The International Guild of Realism

The International Guild of Realism
For the advancement of Realism in Fine Art

The International Guild of Realism: Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition
at the Weatherburn Gallery, in Naples, Florida

The International Guild of Realism’s Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition
at the Weatherburn Gallery, in Naples, Florida
held from February 17 through March 3, 2009

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The Weatherburn Gallery

Featuring these 48 Artist Members:
Arleta Pech	Jan Stommes	Ning Lee
Bill Barnes	Jane Hartley	Pat Jackman
Camille Engel	Jeanne Crain Leemon	Peter Yesis
Carol McArdle	John Vistaunet	Rick W. Hansen
Carolina Daley	Juan Medina	Robert C. Kirkpatrick
Cynthia Knox	K. Henderson	Ryan D. Jacque
David M. Bowers	Ken Fuller	Sandra Power
David Xu	Larry Charles	Scott Royston
Deborah Barton	Lee Alban	Sheila Cantrell
Don Clapper	Lorena Kloosterboer	Sherry Jo Horton
Donna Slade	Marina Dieul	Tom Cardamone
Donna Surprenant	Mark Thompson	Vadim Dolgov
Gary Hernandez	Mary Felton	Vala Ola
Gemma Gylling	Michele Pope Melina	Victor Mordasov
George Gonzalez	Mike Mazer	William Albanese
Jacqueline Gnott	Nick Long	Zamfir Dumitrescu


	Congratulations to our Award Winners!
Sheila Cantrell - Best Drawing		Marina Dieul - Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Best of Show


Don Clapper - Best Figurative	Gary Hernandez - Best Floral	George Gonzalez - Best Trompe l’Oeil



David Bowers - Pioneer in Realism	Gemma Gylling - Best Wildlife	Vala Ola - Artist’s Choice



Scott Royston - Best Still Life	Juan Medina - Director’s Choice	Mark Thompson - Best of Show


	Larry Charles & Lorena Kloosterboer - Creative Achievement

The judges

Co-judges in all categories were:

Roger Weatherburn Baker
Roger formerly managed the IBM Gallery of Science and Art in New York City and served for several years on the board of the Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan, Connecticut. He is a Founding Member and President of the Naples Fine Art Dealers Association (NFADA).

Leslie Cheek FASID
Leslie is a Medalist Award winner and Fellow of the American Society of Interior Designers, and a former member of that society’s national board of directors. She is a member of the board of the United Arts Council of Collier County and holds key positions in several other southwest Florida community organizations.

Jonathan Green
Jonathan is one of the country’s top African American painters whose work is in the permanent collection of several museums in the southern US. He has received numerous awards over the last 30 years of his career, including most recently the Key of Life Award this month from The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in recognition of his lifetime contribution to the arts. Next month (March 2009) he will receive the keys to the City of Naples where he resides.

Judges for specific categories were:

The Director’s Choice Award was judged by Heather Begley, who has served as Executive Director for The Weatherburn Gallery for the past ten years and is a leading figure among young art professionals in the Naples community.

The Artist’s Choice Award was judged by Jonathan Green (see above).

The Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Best of Show Award was judged by B. Eric Rhoades, Chairman and CEO of Streamline Publishing, Publisher of Fine Art Connoisseur.