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Art Show Awards - 2026

Thank you to judge Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, for making these selections. 

Acrylic

Best in Show

June Plotkin
Impossible Dream

Acrylic

2nd Place

Bruce Abrams
Corner Booth

Mixed Media

1st Place

Jennifer Hudnell
Silent Witness

Mixed Media

3rd Place

Sally O'Connell
Koi Dance

Oil

2nd Place

David Sommers
The Sun Sets Over Kensington

Other Media

1st Place

Floris Flam
Stepping Stones

Other Media

3rd Place

Beanne Rothenberg
Atoms MATTER

Pastels

2nd Place

Mary Ellen Simon
West of Gates Pass

Photography

1st Place

James Duncan
Cactus Flowers with Bees

Photography

3rd Place

Norva Madden
Venetian Shadow

Portraits

2nd Place

Ting Rao
Reflection

Print/Drawing

1st Place

Suharshini Seneviratne
Girl with the Red Ribbon

Print/Drawing

3rd Place

Carol Morgan
Golden Ladies

Smalls

2nd Place

Mak Dehejia
Tempest at Dusk

Watercolors

1st Place

Nancy Gund
Heavenly Mountain Boone, N.C.

Watercolors

3rd Place

Julie Steinberg
Yoho Golden Larch

Photography

Honorable Mention

Sandi Atkinson
Herne Haunts Derwood

Oil

Honorable Mention

Susan Barnes
Chicks & Cows

Smalls

Honorable Mention

Maria-Victoria Checa
Tormented Seas

Print/Drawing

Honorable Mention

Rosemary Fallon
Sound of Darkness

Acrylic

Honorable Mention

Cathy Grubman
Stepping Stone

Watercolors

Honorable Mention

Denise Juliano-Bult
Orange and Lime

Mixed Media

Honorable Mention

Gail Kaplan-Wassell
Nothing Gold Can Stay

Oil

Honorable Mention

Karen Merkin
First Bite

Smalls

Honorable Mention

Heather Paul
We The People

Smalls

Honorable Mention

Courtney Rogers
Riverscape

Mixed Media

Honorable Mention

Suzanne Stack
Blue Hole of Mystery

Smalls

Honorable Mention

Michelle Venable
Sunflower

Acrylic

1st Place

Maria-Victoria Checa
Blueberry Hill

Acrylic

3rd Place

Bernice Duvall
Morning on the Patio

Mixed Media

2nd Place

Catherine Levinson
Yellow Flowers

Oil

1st Place

John Duke
Buffon's Macaw

Oil

3rd Place

Courtney Rogers
Afternoon on the Back Channel

Other Media

2nd Place

Merrilee Harrigan
Reflections

Pastels

1st Place

Dawn Capron
River Rising

Pastels

3rd Place

Betty Metheny
Sailing

Photography

2nd Place

David Mosher
Abandoned

Portraits

1st Place

Suharshini Seneviratne
At the Realm of Womanhood

Portrait

3rd Place

Debbie Rappaport
Draped Light

Print/Drawing

2nd Place

Lis Zadravec
Soft Waves

Smalls

1st Place

Rosemary Fallon
October Woods: Following the Path

Smalls

3rd Place

Debbie Rappaport
The In Between

Watercolors

2nd Place

Nancy Davis
Campfire by Moonlight

Smalls

Honorable Mention

Bruce Abrams
Cleo

Watercolors

Honorable Mention

Kathee Baker
JB Chicken

Pastels

Honorable Mention

Katherine Bloom
Quiet Stream

Acrylic

Honorable Mention

Bernice Duvall
Hardy Begonia

Smalls

Honorable Mention

Susan Graham Fitzgerald
Cup and Saucer

Smalls

Honorable Mention

Jennifer Hudnell
A Thousand Soft Springs

Acrylic

Honorable Mention

Gail Kaplan-Wassell
Can We Get Along?

Smalls

Honorable Mention

Mita Lazarte
Mini Bouquet of Flowers

Watercolors

Honorable Mention

Molly Oliveri
Magnolia

Oil

Honorable Mention

Rebecca Ravenal
Down by the River

Other Media

Honorable Mention

Becky Snider
Conversations

Acrylic

Honorable Mention

Shirley Thompson
Abstract: Mostly Blue and Orange Abstract

Portraits

Honorable Mention

Lis Zadravec
St. Agnes of the Lowlands
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