IWS National Show 2021

37th National Exhibition 

The IWS National show is now open until May 28, 2021 at the Next Picture Show Fine Arts Center in Dixon, IL. The gallery is located at 113 W. First Street, Dixon, IL 61021 and is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm. The show features sixty one water-media paintings from artists all over the United States. Click on the slideshow below to see the featured paintings

  • Best of Show: Thomas Herzberg, What News Pussycat, 25″ x 19″
  • Award of Excellence I: Peter Jablokow, DC-3 On The Beach In Iceland, 22″ x 30″
  • Award of Excellence II: Denny Bond, Alarmed, 28″ x 37″
  • Award of Excellence III: Chris Krupinski, Guave and Grapes, 22″ x 30″
  • Evelyn E. Schultz Creative Spirit Award: Ingrid E. Albright, Wet, 20″x 26″
  • Outstanding Figurative: Z. Feng, Art Major, 30″ x 25″
  • Outstanding Landscape: Howard Kuo, At The Corner of Winter and Spring, 30″ x 22″
  • Outstanding Abstract: Christine Alfrey, Figuring It Out, 30″ x 30″
  • Charles Strissel Award: Ratindra Das, Alaskan Crabber, 20″ x 26″
  • Director’s Choice Award: Lawrence Raffanti, Carlee’s Garden, 25″ x 32″
  • Honorable Mention: Raymond Perez, Pasta Dish With Merlot, 20″ x 17″
  • Honorable Mention: Diane Shabino, Thicket, 20″ x 28″
  • Honorable Mention: Jac Tilton, Salvage, 22″ x 28″
  • Honorable Mention: Ryan Fox, Boy In Venice, 15″ x 22″
  • Honorable Mention: Patricia Mroczka, Sea Grapes, 18″ x 18″
  • Ione Angilan, Portrait of Teresa, 19″ x 30″
  • Jan Annarella, Venice Promenade, 20″ x 15″
  • Deborah Bichmer, Yellow Barn, 30″ x 22″
  • Larry Bond, Painted Warrior, 18″ x 24″
  • Claudia Broom, Spring Beauty, 19″ x 27″
  • Carol Brody, Papers and Images In Blue, 22″ x 30″
  • Sheryl Fletcher Coon, Olive and Amethyst, 22″ x 19″
  • Dan Danielson, Pitched To The Rails, 22″ x 15″
  • Janet Doll, Big Bag of Beans, 29″ x 19″
  • Kelly Eddington, Dress For The Job You Want, 24″ x 18″
  • Alicia Farris, The Observer, 20″ x 16″
  • Stephen Edwards, Lazy Summer Stream, 22″ x 30″
  • Colleen Ferratier, Abstracted Blue, 15″ x 22″
  • Deborah Freerksen, Autumn Farm, 10″ x 14″
  • Lisa Arnold Franklin, Congruency, 20″ x 20″
  • Jane Fritz, Terraces Of Travertime, 14″ x 21″
  • Aneita Gates, Meditation, 10″ x 22″
  • David Gregory, Washday Shadows, Venice, 21″ x 28″
  • Janine Helton, Spring Romance, 14″ x 12″
  • John Herron, Forgotten, 16″ x 12″
  • Michael Holter, Prairie Shadows, 22″ x 22″
  • John Howard, After Hours On The Net, 24″ x 30″
  • Peter Jeziorski, Lunch Break, 22″ x 28″
  • Shirley Kleppe, Zambezi Tapestry, 11″ x 16″
  • Susan Keith, Crabapple Reds, 33″ x 27″
  • Michele Tabor Kimbrough, Dinah Crucian Carnival Series, 12″ x 12″
  • Robert Koch, Isle au Haut Light, 16″ x 26″
  • Prerana Kulkarni, Silk Floss Tree Blossoms, 30″ x 22″
  • Wendi Lam, Still Standing, 18″ x 12″
  • Kerk Hwang Lok, Morning Song No. 11, 15″ x 22″
  • Robert Lee Mejer, Take PC: Open Book #4, 30″ x 22″
  • Rosemary Morrissey, The Three Magi, 12″ x 10″
  • Elaine Nunnally, Zoom Zoom, 22″ x 30″
  • Michael Payette, Vinyl Prayer, 22″ x 21″
  • Lana Privitera, Ruby Red Shawl, 29″ x 21″
  • April Rimpo, Fishing Day, 24″ x 18″
  • Megan Ripke, Pink Dahlias, 22″ x 30″
  • George Schooover, The Dog Walker, 36″ x 40″
  • Annie Strack, Portrait of Chris, 20″ x 14″
  • Eileen Sudzina, Firescape Shadows, 30″ x 26″
  • Junco Uras, I Will Be Back, 18″ x 24″
  • Lennox Wallace, At the River Bridge, 20″ x 20″
  • Katherine Weber, Cow Blue, 13″ x 15″
  • Linda Wilmes, Peggy’s Cove III, 26″ x 21″
  • Lorraine Watry, Summer Salad, 11″ x 11″

Click here to see a video of the Awards Presentation by
juror, Elaine Daily-Birnbaum.

Juror of Selection and Awards, Elaine Daily-Birnbaum

Internationally recognized artist, Elaine Daily-Birnbaum, is a signature member (and Dolphin Fellow) of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, Watercolor USA Honor Society, California Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Society, and others. Her abstract water-media paintings have received awards in more than one-hundred national and international exhibitions, including two Silver Awards from the American Watercolor Society and First Place Awards from Rocky Mountain, Louisiana, and Northwest Watercolor Societies. Her paintings are included in the permanent collection of the Qingdao Museum, Qingdao, China and her work can be viewed at www.dailyartgallery.com. Ms. Daily-Birnbaum has also served as the juror of selection for the American, National, and California Watercolor Societies’ exhibitions as well as a juror of awards for the American Watercolor Society.


Awards:

Best of Show:
        What News Pussycat? – Thomas Herzberg

Award of Excellence I:
        DC-3 on the Beach in Iceland – Peter Jablokow

Award of Excellence II:
        Alarmed – Denny Bond

Award of Excellence III:
        Guava and Grapes – Chris Krupinski

Evelyn E. Schultz Creative Spirit Award:
        Wet – Ingrid Albrecht

Outstanding Figurative:
        Art Major – Z. Feng

Outstanding Landscape:
        At the Corner of Winter and Spring – Howard Kuo

Outstanding Abstract/Nonrepresentational:
        Figuring It Out – Christine Alfery

Charles Strissel Memorial:
        Alaskan Crabber – Ratindra Das

Director’s Award:
        Carlee’s Garden – Lawrence Raffanti

Honorable Mentions:

        Pasta Dish With Merlot – Raymond Perez

        Thicket – Diane Shabino

         Salvage – Jac Tilton

         A Celebration Of Clean Water – Paul Thiesing

         Boy In Venice – Ryan Fox

         Sea Grapes – Patricia Mroczka

Congratulations to the 2021 Signature Members:

Prerana Kulkarni
Larry Bond
Janine Helton
Rosemary Morrissey