild
- 1st Place Dee Goodrich, No Way Out
- 2nd Place Kendra Renee Stillman, Stars & Scraps
- 3rd Place Marianne Jeffrey, Cut Wall Quilt
Collage, Mixed Media, & 2D Assemblage Award
sponsored by Gualala Arts Collage Interest Group
- 1st Place Manjula Dean, Rudra Yantra 3
- 2nd Place donnalynn chase, What Happened…?
- 3rd Place Sharon Nickodem, Summer
Weaving Award
Jacquetta Nisbet Weaving Prize
sponsored by Susan & Jon Sandoval
- 1st Place Jennie Lee Henderson, Untitled
Mele Halapua Cocker Award
sponsored by Soana Halapua
- 2nd Place Janice Sullivan, ‘SIP’
- 3rd Place Verena Borton ‘Red and Blue in Harmony’
Video Clips
sponsored by Mango Grits
- 1st Place Dietrich Featherston, Lil the Dancer
- 2nd Place Jeanine Pfeiffer, I am stitching myself
- 3rd Place Simon Burnett, Fred’s World
Environmental Award
sponsored by Adventure Rents Canoes & Kayaks
- Elisabeth Gladstone, AbstractScape #2
Environmental Award
sponsored by Friends of the Gualala River
- Dana Petersen, Chickadee
Environmental Award
sponsored by Redwood Coast Land Conservancy
- JeaninePfeiffer, I am stitching myself
Mendonoma Sightings Award
sponsored by Rick & Jeanne Jackson
- Paul Brewer, Love
Judges’ Awards
- Judy Pfeiffer, Walk in the Meadow
- Jim Meilander, Lockset
- Larain Matheson, Spirit Wall
- Rose Easterbrook, Connected
- Pamela Kieffer, ‘Into the Eye of the Cytokine Storm’
- Patrick Ellis, Elvis in Quarantine
- April Dammann, Privyleged
- Gail Jackson, Velvet Sunset
- Grace O’Malley, Dancing Trees
- Paul White, The Great One
- Keith Wilson, A SPACE ODDITY (homage David Bowie)
- Tom Zizzo, Woman with Tie and Cigarette
- beah haber, Flowing Into Union
- Tim Brody, To The Sea
- Anne Vernon, Netting in Blue & Ochre
- Ezzie DeGiovanni, Untitled