PREVIOUS EXHIBITION
 
IGOR 9th Annual Juried Exhibition

At the Robert Lange Studios in Charleston, SC
November 7th - November 28th, 2014

"Rendezvous in Charleston"
Opening Weekend of Events: November 5th - 7th, 2014
The International Guild of Realism had a wonderful week of art events celebrating the opening of our 9th Annual Exhibition at the beautiful Robert Lange Studios in historic Charleston, South Carolina. We enjoyed several events over a three day period with over 25 IGOR artists in attendance. The weather was sunny everyday and all events turned out as planned including our first ever sunset dinner cruise. The quality of the show was amazing and without a doubt, another astounding IGOR Annual Exhibition. The Robert Lange Studios is one of the highest rated galleries in the US and has been voted the best gallery in Charleston from 2010 to 2013. It's one of largest galleries in this historic city and has a beautiful museum style exhibition space. The paintings were hung beautifully and the lighting on every painting was perfect. Our host gallery was equally as thrilled with the quality of the show and they were grateful that so many IGOR artists attended the opening events.

On Wednesday evening, November 5th, we had a "Meet and Greet" cocktail reception at the rooftop bar of the grand Hotel Vendue in downtown Charleston with amazing views of the downtown and Charleston harbor! Thursday, November 6, from 4:00 to 8:30 pm, we had our first ever "Seminars, Sunset Blues and Barbecue Dinner Cruise" in beautiful Charleston Harbor. This amazing event featured seminars, a southern barbeque dinner, a wonderful blues band and amazing night time views of Charleston Harbor. Our main seminar was given by Camille Engel. She gave an informative talk on "The Importance of Artist Branding". Friday, November 7, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, Gallery Art Walk and Historic Tour of downtown Charleston by art docent of the Vendue Hotel, Alison Massari. Our guide gave us a grand tour of the best galleries in Charleston, as well as of historical sites along the way. We ended our three days of art events with our opening reception at Robert Lange Studios on Friday evening, November 7th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. The opening party was very well attended with over 500 patrons of the arts and everyone dressed beautifully for this gala evening. This special evening was a perfect way to end our third day of art events!

Video

IGOR has once again produced a short slide show video which includes several images from all of the special events including images taken during the opening. Thank you to all of the members and their guests who attended the events in Charleston and hopefully this video will bring back quite a few happy memories. For those of you who weren't able to attend or to be juried into the event, we hope that you will enjoy the video of the 9th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibition. Thanks for your team spirit and we are glad that you came!

This new IGOR video has numerous still images that were taken during the three days. We have tried to include many of the artists, paintings, award winners, and shots of our many events in Charleston. Please feel free to add the link or embed the source code into your websites and send it out to your collector base, artist friends, and Facebook.

 

Selected Artists

Lee Alban Harold Allanson Peter Ambush Nancy Andresen George Ayers Tony Baselici Sarah Bent Richard Berger Linda Besse R. Geoffrey Blackburn David Michael Bowers Hebe Brooks Karen A. Budan Marsha Chandler Donald Clapper Ed Copley Diane Davich Craig Mary Jane Q. Cross Michael DeVore Judith Dickinson David J. Eichenberg Camille Engel Sheri Farabaugh Loretta Fasan Leslie Junkin Fornalik Sue Gombus George A. Gonzalez Jorge Alberto Gonzalez Peter Green Jane Hartley Paula Henchell Grace Kim Lorena Kloosterboer Anne-Marie Kornachuk

Gary Davis Lang Deanna Lee Ning Lee Erwin P. Lewandorwski Patricia Guzman Lopez Barbara J. Mason Mike Mazer Laurin McCracken Terry Miller Diane Morgan Sandra Murphy Ann Nichols Vala Ola Brian O'Neill Jon Boe Paulsen Colin Poole Ed Roberts Sandra Robinson Scott Royston Ken Scaglia Megan Seiter Beth Sistrunk Craig Srebnik Ardith Starostka Josh Tiessen Patricia Tribastone Elizabeth Tyler Jette van der Lende Randy Van Dyck James Van Fossan Jenny Van Gimst Ann Kraft Walker Elizabeth K. Weiss Johannes Wessmark

IGOR Awards

As customary during our annual juried exhibitions, we ask the gallery to appoint a guest judge(s) to award ribbons in different categories to selected Guild Members for their outstanding artwork. All award winners received their ribbons by mail after the conclusion of the exhibition.

Congratulations to the Winners!

Best of Show
"After the Bath" by David Michael Bowers

American Art Collector Editor Choice
"Olives" by George Ayers

Bill & Sue Rowett Collector's Choice
"Never Fails" by Ann Kraft Walker

Robert Kirkpatrick Best Still Life
"Coffee with Orchids" by Hebe Brooks

Best Figurative
"Devan in Scarf" by David Eichenberg

Best Floral
"Eloquence" by Richard Berger

Best Landscape
"Twilight on the Colorado" by R. Geoffrey Blackburn

Best Tromp l'Oeil
"Trilogy" by Jorge Alberto Gonzales

Best Wildlife
"Floating Between Two Worlds" by Camille Engel

Director's Choice
"A Few Too Many" by Michael Devore

Pioneer in Realism
"Blue Nude" by Tony Baselici

Creative Achievement
"Ahoy Sleeper" by Josh Tiessen

Artist's Choice Award
"Here I am" by Peter Ambush

Best Drawing
"Crevice Stream IV" by Erwin P. Lewandowski
 

Many Thanks to Our Corporate Sponsor!

We would also like to send out a special "Thank You" to our IGOR Event Coordinator, Kim Orlowski, who did a fabulous job planning all of the events and working alongside IGOR Charter Members. Bravo Kim!
 

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