Local artist wins Best of Show in Hoosier Salon 91st Annual Exhibition
South Bend resident Alan Larkin won the Best of Show award at the Hoosier Salon 91st Annual Exhibition awards ceremony for his oil painting Alarms and Diversions.
The exhibition, at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center in Indianapolis, opens July 30 and runs through September 26.
Larkin won a $3,500 cash prize for Best of Show. (Full list of winners below)
He also won Best of Show in 1999.
The juried exhibition includes 153 works by 126 artists. To enter the competition an artist must be a current resident or have lived in Indiana for at least one year.
The exhibition was judged by professional artists Quang Huang of Austin, Tex., and Randall Sexton of San Francisco.
The show is open to the public during regular museum hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $7 for adults, $6.50 for seniors, and $5 for youth ages 5 to 17.
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Award/Cash Prize | Name | Title | City |
Best of Show $3,500 | Alan Larkin | Alarms and Diversions | South Bend |
Jurors’ Prize of Distinction $2,000 | C.W. Mundy | Brass & Pomegranates | Indianapolis |
Juror’s Award of Recognition $1,500 | Fred Doloresco | Morning, Warehouse | Fremont |
Best Portrait $1,000 | John Reynolds* | The Artist | Noblesville |
Best Figural Composition $1,000 | Lawrence Rudolech | I Remember | Hanover |
Best Scene $1,000 | Robert Bratton | Gasworks II | Carmel |
Best Landscape $1,000 | Jerry Smith | Autumn Canopy | Crawfordsville |
Best Non-Objective Composition $1,000 | Diane Lehman* | Dancing | Peru |
Best Water Media $1,000 | J. Anna Roberts | Parked Plymouth | Brownsburg |
Best Oil Painting $1,000 | C.W. Mundy | California Coast at Pt. Lobos | Indianapolis |
Best Three-Dimensional Work $1,000 | Mic Mead* | This Ash Lives | Carmel |
Best Work on Paper $1,000 | Katherine Whipple | Filip | Avon |
Outstanding Portrait $500 | Charlene Brown | Dryad | Carmel |
Outstanding Figural Composition $500 | Cheeri Dennis | Watching Those Below | Fishers |
Outstanding Scene $500 | Wyatt LeGrand | Accumulate | Bloomfield |
Outstanding Landscape $500 | Patricia Rhoden-Bartels | Winter, Infused with Light | Nashville |
Outstanding Non-Objective Composition $500 | April Willy | Just Now | Indianapolis |
Outstanding Work on Paper $500 | Bruce Neckar | Tribute | Noblesville |
Outstanding Water Media $500 | Deb Ward | Luscious | West Harrison |
Outstanding Three-Dimensional Work $500 | Clare Hollett | P.T.S.D. | Indianapolis |
Outstanding Still Life $500 | David Riedel | Vase & Flowers | Portland, OR |
Outstanding Ceramic $500 | Randal Gunyon | Horsehair Evolution Trio | Fairmount |
Outstanding Oil Painting $500 | Forrest Formsma | The Garden Gate | Indianapolis |
Award for Portraiture $300 | Margaret (Peg) Copenhaver* | Cameron Lee | Martinsville |
Award for Water Media $300 | Cathy Hillegas | Autumn Light | Floyds Knobs |
Award for Landscape $300 | Roy Boswell | Tranquility Reigns | Franklin |
Award for Scene $300 | Matthew Katz* | Buckle Up | Indianapolis |
Award for Still Life $300 | Barbara Peterson* | Equilibrium | Fishers |
Award for Still Life $300 | Dan Annarino | Being Still Life | West Lafayette |
Award for Non-Objective Composition $300 | Bruce Moore | Flamingo Bay | Fishers |
Award for First-Time Exhibitor $300 | Rob Proctor* | Millennium Reflections | Indianapolis |
People’s Choice from the 90th Annual Exhibition $300 | Tom Woodson | Metamora | Muncie |
| *First-time exhibitor in the Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibition | |||