34th National Exhibition 2018
May 4 – May 25, 2018
The Next Picture Show, 113 W. First St., Dixon, Illinois
Selection & Awards Judge:
William G. Hook AWS, NWS, NWWS, CWA
Award Winners:
Best of Show: Denny Bond, Typewritering
Award of Excellence I: Daven Anderson, Barcelona Notes I
Award of Excellence II: Sheryl Fletcher Coon, Wait Up!
Award of Excellence III: Aneita Atwood Gates, The Dock Worker
Evelyn E. Schultz Creative Spirit Award: Eileen Sudzina, Shady Tree Street
Outstanding Figurative: Yueqi Zhang, Someone Knocked On The Door
Outstanding Landscape: Richard Price, Shore Dinner
Outstanding Abstract/Non-Representational: Christine Alfery,
Three Kui In A Pond
Director’s Choice: Matthew Bird, The Coming Winter
Charles Strissel Memorial Award: Sylvia Aruffo, Cena Con Abuela
Honorable Mention: Peter Jablokow, Lots Of Limbs, No. 2
Honorable Mention: Dan Danielson, Moona Lisa
Honorable Mention: Ann Pember, Heavenly Hibiscus
Honorable Mention: Michael Holter, Light On The Facade
Honorable Mention: Susan Keith, Fish Tales
Honorable Mention: Kelly Eddington, At The Big People Table
Honorable Mention: Thomas Herzberg,Outliers
2018 Signature Members:
Matthew Bird, Sheryl Fletcher Coon,
Gary Eckhart, Patricia Mroczka,
Kathy Los Rathburn, Patrick Sheehan,
Susan Keith
Artists Appearing in Show:
| Artist | Painting selected | |
| Daven | Anderson | Barcelona Notes |
| Christine | Alfery | Three Kui In The Pond |
| Sylvia | Aruffo | Cena Con Abuela |
| Steven | Bates | Guardian of the Clock |
| Marnie | Becker | Chef’s Kitchen |
| Kate Worman | Becker | Haw And Gee |
| Denny | Bond | Typewritering |
| Mathew | Bird | The Coming Winter |
| Carol | Brody | Party Papers And Confetti III |
| Ken | Call | Dos Angeles |
| Kay | Cassill | In The Studio #4 |
| Sheryl Fletcher | Coon | Wait Up! |
| Dan | Danielson | Moona Lisa |
| Janice | DiGirolano | Dolce Far Niente |
| Gary | Echart | Morning Mist |
| Kelly | Edington | At The Big People Table |
| Z | Feng | Red Scarf |
| Ryan | Fox | Lake Atitlan Girl-Guatemala |
| Anita | Gates | The Dock Worker |
| Karen | Gyllin | Water In A Breeze |
| John | Herron | About To Burst |
| Tom | Herzberg | Outliers |
| Michael | Holter | Light On The Facade |
| Carol | Hubbard | Liftoff |
| Peter | Jablokow | Lots Of Limbs, No. 2 |
| Peter | Jeziorski | The Garden Goddess |
| Sara | Kahn | Shelter Cove Lighthouse |
| Susan | Kieth | Fish Tales |
| Mary Ramsey | King | The Little Chef |
| Robert | Krajecki | D & M Falls |
| Shirley | Kleppe | Serene Zambezi |
| Alexis | Lavine | Red Light |
| Terry | Luc | Firecracker Girl |
| Jerry | Lewis | Don’t Bother Me |
| Trey Alexander | Martin | Wishful Thinking |
| Debbie | Megginson | Backside Of The Sun |
| Chuck | Michaels | Love My Braids |
| Patricia | Mrozcka | Tangled Irises |
| Eileen Mueller | Neill | One Potato, Two Potato, More |
| R. Mike | Nichols | Illusions |
| Elaine | Nunnally | Into The Glare |
| Ann | Pember | Heavenly Hibiscus |
| Richard | Price | The Shore Dinner |
| Kathy Los | Rathburn | Chicago Blues |
| April | Rimpo | Free Living |
| Marcia Whitney | Schenck | Raining Cats and Dogs |
| Patti Linden | Seifrid | The Dance of the Pin Oak Tree |
| Alisa | Shea | The Missing Piece |
| Patrick | Sheehan | After The Storm |
| Carolyn | Sommer | Englishman Falls |
| Susannah | Spann | Mermaid of Horseshoe Cove |
| Brett | Steinhaus | Corner Diner |
| Jane | Stoddard | The Tide Is In |
| Eileen | Sudzina | Shady Tree Street |
| Jac | Tilton | Fourth Of July |
| Jean | Weiner | Let’s Go Fishing |
| Gary | Wigman | Sanfillippo Carousel |
| Linda | Wilmes | Festival Of Lanterns |
| Jill | Witty | Little Horseshoe |
| Yueqi | Zhang | Someone Knocked The Door |