APAA Quirky Categories 2023

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Joanne Agostinelli, Under a Mojave Sun

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ARIZONA PASTEL ARTISTS ASSOCIATION 2023 Summer Online Member Show, Quirky Categories July 10, 2023 - September 1, 2023

The Arizona Pastel Artists Association (APAA) is pleased to present its 2023 Online Member Show, “Quirky Categories.” The show was comprised of six categories, open to interpretation by the artist. The quirky categories were Doggy Grins or Kitty Snarks, Self Portrait With Attitude, Garden Magic, Looking Up, Following in the Footsteps of Van Gogh, and Birds of a Feather. We hope you will enjoy this unique and creative online member show. If you are interestd in purchasing a painting, please contact the artist. The Arizona Pastel Artists Association seeks to inspire and promote its members through demonstrations, workshops, informal competitions, juried shows, as well as public exhibitions. It hosted its first open show seven years ago and quickly grew to include works from the United States, Canada,Europe, Australia and Asia. Founded in 1994, the Arizona Pastel Artists Association today boasts a membership of over 150 artists worldwide. It promotes the pastel medium primarily in Arizona, but also as a part of the international pastel community through its worldwide members and association with the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS).

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Sharon Frey, President

Michael Chesley Johnson Judge of Awards

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Three Graces, 16 x 12, pastel

Winter’s End, 12 x 16, pastel

ARIZONA PASTEL ARTISTS ASSOCIATION 2023 Online Member Show, Quirky Categories July 15, 2023 through September 15, 2023

Michael Chesley Johnson, Judge of Awards

Each of Michael’s colorful landscapes depict a “moment in time.” Evoking the brilliant light of the American Southwest and Maine’s coastal areas, they represent a deep meditation by the artist on the world he inhabits. In addition to painting full-time, Michael teaches plein air painting workshops and runs painting retreats in scenic locations. A frequent writer for art magazines, he wrote his latest book, Beautiful Landscape Painting Outdoors: Mastering Plein Air , for both beginners and experienced painters. Michael is a nationally-known teacher, giving workshops across the U.S. as well as seasonally in Maine and the Southwest. A frequent writer for both The Artist’s Magazine and Pastel Journal, he is the author of several books, including Outdoor Study to Studio: Take Your Plein Air Paintings to the Next Level and Backpacker Painting: Outdoors with Oil & Pastel , all of which are available on Amazon.com. He has many videos available, as well.

Member | The Circle of Gamblin Artists + Educators

Master Signature Member: Pastel Artists Canada Signature Member: American Impressionist Society, Pastel Painters of New Mexico

On Faculty of Plein Air Convention & Expo: 2012, 2022, 2023.

A Grand View, 9 x 12, pastel

Congratulations, Award Winners!

Best in Show:

Peggy Orbon, “Giant Sunflowers” Nancie King Mertz, “Social Climber”

1st Place: 2nd Place: 3rd Place:

Liz Kenyon, “Garden Muse”

Janis Barrett, “What’s Up, Ruben?”

Doggy Grins and Kitty Snark: 1st Place:

Gina Murrow, “Nap Interrupted” Kimberly Panfil, “Kitty in a Burlap Bag”

2nd Place:

Self Portrait with Attitude: 1st Place:

Nori Thorne, “Letting the Cat Out of the Bag” Marsha Wright, “My First Face Tattoo”

2nd Place:

Garden Magic: 1st Place:

Jude Tolar, “Colorama”

2nd Place:

Dianne Dykstra, “Flower Baubles”

Looking Up: 1st Place 2nd Place

Christine Debrosky, “I Can Hear the Owl Sing” Barbara Archer-Baldwin, “Rainbow Coconuts”

Following in the Footsteps of Van Gogh: 1st Place: Sergei Pietela, “Self-Portrait” 2nd Place: Diana Burns, “Theo”

Birds of a Feather: 1st Place:

Fran Odum, “Ham and Eggs” Joanne Agostinelli, “Right in Step”

2nd Place:

Peggy Orbon, “Giant Sunflowers”

Nancy King Mertz, “Social Climber”

Janis Barrett, “What’s Up, Ruben?

Liz Kenyon, “Garden Muse”

Doggy Grins and Kitty Snark

Squint eye, feline disdain, looking for humor!

Whaaa’s Up? 9” x 12” $275

JOANNE AGOSTINELLI • Signature Member • joanne.agostinelli@gmail.com

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Happy Jack 9” x 12” $500

JANIS BARRETT • Signature Member • janis.barrett@hotmail.com

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Terrierist 8” x 10 $150

11 SUSAN BJERKE • Associate Member • azcrazy@gmail.com

Lady Bug 9” x 11” $200

LINDA CORRAO • Associate Member • skilin@verizon.net

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Cattitude 8” x 10” $250

13 DEBORAH CORRENTI • Associate Member • debcorrenti@me.com

Sammy and Her Spiky Ball 9” x 12” $1200

Sammy and Her Spiky Ball 9” x 12” $1200

DOROTHY DOOLEY • Signature Member • dorothydooleyartist@gmail.com

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Dog Days of Summer 9” x 11” $100

PATTI HOFFERT • Associate Member • phott2850@yahoo.com

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Give a Dog a Bone 12” x 9” $350

16 ANNIE JONES • Signature Member • myodyssey72@yahoo.com

I Am Kelby 12” x 16” $850

MARLENE MACEK • Associate Member • elmophud@hotmail.com

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Nap Interrupted 14” x 10” $225

GINA MURROW • Signature Member • ginamurrow@me.com

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Kitty in a Burlap Bag 9” x 12” $1050

KIMBERLY PANFIL • Associate Member • top.prosales1@gmail.com

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For Me? 13.5” x 11” $375

MELODY SEARS • Signature Member • melodysearsart@gmail.com

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Cone-y Dog 9.5” x 9.5” $140

21 AUDRE TAGTMEYER • Associate Member • teartag@cox.net

Bobcat Sneak Attack 11” x 11” $300

NORI THORNE • Signature Member • norithorne@gmail.com

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Did Someone Say Treats? 10” x 10” $250

JEANNE WELLINS • Signature Member • jwellins@icloud.com

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Cleo Waving 9” x 12” $295

MARCIA WRIGHT • Signature Member • wrighthues@aol.com

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SELF PORTRAIT WITH ATTITUDE

Benign to demonic, you in a mask, an abstract you, a younger you, the you that no one has seen before, the you that you wish you could be…..) any you, but you!

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Self Portrait With Attitude 11” x 13 $200

SUSAN BJERKE • Associate Member • azcrazy@gmail.com

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Self Portrait in Pink 13” x 10.5” $350

28 ANNE GEE • Signature Member • toanlajac@aim.com

Windy Night Rider 12” x 9” $350

ANNIE JONES • Signature Member • myodyssey72@yahoo.com

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Self Portrait with Attitude 16” x 12” $950

30 KENNETH KEITH • Signature Member • kenart80@yahoo.com

Do You See What I See? 11” x 14” $200

PAULA KUEHL • Associate Member • paintinpaula@comcast.net

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Watermelon Overload 12” x 9” $125

GINA MURROW • Signature Member • ginamurrow@me.com

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Diplopia Fix 16” x 12” $475

MELODY SEARS • Associate Member • melody sears@gmail.com

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Letting the Cat out of the Bag 18” x 12” $500

NORI THORNE • Signature Member • norithorne@gmail.com

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My First Face Tattoo 12” x 9” $275

MARSHA WRIGHT • Signature Member • wrighthues@aol.com

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Any kind of bird, from a chicken to an eagle…. Includes nests with birds and bird feeders with birds…. Birds in a barn, birds on a telephone wire, birds sitting at the harbor. This could be a landscape with birds or a portrait of a bird and anything in between

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Right in Step 14” x 15” $275

JOANNE AGOSTINELLI • Signature Member • joanne.agostinelli@gmail.com

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Flamboyance 9” x 9” $250

DEBORAH CORRENTI • Associate Member • debcorrenti@me.com

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Close Up 8” x 10” $450

DOROTHY DOOLEY • Signature Member • dorothy dooleyartist@gmail.com

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Golden Pheasant 10” x 14” $600

KATHE DRAKE • Signature Member • artkathe11141@gmail.com

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Blue Jay 12” x 18” $450

TAL DVIR • Associate Member • taldvir@taldvir.com

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Bird Lady 9” x 12” $250

42 LINDA EELKEMA • Associate Member • leelk@comcast.com

There’s One in Every Crowd 9” x 12” $350

ANNIE JONES • Signature Member • myodyssey72@yahoo.com

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Full House 15” x 17” $250

PAULA KUEHL • Associate Member • paintinpaula@comcast.net

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Sketch Before the Show 9” x 12” $1000

NANCIE KING MERTZ • Distinguished Member • nancie@nanciekingmertz.com

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Warming Up the Choir 12” x 16” $325

GINA MURROW • Signature Member • ginamurrow@me.com

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Ham and Eggs 11” x 14” $800

FRAN ODUM • Signature Member • franodum01@comcast.net

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Soar 14” x 10” $300

RACHEL PEARSON • Associate Member • rarichard@gmail.com

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Birds of Cartagena Chatting 11” x 14” $300

KATHLEEN SUTHERLAND • Associate Member • kathsuth@gmail.com

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Quirky Turkey, “Red” 12” x 15” $845

BURNETA VENOSDEL • Associate Member • vburneta@gmail.com

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LOOKING UP

From outside or inside, clouds or ceilings, or……tops of trees, roofs of buildings, bridges, the head of a waterfall!

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Rainbow Coconuts 11” x 14” $275

BARBARA ARCHER-BALDWIN • Associate Member • venicebarb@gmail.com

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What’s Up. Ruben? 7” x 9” $300

JANIS BARRETT • Signature Member • janis.barrett@hotmail.com

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Evening Glory 9” x 12” $240

DEBBORAH CHARBONEAU • Associate Member • dcharboneauart@gmail.com

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Fall’s Palette 15” x 20” $300

LINDA CORRAO • Associate Member • skilin@verizon.net

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Wells Street 8” x 10” $250

DEBORAH CORRENTI • Associate Member • debcorrenti@me.com

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I Can Hear the Owl Sing 16” x 12” $1150

58 CHRISTINE DEBROSKY • Distinguished Member • chrsky@centurylink.net

Sierras Late Snow 12” x 18” $680

59 TAL DVIR • Associate Member • taldvir@taldvir.com

The Old and the New 12” x 9” $350

ANNIE JONES • Signature Member • myodyssey72@yahoo.com

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Looking Up 16” x 12” $950

KENNETH KEITH • Signature Member • kenart80@yahoo.com

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Brooklyn By Storm 12” x 9” $175

GINA MURROW • Signature Member • ginamurrow@me.com

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Partly Sunny 16” x 12” $500

PEGGY ORBON • Signature Member • m.orbon@cox.net

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Cactus Sunset 9” x 12” $1050

KIMBERLY PANFIL • Associate Member • top.prosales1@gmail.com

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Chimney Rock 11” x 14” $300

RACHEL PEARSON • Associate Member • rarichard@gmail.com

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Blazing 14” x 11” $400

NANCY PRICE • Associate Member • nancyprice9@gmail.com

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Reaching for the Sky 11.5” x 15” $400

JUDY QUIMBY • Signature Member • judyq7@gmail.com

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The Goldfinch Tree 8” x 8” $100

MELODY SEARS • Associate Member • melodysearsart@gmail.com

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Tree Dreaming 9” x 12” $225

JUDY STANGER • Associate Member • jstanger123@earthlink.net

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View From A Dogfood Bowl 10” x 9.5” $145

AUDREY TAGTMEYER • Associate Member • teartag@cox.net

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Things Are Looking Up 16” x 16” $500

NORI THORNE • Signature Member • norithorne@gmail.com

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Simply Sunset 11 x 14” $300

72 JUDE TOLAR • Signature Member • jtolar@suddenlink.net

Spring Glow 12” x 10” $250

JEANNE WELLINS • Signature Member • jwellins@icloud.com

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GARDEN MAGIC

Formal or wild, a bloom or a row of veggies, a greenhouse or a gardenshed, edible or not, with

insects or without, garden implements are good too.

This could be a landscape approach or something more up close as in a floral composition or other form of still life.

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Home Pond #6 8” x 8” $250

BARBARA ARCHER-BALDWIN • Associate Member • venicebarb@gmail.com

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Hawaiian Pods 9” x 12” $400

JANIS BARRETT • Signature Member • janis.barrett@hotmail.com

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Magic Hollyhocks 9” x 12” $250

LAURA BLACK • Signature Member • lauraartz@cox.net

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Zinnia Daze 6” x 6” $175

78 DIANA BURNS • Associate Member • dianaburnsart@gmail.com

Resplendence 8” x 10” $175

DEBBORAH CHARBONEAU • Associate Member • dcharboneauart@gmail.com

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Purple Pansies 12” x 15” $250

LINDA CORRAO • Associate Member • skilin@verizon.net

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Merry May 16” x 20” $1750

CHRISTINE DEBROSKY • Distinguished Member • chrsky@centurylink.net

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Peek a Boo 12” x 12” $225

LYN DELANO • Associate Member • ldelano52@gmail.com

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Japanese Tea Garden 12.5” x 8” $500

KATHE DRAKE • Signature Member • artkathe11141@gmail.com

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Flower Baubles 7” x 9.5” $200

DIANNE DYKSTRA • Associate Member • ddykstra876@gmail.com

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Pathway to Shore 12” x 18” $500

TAL DVIR • Associate Member • taldvir@taldvir.com

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Tropical Waterlilies 11” x 14” $300

LINDA EELKEMA • Associate Member • leelk@comcast.com

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At the Garden Gate 12” x 9” $250

DIANE GREENEICH • Associate Member • dgreeneich@gmail.com

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Summer Garden 11” x 9” $100

PATTI HOFFERT • Associate Member • phoff2850@yahoo.com

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Run for It 12” x 9” $350

ANNIE JONES • Signature Member • myodyssey72@yahoo.com

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By the Back Gate 12” x 16” $950

KENNETH KEITH • Signature Member • kenart80@yahoo.com

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The Garden Muse 13” x 11” $900

LIZ KENYON • Distinguished Member • liztration@cox.net

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Garden Cabin 11” x 14” $250

PAULA KUEHL • Associate Member • paintinpaula@comcast.net

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Social Climber 12.5” x 12” $1200

93 NANCIE KING MERTZ • Distinguished Member • nancie@nanciekingmertz.com

Dancing With Fireflies 12” x 9” $175

GINA MURROW • Signature Member • ginamurrow@me.com

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Giant Sunflower 12” x 12” $450

PEGGY ORBON • Signature Member • m.orbon@cox.net

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In the Garden 9” x 12” $1050

KIMBERLY PANFIL • Associate Member • top.prosales1@gmail.com

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The Demo Garden 11” x 14” $300

RACHEL PEARSON • Associate Member • rarichard@gmail.com

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The Sunbathers 18” x 12” $480

NANCY PRICE • Associate Member • nancyprice9@gmail.com

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Garden Glory 8” x 10” $300

JUDY QUIMBY • Signature Member • judyq7@gmail.com

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Great Big Bloom 9” x 9” $200

MELODY SEARS • Associate Member • melodysearsart@gmail.com

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Out of the Garden 9” x 9” $225

JUDY STANGER • Associate Member • jstanger123@earthlink.net

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Cartagena Fruit Market Woman 16” x 12” $300

KATHLEEN SUTHERLAND • Associate Member • kathsuth@gmail.com

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You Talkin’ to Me? 8” x 8” $100

AUDRE TAGTMEYER • Associate Member • teartag@cox.net

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Tlaquepaque Chapel 11” x 9” $350

NORI THORNE • Signature Member • norithorne@gmail.com

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Colorama 8” x 16” $275

JUDE TOLAR • Signature Member • jtolar@suddenlink.net

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Chamisa at Blue Mesa 10.5” x 14” $600

BURNETA VENOSDEL • Associate Member • vburneta@gmail.com

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FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF VAN GOGH

Your own photo but done in Vincent’s style.

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Under a Mohave Sun 12” x 15” $350

JOANNE AGOSTINELLI • Signature Member • joanne.agostinelli@gmail.com

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Sunnies in a Bottle 9.5 x 6” $195

BARBARA ARCHER-BALDWIN • Associate Member • venicebarb@gmail.com

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Gogh to the Sea 8 x 10” $150

SUSAN BJERKE • Associate Member • azcrazy@gmail.com

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Theo 6” x 6” $175

DIANA BURNS • Associate Member • dianaburnsart@gmail.com

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Tribute to Vincent 6” x 8” $48

DEBBORAH CHARBONEAU • Associate Member • DCHARBONEAUART@GMAIL.

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Ride With V.G. 7” x 9.5” $200

114 DIANNE DYKSTRA • Associate Member • ddykstra876@gmail.com

Self Portrait in Style of Van Gogh 11.5” x 15.5” $325

LINDA EELKEMA • Associate Member • leelk@comcast.com

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Iris in the Spring 12” x 9” $200

116 DIANE GREENEICH • Associate Member • dgreeneich@gmail.com

My Bedroom 12” x 8” $350

ANNIE JONES • Signature Member • myodyssey72@yahoo.com

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Fields of Gold 9” x 12” $350

MARLENE MACEK • Associate Member • elmophud@hotmail.com

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Vincent’s Marsh 10” x 14” $225

GINA MURROW • Signature Member • ginamurrow@me.com

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Self Portrait While in Voluntary Exile at Ghost Ranch 11” x 14” $300

RACHEL PEARSON • Associate Member • rarichard@gmail.com

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Self Portrait 22” x 18” $800

SERGEI PIETELA • Signature Member • sergei.pietela@gmail.com

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Geraniums Glow for Vincent 7” x 7.5” $350

122 JUDY QUIMBY • Signature Member • judyq7@gmail.com

Marge’s Quilt 12” x 9” $275

MELODY SEARS • Associate Member • melodysearsart@gmail.com

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Sunflowers for Vincent 14” x 11” $200

124 NORI THORNE • Signature Member • norithorne@gmail.com

Vincent’s View 12 x 16” $350

JUDE TOLAR • Signature Member • jtolar@suddenlink.net

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Calla Lilly 12 x 9” $185

MARSHA WRIGHT • Signature Member • wrighthues@aol.com

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