Blue Ridge Arts Center

Exhibition on View: May 23 – June 20, 2025

Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 1-4pm and Saturday, 10am-1pm

Closing Reception: Friday, June 20 from 5:30-7:00pm

Best in Show: "Little Circus Darling" Oil Painting by Oksana Alfredson

Best in Show: “Little Circus Darling” Oil Painting by Oksana Alfredson

Best in Oil Painting
“The Committee”
by Nancy Oppenheimer

Best in Acrylic Painting
“Ai Stole Me”
by Chris Cartledge

Best in Photography
“Zion”
by Larry Bennett

Best in 3D
“Singing They Came”
by Leslie Wentzell

Best in Mixed/Other Works
“Into White”
by Connie Lippert

Best on Paper
“Reboso”
by Jamie Rose

View the Entire Show Below:

"Pied Avocet" - Barbara Whitney

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Selected Works

  • Loretta H Addison – “Out For A Ride”
  • Oksana Alfredson – “Little Circus Darling” *
  • Larry Bennett – “Zion” *
  • Debbie Biddle – “Chairs”
  • Aymé Black – “Nature’s Reflections”
  • Ruth Bolles – “Love & Compassion”
  • Kate Bryan – “Still Carrying It All”
  • Warren Carpenter – “Pecan Burl – Downed by Helene”
  • Warren Carpenter – “Wild Hair – Man”
  • Chris Cartledge – “A Clemson Gentleman”
  • Chris Cartledge – “Adam Rafferty signed by the Guitarist”
  • Chris Cartledge – “Ai Stole Me” *
  • Dale Cochran – “Apple Day”
  • Wendy Converse – “Orbital Dancer” *
  • Stephanie Deryke – “Blackwater Bayou Sunset”
  • Martha Driscoll – “Beyond the Trees”
  • Martha Driscoll – “Petals”
  • Carolyn Gibson – “Corinthian”
  • Geraldine Green – “Blue Ridge Blush” *
  • Nanine Hartzenbusch Fox – “Rajghat Dahlia”
  • Nanine Hartzenbusch Fox – “Taj Mahal Periphery”
  • Laura Havran – “The City Breathes, Secrets Flow” *
  • Laura Havran – “There are Three”
  • Laura Havran – “Winter Waif”
  • Wanda Heffelfinger – “Along the Waccamaw”
  • Wanda Heffelfinger – “Dusk” *
  • Amanda Johnson – “Forest Falls”
  • Christy Jones – “APIs Mellifera”
  • Christy Jones – “Quiet Moment” *
  • Donna Juras – “Ukraine: Peace  War   Hope”
  • Joy Kuby – “The Stories We Could Tell” *
  • Den Latham – “Landscape 321”
  • Connie Lippert – “Into White” *
  • Hamed Mahmoodi – “Joy in Favelas”
  • Hamed Mahmoodi – “The Big Picture” *
  • Cecile Martin – “Before the Dawn” *
  • Cecile Martin – “Secondary Thoughts”
  • Cathryn McAlpine – “India Color” *
  • Cathryn McAlpine – “Taj Mahal Sunrise”
  • Donna O’Hara – “Sail On”
  • Nancy Oppenheimer – “Lean On Me”
  • Nancy Oppenheimer – “The Committee” *
  • Susan Perry – “Hidden Falls”
  • Susan Perry – “Winter Hike”
  • Karen Powell – “The Guardian” *
  • Karen Powell – “True Love”
  • Liz Purcell – “At the Flea Market” *
  • Jamie Rose – “Fortify”
  • Jamie Rose – “Rebozo” *
  • Debbie Rote – “The Magic at Dusk”
  • Kathleen Santilli – “Camera Man”
  • Beti Strobeck – “Memories” *
  • Christine Tine – “Untitled”
  • Barbara Truemper-Green – “Toes in the Sand”
  • Diana Walter – “Revamped” *
  • Leslie Wentzell – “Rumors Gathered Like Crows”
  • Leslie Wentzell – “Singing They Came” *
  • Barbara B Whitney – “Brave Lion Cubs”
  • Barbara B Whitney – “Pied Avocet”

* Award Winner

Exhibition Timeline

Opening Reception:
Friday, May 23 (5:30-7pm)

Show on Display:
May 23 – June 20

Closing Reception:
Friday, June 20 (5:30-7pm)

Artwork Pick-up:
Friday, June 20 (7pm)
Saturday, June 21 (10am-4pm)

Awards

  • Best in Show: $1500
  • Category Awards (5): $300
    • Best in Painting (Oil)
    • Best in Painting (Acrylic)
    • Best on Paper
    • Best in Photography
    • Best in 3D
    • Best in Mixed Media/Other Works
  • Paul Dohr Award: $200
  • Merit Awards (5): $100
  • Blick Art Materials Awards (4): $50 G.C.
  • Rosemary & Co. Awards (3): $50 G.C.

2025 JUROR: FREDERICK C. GRAFF, ARTIST & INSTRUCTOR

Frederick C. Graff is one of the leading artist/educators in the field of watercolor today. He is a signature member of all three major watercolor societies: American Watercolor Society “Dolphin Fellow”; National Watercolor Society; and Transparent Watercolor Society of America “Distinguished Master”. His diverse approach to watercolor painting has continued to attract individual and corporate collectors.

Upon graduation from Miami University, Fred studied privately with the late Franklin A. Bates. Fred has conducted numerous watercolor workshops, demonstrations, and critiques throughout the United States, France, and China, where he had a one-man exhibition in Qingdao, China. His work has been featured in Watercolor Techniques for Releasing the Creative Spirit; Creative Watercolor Workshop, International Artist Magazine, Watercolor Artist Magazine in addition to other publications.