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Recent Works 2021

October 8 - November 10

Juried Art Exhibition

This 41st annual juried competition includes all fine art media, work created in the last two years, and is open to artists who live or work in Lake County, Illinois.

This year's juror, Betsy Dollar grew up in a family of artists in the Chicago area. Directly from High School Betsy attended Minneapolis College of Art and Design majoring in printmaking and photography. After two years in Minneapolis, Betsy returned to Chicago to work as an industrial film animator and layout artist. Ultimately, she moved to Boulder, Colorado where she earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Fine Arts with an emphasis on printmaking and papermaking. She has been producing and showing lithographs, screen prints, handmade paper works, artist books, photographs, and installation pieces for the past forty years.

Her administrative skills emerged through owning and operating an audio-visual production company that served fortune 500 companies as well as local entrepreneurs. Additional skills developed through extensive community participation with non-profit organizations like Business and Professional Women, Family Self-Sufficiency and a variety of art and architecture organizations. She has taught art to every age group from toddlers to seniors in a variety of settings and media.

Betsy Dollar is currently the Executive Director of the Springfield Art Association. She has held this position for the past twelve years. Under her direction the SAA is re-emerging as an arts leader and transforming into a true community visual arts center that serves 100,000 people per year. With a staff of seven full-time and one part-time employees the SAA works tirelessly to enliven the visual arts in Springfield.

Download the Recent Works Exhibition catalog (PDF).


Awards

Nick 2
  • Geovanni Gonzalez
  • Nick 2
  • Conté crayon on drafting film
  • 38 x 24 in
  • Price: $580

Best of Show, $400

Modern Day War Effort
  • Amy Robillard
  • Modern Day War
  • Gouache on board
  • 12 x 20 in
  • Not for sale

Award of Excellence, $300

 

Inner Peace
  • Matthew Bellefuille
  • Inner Peace
  • Steel, powdercoat, LED lights
  • 96 x 48 x 28 in
  • Price: $11,000

Award of Merit, $200

Summer Moon
  • Lia Z. Schulze
  • Summer Moon
  • Digital Photograph
  • 27 x 20 in
  • Price: $999

Robert T. Wright Gallery Award, $150



While You Were Out 
  • Cristina Chopalli
  • While You Were Out
  • Acrylic on canvas
  • 36 x 48 in
  • Not for sale

Robert T. Wright Gallery of Art Award, $150

Red Shirt, Teal Shirt, Neon Yellow Shirt

  • Laura O'Connor
  • Red Shirt, Teal Shirt, Neon Yellow Shirt
  • Embroidery, cotton fabric in wood hoop
  • 8 in round each
  • Price: $50 each

    Honorable Mention, $100

Napping on a Marshmallow Pillow
  • Ana Bernard Pattis
  • Napping on a Marshmallow Pillow
  • Screenprint on Chine-collé
  • 22 x 18 in
  • Price: $500

Honorable Mention, $100

Intimacy, No. 3
  • Robera Ulrich de Oliveria
  • Intimacy, No. 3
  • Soda-fired ceramic stoneware
  • 12 x 10 x 6 in
  • Price: $320

Honorable Mention, $100


Juried Entries

The Robert T. Wright Gallery of Art wishes to thank all who entered this year's competition.

If you are interested in purchasing a piece from the exhibition please email the gallery at com.clcgallery@clcillinois.edu, include the artist name and title in your inquiry.

Cloudy Landscape
  • Tom Asma
  • Swimming with a Shark
  • Acrylic
  • 14 x 18 in
  • Price: $225
Lady in Green
  • Darlene Bock
  • Lady in Green
  • Pastel
  • 17 x 12 in
  • Price: $395
Peekaboo Cliffs of Big Sur
  • Thomas Celewicz
  • Peekaboo Cliffs of Big Sur
  • Oil on canvas
  • 16 x 20 in
  • Price: $700
Regarding Rosaline, Penaptych
  • Katrina Davis-Salazar
  • Regarding Rosaline, Penaptych
  • Acrylic, paper, glass, vintage frames
  • 17 x 24 in
  • Price: $900
Daniel Wright Woods
  • Gill Grozier
  • Daniel Wright Woods
  • Oil on canvas
  • 17 x 13 in
  • Price: $125
Blue Moon
  • Jeff Harold
  • Blue Moon
  • Digital Art
  • 19 x 13.5 in
  • Price: $225

Raven Discovers the First Humans
  • Charles Keller
  • Raven Discovers the First Humans
  • Ink painted on paper
  • 20 x 20 in
  • Price: $280
Another Green World
  • Michael Litewski
  • Another Green World
  • Acrylic
  • 39 x 39 in
  • Price: $1000

Quarantine Anxiety
  • Jim MacAyeal
  • Quarantine Anxiety
  • Acrylic on panel 
  • 18 x 28 in
  • Price: $300
Sunflower Memory
  • Carol Niec
  • Sunflower Memory
  • Watercolor
  • 18 x 24 in
  • Not for sale
Cicada in a Spotlight
  • John Plishka
  • Cicada in a Spotlight
  • Pastel
  • 6.5 x 13 in
  • Not For Sale
Tulip Passion
  • Aruna N. Sarode
  • Tulip Passion
  • Oil
  • 16 x 20 in
  • Price: $650
Point Lobos Shoreline Rocks
  • Ernest J. Schweit
  • Point Lobos Shoreline Rocks
  • Digital Photography on Aluminum
  • 24 x 16 in
  • Price: $300
Night Out
  • Laura L Tumminello
  • Night Out
  • Wood fired stoneware
  • 13.5 x 9 in
  • Price: $180
Bubbling
  • Marcia Babler
  • Bubbling
  • Archival pigment collage
  • 18 x 18 in
  • Price: $500
The Letter Home
  • Darlene Bock
  • The Letter Home
  • Pastel
  • 16 x 12 in
  • Price: $395
A door opens
  • Cristina Chopalli
  • A door opens
  • Acrylic on canvas
  • 48 x 60 in
  • Not For Sale
Double Protection Painting
  • Katrina Davis-Salazar
  • Double Protection Painting
  • Acrylic on 1 in thick wood panel
  • 18 in diameter
  • Price: $400
C-virus
  • Suzanne Grube
  • C-virus
  • Mixed media on canvas
  • 40 x 30 in
  • Price: $850
Bill King - Kettle Korn Kouple
  • Bill King
  • Kettle Korn Kouple
  • Watercolor
  • 12 x 20 in
  • Price: $450.00
Dancing Origami
  • Shu-Hei Hwang
  • Dancing Origami
  • Ceramic
  • 6.5 x 20 x 14 in
  • Not For Sale
Vintage
  • Charles Keller
  • Vintage
  • Pastel
  • Not for sale
Out My Window
  • Michael Litewski
  • Out My Window
  • Acrylic
  • 39 x 39 in
  • Price: $1000
Quarantine Grief
  • Jim MacAyeal
  • Quarantine Grief
  • Acrylic on panel
  • 18 x 28 in
  • Price: $300
When an Idea Blossoms
  • Bob Nonnemacher
  • When an Idea Blossoms
  • Acrylic on canvas
  • 32.5 x 47 in
  • Price: $850
Wet Feet, Water and Breezes
  • John Plishka
  • Wet Feet, Water and Breezes
  • Pastel
  • 8 x 10 in
  • Price: $600
Leaf Trifecta
  • Philip Schorn
  • Leaf Trifecta
  • Colored Pencil
  • 17 x 35 in
  • Price: $675
Summer Nocturn/The Shower
  • Leslie Scott
  • Summer Nocturn/The Shower
  • Scratchboard
  • 14 x 18 in
  • Price: $375
Here's A Thought
  • Laura L Tumminello
  • Here's A Thought
  • Wood fired stoneware
  • 11 x 11 x 2 in
  • Price: $120
Demon Tongue
  • James Bakula Jr.
  • Demon Tongue
  • Pen and Ink
  • 20 x 16 in
  • Price: $200
Chevy Reflections  
  • Valentine Bradner
  • Chevy Reflections
  • Oil on canvas
  • 20 x 16 in
  • Price: $300
The Power of Lake Michigan
  • Leisa Corbett
  • The Power of Lake Michigan
  • Acrylic on canvas panel
  • 9 x 12 in
  • Price: $500
Return to the Garden
  • Frank Fitzgerald
  • Return to the Garden
  • Oil on canvas
  • 36 x 24 in
  • Price: $350
Blue Sky Still Life
  • Dean Habegger
  • Blue Sky Still Life
  • Oil on canvas mounted on panel
  • 23 x 23 in
  • Price: $750
Wandering Trails
  • Shu-Hei Hwang
  • Wandering Trails
  • Ceramic
  • 11 x 15 x 15 in
  • Not For Sale

Ocean
  • John Kirkpatrick Jr
  • Ocean
  • Acrylic on canvas 
  • 30 x 40 in
  • Price: $1200
Gold and black pitcher
  • Kathleen Lovelace
  • Gold and black pitcher
  • High fire porcelain (ceramic)
  • 6 x 6 in
  • Price: $85

Three Sheets on the Wind
  • Oliver Stevens Merriam
  • Three Sheets to the Wind
  • Mixed Media
  • 24 x 20 in
  • Price: $200
Birches
  • Clarese Ornstein
  • Birches
  • Watercolor
  • 12 x 24 in
  • Price: $300
A Light in the Dark
  • Amy Robillard
  • A Light in the Dark
  • Acrylic on panel
  • 8 x 8 in
  • Price: $275
LF Show Forest
  • Philip Schorn
  • LF Show Forest
  • Colored Pencil
  • 17 x 21 in
  • Price: $575
Earthen Expression
  • Merianne Tomovich
  • Earthen Expression
  • Ceramic
  • 9 x 11 x 8 in
  • Not For Sale
Gene Pokorny Symphony Center
  • Paul Witt
  • Gene Pokorny Symphony Center
  • Graphite/metallic spray
  • 10 x 13.5 in
  • Price: $300
All Yours
  • Luz Carime Peñaranda Zúñiga
  • All Yours
  • Watercolor
  • 9 x 12 in
  • Price: $100
Mom Held a Gold Lame Clutch
  • Anne Bernard-Pattis
  • Mom Held a Gold Lame Clutch
  • Pastel
  • 5.5 x 4 in
  • Price: $800
Big Sur's Cave
  • Thomas Celewicz
  • Big Sur's Cave
  • Oil on canvas
  • 16 x 20 in
  • Price: $700
Prairie Burn
  • Leisa Corbett
  • Prairie Burn
  • Acrylic on canvas panel
  • 24 x 24 in each
  • Price: $500 each
Nick 1
  • Geovanni Gonzalez
  • Nick 1
  • Conté crayon on drafting film
  • 34 x 26 in
  • Price: $580
Monuments
  • Dean Habegger
  • Monuments
  • Pastel and charcoal on paper
  • 13 x 13 in
  • Price: $235
Pom Pom Pot
  • Stacee Kalmanovsky
  • Pom Pom Pot
  • Stoneware, ceramic sculpture
  • 36 in tall
  • Not For Sale

A New Beginning Within
  • Larry Lemm
  • A New Beginning Within
  • Acrylic
  • 9 x 12 in
  • Price: $275.00
Teapot
  • Kathleen Lovelace
  • Teapot
  • Stoneware, ceramic sculpture
  • 13 in tall
  • Not for sale

Surrounded
  • Mary Neely
  • Surrounded
  • Photograph
  • 20 x 16 in
  • Price: $350
Social Climber
  • Marshall Philyaw
  • Social Climber
  • Oil on board
  • 11 x 14 in
  • Price: $475
The Practice
  • Aruna N. Sarode
  • The Practice
  • Oil
  • 18 x 24 in
  • Price: $1800
Generations 1950
  • Howard Schwartz
  • Generations 1950
  • Mixed aqueous paints with other media and collage on stretched canvas
  • 40 x 30 in
  • Price: $1,800
Golden Harvest
  • Merianne Tomovich
  • Golden Harvest
  • Ceramic
  • 14 x 5 x 5 in
  • Price: $200
Symphony Center
  • Paul Witt
  • Symphony Center
  • Graphite/metallic spray
  • 10 x 13.5 in
  • Price: $300