1st Place Award
David Carmack Lewis - Connection
From April 19 to June 29, 2019 Coos Art Museum will be exhibiting the Expressions West 2019 juried art competition. Artists from thirteen western states were invited to compete in this annual event. Juror Geoffrey McCormack has selected eighty-one artworks by seventy artists residing in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
2nd Place Award
Scott Berger -- Sunrise in Arco
The opening reception for Expressions West 2019 will take place on April 19 from 5 to 7 pm. The public is invited to attend. We anticipate that many of the participating artists will also be in attendance. An awards ceremony begins at 6 PM and Mr. McCormack will present the prize awards for the competition. The three prizes are $1,000 for first place, $750 for second place and $250 for the third place award. Honorable mentions will also be announced during the ceremony. We welcome all to come meet the artists and juror at the opening reception.
3rd Place Award
Dutch Mostert -- Floaters III
Juror Geoffrey McCormack attended Cabrillo College and San Jose State University earning a Master of Arts Degree with an emphasis on sculpture. In recent years he has concentrated on watercolor painting becoming a member of Watercolor Society of Oregon, the National Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society. He has exhibited widely including a solo-exhibition at Coos Art Museum in 2011. Among many achievements he recently received the Best of Show at the National Watercolor Society’s 89th Annual Exhibition. McCormack will be conducting a walk-through tour of Expressions West on Saturday April 28 at 1 PM. The walk-through will be followed by a tour/talk about “Learning to Walk in My Own Shadow” his art exhibition featured in the Mabel Hanson Gallery on the second floor of the Museum. This program is free to the public and promises to be a very special event.
