2018 - Gold Medal Show

 

George Clark

Here's my pick for the  Gold Medal.

Tor thinks it's too cheesy,

but apparently that's what I like.

And it feels airy, breezy, and full of hope

for a day well spent on planet earth.

Stuart Fullerton

I'd give  medal to this one, too.

Kind of ominous, aggressive, annoying.

And strange.

A fine example of Chicago  painting.

Soko Okada

I am SO TIRED of portraits that idealize their subjects.

So this uncomfortable woman pleases me.

She is not a happy camper.

Mark Huddle

Is it a depressing cityscape?

Is it an edgy geo-form abstract painting ?

I like it.

Lilly Y. Lee

Former member Pamela Johnson has made a career

out of portraying sweet junk food.

This dramatic piece is a fine example of that genre,

The donuts appear to be having

a personal relationship.

Ali Hasmut

A highly personal view of our glass and steel canyons

Stacey Street

A lively celebration of urban energy

Stephanie Weidner

I've written about this painting before.

At this viewing -- it seemed like a time trip back to a hotel gift shop in the 1950's.

 

 

 

 

Rich Morrow

 

 

I've devoted a separate post to this masterpiece .

It won this year's Gold Medal,
though its artistry is more conceptual than formal.

It certainly celebrates the Palette and Chisel.

But it also undermines what makes it special.

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew Conklin

Cathy Berry

Charlotte Arnold

Christine Body

Clayton Beck III

Dan Kolleng

Dayle Sazonoff

Errol Jacobson

 

Helen Oh

Henrique Cerne-Lima

Lenin DelSol

 

M. Abbott Trboyevic

 

Michael Margherone

Misha Livshitz

Paul Bond

This might be the first time I've seen the work of this highly skilled airbrush illustrator in our shows.






 

Phyllis Brodny

 

 

Steve Puttrich

 

Val Yachik

Sex and death - what more can we  ask for?

Wei Hsueh

William Schneider