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Juror’s Statement
by Paul Rogers Harris
for the Fourth
Annual National Juried Art Exhibition
in Rockwall, Texas
First Prize — Ray Drasites - Gallery Clutter
As a juror, it’s always exciting to see new work. This keeps me up-to-date and selecting work sharpens my critical opinions.
How do I approach my assignment?
Before projecting the slides, I make sure that I’m rested and in a good mood. Then I project the slides. For this competition I went through the slides three times—once for an overview, a second time to make an initial selection, and finally to select the eighty slides that I thought deserved inclusion.
I was particularly pleased that there were some digital prints submitted and would recommend future competitions to encourage other new media.
What questions do I ask as I look at the work?
The Rockwell Art League provides an important service in promoting cultural activities for the community which is outside the Metroplex. It was a pleasure to work with the president, Doris Yanger, and committee chairman, Jeanne Sturdevant, because their planning and organization made my job much easier.
Thank you for inviting me to be the juror for this competition.
Paul
Rogers Harris
Dallas, Texas,
October 30, 2004
Comments on the Awards
First Prize Gallery Clutter (above), Epson Print by Ray Drasitas, Chapin, North Carolina — This work gives the viewer insight into the working habits of the artist, the thinking required for making a work of art, and shows a masterful skill in the use of a new medium — digital imaging.
Second Prize Sacred Drawing IX, acrylic, gouache and ink, by Vicki Martin, Dallas, Texas— She examined the world as it is today, reflected on the past, and successfully used collage as her medium.
Third Prize Untitled 2, mixed media on wood by Hadar Sabol, Frisco, Texas— Although the image is frightening, the artist seems to express human anxiety as it exists today.
Honorable Mentions
Minotaur and The
Waiting Room by Alan
Wentworth, Las Vegas,
Nevada — His blurred images produced
with the computer suggest the
uncertainty of human existence.
Simple Task, mixed media sculpture by Ann Marcella Stasa, Upton, Massachusetts — A beautiful object made out of simple elements from the earth. It moves with the slightest breeze.
Baba Speaks To The Sisters, etching and pencil by Doris Yanger, Rockwall, Texas — She expressed beautiful thoughts about her past while examining the beliefs she has today about life and a higher being.
Book Implosion, found object sculpture by Edwin Jager, Oshkosh, Wisconsin — His bound books are about the censorship we witness in textbook selection, television programming, and in visual arts exhibitions.
Nov 1965, Reconstructed Inkjet Print by Rusty Scruby, Dallas, Texas — He breaks down categories of art and crafts in an imaginative three-dimensional object whose images reflect the hope for future generations.
Kyros, Acrylic and Canvas by Tamura Davis Lee, Dallas, Texas — She is willing to experiment with old materials—acrylic and canvas — in a new way, producing an object that is both a painting and a sculpture.