Winners announced for Josephy show ‘Nature in the Abstract’

Published 3:00 am Wednesday, January 26, 2022

JOSEPH — An exhibit celebrating nature is on display at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture through Feb. 22. The show, titled “Nature in the Abstract,” was curated by Ellen Morris Bishop and Debbie Lind.

Mediums include photography, paintings, collage and 3-D, such as ceramic, fabric, metal and wood.

The show judge was Susan Murrell, art department faculty at Eastern Oregon University in printmaking, drawing and graphics.

Exhibit categories

Nature in the Abstract — Work that depicts a pattern or composition displayed by a subject as it exists in nature.

Interpretations of Nature — Work, inspired by subjects in the real world, that employs shape, form, lines and colors to create a composition or interpretation of the subject, showing subject as the artist understands it, not as it is.

Youth — Work produced by artists younger than 18 that fits in either category above, in any eligible media. (This category is sponsored by the Wallowa Valley Photo Club.)

Winners

Category: Nature in the Abstract

• 1st: Illusion of Permanence, Rick McEwan
• 2nd: Rock Product, Kolle Kahle Riggs
• 3rd: Hornet’s Nest 1, Leslie LeViner
• Honorable mention: Driftwood, Abstract, MC Reardon

Category: Interpretations of Nature

• 1st: Owyhee Life, Heather Tomlinson
• 2nd: Murmuration #1, Linda J. Robinson
• 3rd: Timber 2, Susan Pesti-Strobel
• Honorable mention: Water, William Burkett

Category: Youth

• 1st: My Mountain, Megan Brock
• 2nd: Basalt, McKenzie Keffer
• 3rd: Foxglove Falls, Hazel Stephens
• Honorable mention: Fabricated Rabbit, Nathaniel Bazer

Online exhibit

Entries in the exhibit can be viewed — and purchased — online at josephy.org. The show is located under the “Exhibits/Events” tab.