The Shadow
Volunteer Ellen Collins examines some of the artwork on display at the Bath County Art Show. The 50th edition of the Bath County Art Show continues through Sunday at Valley Elementary School. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. The show features 818 pieces of art submitted by 296 artists and recognizes founders Elinor Hopkins and Christine Herter Kendall, who both lived in Bath County and supported the arts. (Gavin Dressler Photo)
Volunteer Ellen Collins examines some of the artwork on display at the Bath County Art Show. The 50th edition of the Bath County Art Show continues through Sunday at Valley Elementary School. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. The show features 818 pieces of art submitted by 296 artists and recognizes founders Elinor Hopkins and Christine Herter Kendall, who both lived in Bath County and supported the arts. (Gavin Dressler Photo)
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ASHWOOD — The 50th annual Bath County Art Show is underway at Valley Elementary School with 818 pieces of artwork submitted by 296 artists.
The Best In Show award was presented to Ramey Campbell of Somerset for his oil, Evening Skies, Bath County. He received $1,000.
Judge for the show was Al Gury, chair of the Painting Department, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
Speaking of Campbell’s work, Gury said “Evening Skies, Bath County combines subtle atmospheric color, rich and diverse paint quality and a strong composition with a powerful sense of place, poetry and mood. The painting draws you into it’s world from a great distance and seems to change with the light and the longer one looks at it.”
The annual show raises funds for art related projects in Bath County and is sponsored by the Bath County Arts Association.
This year, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the show, the founders, the late Elinor Hopkins and Christine Herter Kendall, receive special recognition in the show’s information booklet.
Both lived in Bath County and supported the arts.
Christine Herter Kendall moved to Bath County in 1923 with her husband William S. Kendall who died in 1938. Their home later became the Garth Newel Music Center.
She was an accomplished artist, violist and author and died in 1981.
Elinor Hopkins was a native of Bath County and studied art in Paris in the 1920s.
She returned to her native county and was active in the community. She co-founded the Bath County Art Show with Christina Kendall in 1964. She died in 1995.
The show is open through Sunday at Valley Elementary School. Hours are 1 to 5 p. m. each day and 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Sunday. There is no admission charge.
Award Winners
In addition to the Best in Show award, 15 awards were presented to artists in addition to category prizes and honorable mentions.
Special Awards
Bill and Prudence Fields Award, best animal or bird, oil, watercolor or pastel, $300, Peg Sheridan, Staunton, The Watcher.
Christine Herter Kendall Award, an oil painting evoking thought provoking enlightenment and emotional impact, oil, $300, Marianne Deaver, Gap Mills, W. Va. acrylic, Snow Birds.
Dancing Lady Design Figurative Award, best figure as focus of the work, any medium, $100, Z. L. Feng, Radford, watercolor, Red Brush.
Elinor Hopkins Award, best flower, watercolor, $150, Anne McCahill, Hanover, Turkscap and Giant Swallowtail.
Garth Newel Music Center Award, outstanding contemporary work, any medium, $150, Christopher Owen, Lexington, oil, Bottle and Apples.
George and Mary Beach Memorial Award, best iris, any medium, $300; Brenda Hounshell, Harrisonburg, watercolor, Iris.
Malcolm and Ellie Firth Award, best abstract, any medium, $325, Anne E. Weede, Lexington, oil, Night Lights Across The River.
Nimrod Hall Summer Art Workshops Award, judge’s choice, any medium, $150; David Wickline III, Lynchburg, oil, Who Are You?
Reuse-Recycle Award, use of recycled materials to create art work, any medium, $150, Michael Hough, New Hope, sculpture, Ithicus Mechanicus.
Shelly Bechtel Shepherd Memorial Award, best landscape of Bath or Highland Counties, $100, David Eakin, watercolor, Evening Clouds II.
Tom Lobe Memorial Award, best traditional American landscape, oil, $150, Susan Trotter, Hot Springs, Red Barn.
Warm Springs Gallery Award, best Virginia rivers and streams, any medium, $100, Burke Shires, Lindside, W. Va., photography, Falling Springs.
Warm Springs Valley Garden Club Award, best floral painting, oil, $150, Norman Aberle, Clifton Forge, acrylic, Smith Creek-April.
Wayne Alexander Award, best figure, oil, $250, Cheryl Mackian, Willis, oil, Classical Pose.
William Grover Memorial Award, best traditional landscape, oil, $250, Nancy Wallace, Charlottesville, Winter Hues.
Category Prizes
Charcoal, Pastels
And Graphics
First, Dymphna De Wild, Staunton, Cabins at Bear Mountain; 2nd, Christine Rooney, Lynchburg, Respite; 3rd, Patricia Hobbs, Staunton, Farm; 4th Mary Deleyiannis, Alexandria, Farm Woman.
Mixed Media
First, Donna Ramsey-Nevers, Moneta, People, Places and Things; 2nd, Jutta Demay, Colonial Beach, Beyond Landscape; 3rd, Susan Egbert, Salem, Ebony Bird; 4th, Kim Lashley-Sutliff, Vinton, Whore-A Name That Sticks.
Oils And Acrylics
First, Astrid Heimer Tuttle, Staunton, Winter Light-North Mountain; 2nd, Lou Messa, Madison, Last Gate; 3rd, Christine Rooney, Lynchburg, Virginia Knoll; 4th, Bill White, Troutville, The Hills of Spello Italy.
Photography
First, Janet Weaver, Lexington, Grave: November; 2nd, Jamie Howren, Costa Mesa, Calif., Magnolia; 3rd, James Steele, Falls Church, Rockbridge County Stream; 4th, Chuck Almarez, Clifton Forge, Working Man.
Sculpture
First, Mike Sorge, Buena Vista, Triple Diamond Pagoda Box Set; 2nd, Alden Hough, New Hope, Quixote; 3rd, Kelly Sheridan, Staunton, Barkman; 4th, David Gordon, Rockbridge Baths, Totem Pole Cane.
Watercolor
First, Chang Fen Yeh, Radford, The East; 2nd, Anne McCahill, Hanover, Turkscap and Giant Swallowtail; 3rd, Tirzah Hicks, Charlotte, N. C., Madison Clouds of Heaven Trombone Band; 4th, Louise Chandler, Sweet Springs, W Va., Line Dance.
Honorable Mention
Jenny Abrams, Charlottesville, oil: Ron Boemer, Lynchburg, oil; Wanda Brockman, Piney River; pastel; Gray Dodson, Arlington, oil; Susan Egbert, Salem, graphics; Piper Groves, Staunton, monotype; Amanda Harner, Damascus, Md., photography; Perlista Henry, Warm Springs, watercolor.
Devan Malore, Lexington, mixed media; Ellen Martin, Lexington, photography; Diane Mitchell, Clintonville, W. Va., watercolor; Michael D. Morris, Roanoke, sculpture; Barbara Norman-Lashley, Roanoke, sculpture; Cheryl Powel, Kernersville, N. C., oil; Judith Saunders, Norfolk, sculpture; Elise Schweitzer, Roanoke, oil.
Mei Shu, Radford, watercolor; K. Alexander Seler, Fredericksburg, sculpture; James Steele, Falls Church, photography; Kathryn Steele, Falls church, photography; Anne Sylvest, Head Waters, oil; Michael Van Der Veer, Roanoke, mixed media; Nancy Wallace, Charlotte, N. C., oil; Mary Lynn Yaeger, Suffolk, oil..
Area Entries
Entries from the Highlands and adjacent localities include:
Covington: L. R. Benham, oil and watercolor; Howard Davis, photography; Libby Davis, watercolor; Gavin Dressler, photography; Bonnie Keyser, oil; Maratin Macqueen, photography; Judith A. Sivonda, sculpture; Mary Jane Spencer, pastel; Gertrude White, mixed media and watercolor; Jacob Wright, acrylic; Sandra Wright, oil.
Clifton Forge: Norman Aberle, acrylic; Chuck Almarez, photography; Deborah Derkotch, oil and acrylic; Michael Farrar, mixed media, oil, watercolor; Nancy Newhard, acrylic and photography; Barbara Parks, acrylic; John Stanley, photography.
Hot Springs: Courtney Horner, sculpture; Heather Kipp, photography; Todd Lacks, oil; Susan Trotter, oil.
Warm Springs: Perlista Henry, watercolor; Jaime McArdle, photography; Sarah Williams, acrylic.
Mustoe: Liz Delahoussaye, watercolor and mixed media.
Monterey: Susan Blanchard, mixed media and watercolor; Suse B. Field, acrylic and mixed media; Barbara Hevener, watercolor; Ina Moss, watercolor, photography and acrylic; Annette Naber, photography; Judy L. Skeen, graphics and watercolor.
Eagle Rock: Diedra Bruce, photography; Steven Nicely, photography.
Fincastle: Edward Bordett, oil; Brett LaGue, acrylic.
Rockbridge Baths: Erica Broadbent, charcoal; Sarah H. Browniee, watercolor; Michele Fletcher, photography; David Goodrich, photography; David Gordon, sculpture; Alice Ireland, oil; Katharine March, oil; Elaine Norris, acrylic.
Gap Mills, W. Va.: Marianne Deaver, acrylic.
Lewisburg, W. Va.: Marianne Estepp, watercolor and acrylic; Judith Lewis, acrylic, pastel and watercolor; Marietta Lyall, oil, watercolor, acrylic; Connie Manchester, photography; John Telisko, oil.
Lindside, W. Va.: Burke Shires, photography.
Ronceverte, W. Va.: Rose Debbins, pastel.
Sinks Grove, W. Va.: Judith Bair, oil.
Sweet Springs, W. Va.: Louise Chandler, oil and watercolor.
Union, W. Va.: Joanne Frazier, photography; Toby Garlitz, photography; Sunny Williams, acrylic.
Art Projects
Funds raised by the show this year will be used for the Bluegrass Jamboree, Virginia Blues and Jazz Festival, 14th annual Missoula Children’s Theater, expenses related to the art show, art education sponsorships which include seminars for students at Millboro and Valley elementary schools, Blackfriars Theater field trip for Bath High School students, Taubman Museum of Art field trip, supplemental music instructor and instruments for the high school band, scholarships for summer band camp, art majors and summer string camp and support in the community for the Alleghany Mountain String project, scholarships for Bath County students, Mountain Valley Players and support for Bath County’s Community Theater.
Show Volunteers
Art Show co-chairs are Ellen Collins and Jim Fechner. Volunters include Kay Alexander, Hella Armstrong, Mell Carpenter, Mago Clegg, Ellen and Michael Collins, Dyan Connelly, Laura Dascher, Becky Deemer, Arlene and Luca DiCecco, Karen and Marty Diamond, Liza Diamond, Lee Elliott, Jim Fechner, Louise Firth, Jean Howell, Ellen Killoren, Dee Lobe.
Jaime McArdle, Liz McCarthy, Sam Ricci, Sarah McWilliams, Jean Seymour, Ann Snead, Janice McWilliams, Jane Mellen, Margo Oxendine, Dianne Ray, Kathie and Selby Schwend, Cathy and Chris Singleton, Chet Swartz, Michael Wildsain, Becky Wilson.
Association Members
Members of the Bath County Arts Association include: Sarah McWilliams and Michael Wildasin, co-chairs; Jim Fechner, treasurer; Maggie Anderson, secretary; directors Ellen Collins, Dyan Connelly, Karen Diamond, Beth Eley, Jean Howell, Dee Lobe, Jaime McArdle, Janice McWilliams, Cathy Singleton, Becky Wilson and Chris Williams.
Advisors
Advisors are Kay Alexander, Patty Biederman, Terry Kershner, Todd Lacks, Jane Mellen, Margo Oxendine and Dianne Ray.
