FEBRUARY 12, 2021, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
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KAA honors artists of all ages
Winners of Keizer Art Association’s
(KAA) dual February exhibit were an-
nounced online on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Awards were bestowed in the Winter
Show and the McNary Art Show.
Winter Wanderer, a watercolor of a
bear in winter by Angela Wrantz won
fi rst place in the KAA Winter Show’s
2D category; second place honors went
to Remembering Auxerre, France, a pencil
drawing by Michael Dora. Cherry Trees,
an acrylic painting by Jo Ann Leading-
ham won a third place ribbon.
The winners in the photography cat-
egory were Buddha Napping by Gary Ol-
sen-Hasek (fi rst place), Freeze Fall by Su-
zie Torre-Cross (second place) and Honor
Guard by Donna Lee (third place).
Digital art winners in the Winter
Show exhibit were Bird Bath Dove by
Gary Olsen-Hasek (fi rst place), Over the
Rainbow in Maui by Rebecca Lockwood
(second place) and Silver Lake Thaw by
Gary Olsen-Hasek (third place).
Real
Martha Hughes won fi rst place in 3D
art for her textile piece, Edo Art. Kylie
Saddler-Penick won fi rst place honors in
the youth art category for her painting
titled Fresh Fruit.
Named Best of Show in the Winter
Show was Sunset in Full Bloom in colored
pencil by Debbie Bowen.
Juror’s Merit award winner was Kar-
en Saleen for her colored pencil piece of
two wine glasses, Empty Refl ections.
Best Top winners in the McNary Art
Show—honoring high school artists—
were named in three categories: photog-
raphy, 2D art and digital art. First place
in 2D art went to Naia Faulkner’s Real.
Coat by Bella Biondi won second place
in 2D art while Meghan Arritola’a Shoes
took third place.
Digital art winners were Fairy Rhap-
sody by Bella Beard (fi rst place), Tango
by Angela Bakanov (second place), third
place honors went to Quarantine Selfi e by
Aydan Bryant.
In the photography category, fi rst
place was won by Abbie Covalt for Grow-
ing Up, second place went to Naturally
Golden, also by Abbie Covalt and third
place went to Elise Ali for Sunset.
Best of Show honors in the Mc-
Nary Art Show was presented to Angela
Bakanov’s Slavic Folk Tales.
All the winners and entries can be see
on the association’s website: keizerarts.
com.
Bird Bath Dove
Winter Wanderer
Growing Up
Slavic Folk Tales
Sunset in Full Bloom
Buddha Napping