LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) – ArtSpace Lima hosted its 73rd annual Spring Show on Saturday evening, showcasing a wide variety of mediums and techniques, including oil paintings, acrylics and watercolor.
The collection introduced new exhibiting artists to the public while also featuring some well-known regional artists.
More than 50 artists entered a total of 173 works to be juried by internationally recognized artist Bryan Moss. The collection introduced new exhibiting artists to the public while also featuring some well-known regional artists.
“Current paintings I’m working on are all from, like, second hand still life objects. Most of them have some sort of human or animal figurine in them, along with some other like, household objects. I just set up these still lives, and as I’m setting them up, these little kind of narratives or stories, pop up on their own, and then that’s pretty much it. I set up still lives, and then I work from observation. So I just sit and look at these things for hours on end, until I end up with a painting,” said Valerie Escobedo, second place award winner.
The exhibit will remain on display through June 21.
The award winners for the Spring Show are:
- Best of Show – Harry Melroy, Sycamore
- First Place – Sydney Spevak, New Knoxville
- Second Place – Valerie Escobedo, Findlay
- Third Place – Anita Lehman, Bluffton
- Marti Gaustad Award – Mike Huffman, Lima
- Meg Dickason Award – Anne Coburn-Griffis, Pandora
- Bruce Chesser Award – Rosanna Barber, Ada
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