RayMar's
 Third Annual Fine Art Competition
February 1, 2008 - January 31, 2009
 

2005 - 2006 RayMar Fine Art Competition - Winners
Painting
Award_Title
Judge's Critque
Robert Coombs

First Leaves Of Autumn • 16 x 11
Finalist For Jan 2006
1st Place - $10,000 CashOverall, this painting is done beautifully. Good technique and skill. Nice composition with the figure against back light. Fewer warm color accents on the leaves brings up the excitement level. -Hui Han Liu
Jim Wodark

Morro Bay Fishing Boats • 16 x 20
Finalist For Nov 2005
2nd Place - $5,000 Value - Week at Chateau des ArtI love painting Morro Bay. You tackled an intricate problem and came out with a well-built painting. Good sense of the fleeting light. John Burton
Jeffrey Watts

The Eccentric • 16 x 8
Finalist For Jan 2006
3rd Place - $2,500 CashThis is a simplistic piece with limited color palette which unifies the shapes. The hightlight accents on the glasses create the dramatic focus. The dashed paint was fun to look at! -Hui Han Liu
Mark Hemleben

Wildflowers • 16 x 20
Finalist For Jan 2006
4th Place - $1,000 CashStrong pattern design in loose paint application! -Hui Han Liu
aaron westerberg

Jewler • 16 x 12
Finalist For Nov 2005
5th Place - $1,000 CashTerrific painting. Alert the presses!! If you are not well known you can be. I wish I were painting next to you with this model. I like the brushwork and the confident modeling of the face and beard. John Burton
Susan Astleford

Patio Roses with Green Shutter, Cetona, Italy • 16 x 12
Finalist For Oct 2005
6th Place - $1,000 CashThis painting gives the viewer a nice feel of light and shadow in a subtle way. I especially like the textural qualitiy of the paint here. Nice use of color with emphasis in the right place for the focal. The sunlit areas streak across in a diagonal which is a nice contrast to alot of verticals.The strong darks at the bottom keep this grounded. Gay Faulkenberry
Robert Coombs

Reverie In Firelight • 6 x 8
Finalist For Jan 2006
7th Place - $1,000 CashBeautiful setting and paint application! Good color and tonal arrangement. It would be better if angle of the arm stretched out on the floor looked more comfortable. -Hui Han Liu
Robert Coombs

Fatherhood • 16 x 12
Finalist For Jan 2006
8th Place - $1,000 CashThis is a good piece to set the emotional mood in an autum scene! Beautiful arrangement and technique as well. The unity of the white shirts between father and son was skillful, and artfully broken up by the shape of the vest. -Hui Han Liu
Jim Wodark

"Myrtle's Flowers" • 18 x 14
Finalist For May 2005
9th Place - $1,000 CashI like intimate paintings like this, A good job of massing flower shapes together to create bigger shapes and simpler design. - Jeremy Lipking
pang-yen chou

the old boat • 12 x 16
Finalist For Dec 2005
10th Place - $1,000 CashThe artist caught, using loose painterly strokes the textural effects of old weathered painted surfaces using great dry brushwork- works very well. The variation in warm browns and greys adds effectively to the scene. The execution of simple brushwork for the background strengthens the center of interest. -Betty Carr
Elizabeth Pollie

Day of Rest • 16 x 20
Finalist For Jan 2006
11th Place- $1,000 CashBeautiful mood in this abstract design. -Hui Han Liu
Janice Yow Hindes

Tall Texas Sun • 16 x 8
Finalist For Feb 2006
12th Place - $1,000 CashEffective treatment of light. I like the unusual composition and the painterly treatment of the foreground cacti. It's possible (although it might be the fault of the reproduction) that the back tree--the tall one-- is a little dark and would go back better if it was lightened up and cooled down a little. All in all, a very good job.
Robert Coombs

Shining Bright • 16 x 12
Finalist For Mar 2006
Honorable Mention - 13th Place - $250 MerchandiseAlthough this work has very expressive brushwork which can overpower a subject, there is nothing that detracts from the beautiful expression and gesture in the figure. There is an ease and truth to the figure which has been masterfully expressed and the advanced technique enhances the subject. - D. Demers
betsey nelson

Pink sandals • 8 x 6
Finalist For Oct 2005
Honorable Mention - 14th Place - $250 MerchandiseThis painting exhibits all the qualities of a successful outdoor figure study. Wonderful use of color and emphasis on light and shadow, nice planes of the figure and a loose approach that really works! The dark of her hair is balanced nicely with another dark note under her knee that keeps the viewer moving around the painting. Super small painting! Gay Faulkenberry
Jim Wodark

Balboa Fun Zone • 16 x 12
Finalist For Sep 2005
Honorable Mention - 15th Place - $250 MerchandiseA great design through the artist's use of a dark and light pattern. A reserved use of color allows the values to more carry the message. Just enough use of a human element to give scale to the painting. Good use of a variety of edges.
Dean Shelton

Fly Fishing • 9 x 12
Finalist For Mar 2006
Honorable Mention - 16th Place - $250 MerchandiseThis work creates great atmosphere and energy by juxtaposing abstraction with realism. The contrasts in value and the dynamic design create the sense of the “great outdoors”. There is also a very effective use of atmospheric perspective in the scene. The gestures in the brushwork give the painting movement and life. -D. Demers
 
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