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Small Works Show 2005
January 22 through February 28, 2005
Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue
Juror:
Victoria Gail-White, Art Columnist for the Honolulu Advertiser Newspaper.
Featured 131 works by 48 Kauai artists.
Photos by Carol Ann Davis/Portraits of Hawaii©2005

The Kauai Society of Artists' Small Works Show 2005 was on exhibit at the Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall in Lihue from January 22 through February 28, 2005. New this year was an artwork size limit of 2 inches maximum in any direction. Frame, mat, or other support could extend to 6 inches, but the art itself could not extend beyond the 2 inch limit. Artists were encouraged to meet the challenge, have fun, and see how small they could go.

Awards:

  • Rena Selfe Award in memory fom Ned and Robin Selfe to John Davison for Brush with Death.
  • KSA Award to Sally French for Lil' Lucy.
  • KSA Invitation Award to A. Kimberlin Blackburn for A Matter of Our Heart: Dad.
  • Dean French Woodworking Award from owner Dean French to Jolly Bodine for Tyranny of Should.
  • Lulu Harris Award in memory from Carl Steinhart and the French family to John Katsuumi Altomare for Chimney.
  • Art Framers Partners Award from owners Ron Oda and Jon Tom to Doug Britt for Small World.
  • Portraits of Hawaii Award from owner Carol Ann Davis to Melinda Morey for Hot Pursuit.

Honorable Mentions:

  • Sharon Britt for Nest.
  • Penny Nichols for Penny.
  • Carol Ann Davis for Footage.
  • Jamie Gilleran for Hula Feet.
  • Fanny Bilodeau for Small Work #2.
  • Sally French for Lil' Nell.
  • Rosa Silver for Medicinal Realities: Truth No. 1548.

Lil' Lucy, wax, oil, and xerography by Sally French © S. French 2005

The Kauai Society of Artists is supported in part by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the legislature of the State of Hawaii and the National Endowment for the Arts. Exhibition space is courtesy of Kukui Grove Shopping Center.

Mahalo to all the participating artists, generous award donors, hard working KSA volunteers, and Kukui Grove staff and management.

Flo Close Raw, photography by Jamie Gilleran © J. Gilleran 2005

Baby Block 1- Hot Pursuit, graphite on wood by Melinda Morey © M. Morey 2005

Penny, 1945-, mixed media by Penny Nichols © P. Nichols 2005

Brush With Death, old paintbrush by John Davison © J. Davison 2005

Footage, acrylic by Carol Ann Davis © CA Davis 2005

Small Work, mixed media by Fanny S. Bilodeau © F. Bilodeau 2005

Medicinal Realities: dream green (Truth No. 0028), opaque watercolor by Rosa Silver © R. Silver 2005

About the juror:

Victoria Gail-White has been writing the art column for the Honolulu Advertiser newspaper for the past three years. Prior to that, she owned the Art Plantation Gallery in Haleiwa.

Her textile and fiber works have been accepted in many juried exhibitions in Hawaii and the mainland. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch University in psychology and has supplemented her art education with numerous workshops over the years.

Gail-White has worked as a professional chef, as an educator, a beekeeper, and has designed exhibitions. Besides her artwork, her recent interests include community theater.

Victoria moved to Hawaii from New York in 1978.


Jolly Bodine artwork

Mixed media work by Jolly Bodine © J. Bodine 2005 Photo by Carol Ann Davis

"I believe in the creative spirit in all of us. Personally, I am always happiest when I am creating something, it doesn't matter what it is. And it seems to me, after all these years of looking at and studying art, that pure, directed creative energy is always visible. When art isn't self-conscious it's inspiring."

Victoria Gail-White

A Matter of Our Heart: Dad, Ultrachrome print by A. Kimberlin Blackburn © A.K. Blackburn 2005 Photo by Carol Ann Davis
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