Randall Tiedman (Cleveland, OH), Blue Breaking, acrylic and oil, 40 x 56 inches.

Vittorio Ottaviana (New York, NY), Bandits, oil on mahogany, 41 x 43 inches. Invited work, collection of Ken Tawfik. SEVENTY-FIRST NATIONAL MIDYEAR

THE BUTLER INSTITUTE of AMERICAN ART

Chuck Wood (Chicago, IL), To Warm the Heart, To Charm the Robert Huckestein, Pittsburgh, PA, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Sight, casein on canvas, 39 x 48 inches. Jules Olitski Award. Rembrandt’s Eyes, oil on canvas, 50 x 36 inches. Paul Georges Award.

THE BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART • 524 WICK AVENUE YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO • 44502 www.butlerart.com July 14 - August 26, 2007 AWARD WINNERS

Fern T. Apfel ¥ Kinderhook, NY Award Arthur Chartow ¥ West Bloomfield, MI Henry Billings Award Rick Daskam ¥ Southbury, CT Collectors Award In honor of Sir Edwin Manton Anita Dawson ¥ Columbus, OH Juror’s Prize Mark Farina ¥ Pacific Grove, CA Leslie Parris Award Julie Friedman ¥ Medina, OH Arnold Friedman Award Kathryn Frund ¥ Cheshire, CT Honorable Mention Tim Gaydos ¥ Patterson, NJ Phil Desind Award Tom McNickle (Volant, PA), Deep in Summer, oil, 36 x 70 inches. Invited work. Mark Giangaspero ¥ Cuyahoga Falls, OH Dianne B. Bernhard Art Spirit Purchase Prize Max Ginsburg ¥ New York, NY Collector’s Prize in Honor of Sir Kenneth Thompson Mark Giangaspero (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) Mr. Richardson, pastel 43 x 41 inches. Dianne B. Bernhard Art Spirit Purchase Prize. Gavin Glakas ¥ Washington, DC Honorable Mention Jane Hahler ¥ Falls Church, VA Louisa Matthiasdottir Award Lanna Pendelton Hall ¥ Montpelier, OH John Constable II Award Robert Huckstein ¥ Pittsburgh, PA Paul Georges Award Daniel Kinney ¥ Youngstown, OH Ian Fleming-Williams Award John Randall Younger (Ivy, VA), Basement Studio, oil on panel, Jane Hahler (Falls Church, VA), Sunset with Flags Luray, VA, oil Matthew Klos ¥ Sparrows Point, MD 33 x 44 inches. on canvas, 34 x 44 inches. David and Lydia Park Award Max Mason ¥ Wynewood, PA Stanley Boxer Award Kathy A. Moore ¥ Troy, OH Robert DeNiro, Sr. Award Joni Y. Parker ¥ Boulder, CO Leland Bell Award The 71st National Midyear, an annual juried show, surveys the Ruth M. Poniarski ¥ Westbury, NY current trends inTHE American painting BUTLERand other two dimensional work, INSTITUTE of Alexander Brook Award and presents pieces by artists living in the , or in US Territories. This year’s exhibition was judged by Larry Salander, Susan Shafer ¥ Ashland, OH distinguished American gallery owner, and made possible in part by Dan Christiansen Award Dianne B. Bernhard and the Art Spirit AMERICANFoundation. Additional ART support was provided through the generosity of Mr. Salander, Claudia Waters ¥ Montclair, NJ Barbara and Joseph Kernan, and the Allied Artists of America. Allied Artists of America Award YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Sharon Will ¥ Washington, MI © 2007 The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Evelyn Joll Award All rights reserved Chuck Wood ¥ Chicago, IL Catalogue design by Kathryn Earnhart with Matthew Mullane Jules Olitski Award Kathy A. Moore (Troy, OH), Northeast Corner Alley, oil on paper David Thomas Ruiz (Chico, CA), Oak, 2006, oil on panel, mounted on board 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Robert DeNiro Sr. Award. David P. Wood ¥ Cortland, OH 11 5/8 x 12 inches Meraud Guevara Award Claudia Waters (Montclair, NJ), Running Conversation, oil on linen, 16 x 12 inches. Allied Artists of America Award. Allied Artists Award This annual Midyear award is given by the Allied Artists of America, Inc., a non profit national art society composed of painters and sculptors, elected active members, and sustaining associate members from across the nation. Offices and exhibition galleries are located at the National Arts Club, Grammercy Park, . Founded in New York City in 1914, the organiza- tion has been devoted to exhibiting the work of both its former and current members. Recently, Allied Artists group exhibitions have been held in the galleries of the New York Historical Society located on Central Park West, and other open national Lanna Pendelton Hall (Montpelier, OH), Spectacular Sunset, oil on linen, 24 x 72 inches. competitions have been displayed at the National Arts Club, the National Academy of Design, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the World Trade Center and at museums across the country including The Butler Institute of American Art.

Dianne B. Bernhard Prize Phil Desind Award This award, given annually to an outstanding representa- tional work, honors the late Phil Desind (1910-1996), longtime director of Capricorn Galleries of Bethesda, Maryland, which Lanna Pendelton Hall (Montpelier, OH), Beth’s Sunrise, oil on linen, 18 x 60 inches. John Constable II Award. specialized in contemporary American realist painting. Phil Desind gave early recognition to many talented artists including Harvey Dinnerstein, Audrey Flack, John Stuart Ingle, Emil Janel, Roger Medearis, and Burton Silverman. In 1987, the Washington Post named Phil Desind “Collector of the Year,” and when he passed away in 1996, the Post wrote Portrait of Dianne B. that Desind’s collection was “. . .a trove of top-notch 20th Bernhard by Everett century American realism. Within the genre of realistic Raymond Kinstler painting, his taste was broad and impeccable.” courtesy of the Art Spirit Foundation. Phil Desind’s devotion Dianne B. Bernhard, Founder of the Art Spirit to the Butler Institute was Foundation, lives art in the tradition of Robert Henri. She outstanding. According to is an accomplished painter, teacher, arts advocate and Barbara Desind Kernan, devoted patron. Her background as a successful working who along with her artist led her to develop deep insights into the needs of husband Joe Kernan make artists. Through the activities and programs of the Art this annual award possible, Spirit Foundation, Dianne is working to bring maximum “I am proud to have Dad’s exposure to the arts on every level. As artists and their name permanently linked audiences rediscover the beauty and complexity of pastel, to the best accomplish- Arthur Chartow, West Bloomfield, MI, Skyway, oil on panel, 18 x 48 inches. Henry Billings Award. Art Spirit Foundation programs are designed to advance, ments of realist painters support, promote and document these artists’ efforts. now and in the years to The mission of the Art Spirit Foundation is to enrich come. He was always lives through the spirit of art—to promote the arts, to proud of the Butler for SEVENTY-FIRST illustrate how art enhances and enriches the lives of striving to become the everyone, and to provide insight into the spirit of art as a country’s bastion of life-changing force. Dianne B. Bernhard’s sponsorship of American realism. The NATIONAL MIDYEAR this annual Midyear award, designated to an outstanding Institute, its director Lou work in the medium of pastel, is a part of the ongoing Zona, and their joint cooperative efforts between The Butler Institute of Harvey Dinnerstein’s Portrait of Phil efforts held a large and American Art and the Art Spirit Foundation. Desind is in the Butler collection. special place in his heart.” July 14 - August 26, 2007 Susan Shafer, Ashland, OH Sharon Will, Washington, MI Exhibition Listing Four Elements II: One Pattern Pears and Purple Mixed media on acrylic Pastel 38” x 32” 20” x 23” David Emitt Adams, Cleveland, OH Virginia Schaffer Block, Upper Montclair, NJ Dan Christiansen Award Evelyn Joll Award Trewlawney Temple of Three Devotions #2 Photography (Silver Gelatin Print) Mixed acrylic mediums with papyrus on canvas Michael Sheets, Toledo, OH Patton Wilson, Sperryville, VA 23” x 19” 24” x 18” Tool Series #16 Turban and Gourds Oil on canvas Casein Leonette Adler, Virginia Beach, VA Jessica Bohné, Cincinnati, OH 24” x 36” 11” x 14” Cleaved Earth Looming Intimidation Oil Acrylic and charcoal on panel Michael Sheets, Toledo, OH Chuck Wood, Chicago, IL 36” x 36” 36” x 36” Tool Series #17 To Warm the Heart, To Charm the Sight Oil on canvas Casein on canvas Kitty Alward, Edinboro, PA Kay Bohren, Cortland, OH 32” x 48” 39” x 48” Double Trouble View at Aurora Lake Jules Olitski Award Oil on wood Acrylic John P. Smolko, Kent, OH 13 1/2” x 9” 40 1/2” x 51” Dinah (1B Studio Art, HL) Chuck Wood, Chicago, IL Colored pencil Oaxaca Window Kathy Anderson, Redding, CA Martha Jane Bradford, Brookline, MA 40” x 32” Casein on canvas Jenny Falls Wyoming Queen of the Night 48” x 39” Oil Digital drawing Kathleen Terlecky, Youngstown, OH 28” x 22” 23 3/4” x 32 1/2” Railing at Niagra David P. Wood, Cortland, OH Oil Marblehead Reflection Christine Apel, Alexandria, VA Diane Canfield Bywaters, Stevens Point, WI 26” x 32” Gumbichromate photo print Old News in Venice Wyoming Storm 14” x 11” Oil on linen Oil on wood Randall Tiedman, Cleveland, OH Meraud Guevara Award 14” x 20” 4” x 6” Wide Night Acrylic and oil Martha Young, Cortland, OH Fern T. Apfel, Kinderhook, NY Diane Canfield Bywaters, Stevens Point, WI 40” x 56” Winter Walk Thanksgivings Day 4: Grand Canyon at 6:15 p.m. Pastel on paper Mixed Media: Layered inks and collage Oil on pastelboard Randall Tiedman, Cleveland, OH 25” x 31” 10” x 8” 11” x 5” Blue Breaking Clement Greenberg Award Acrylic and oil John Randall Younger, Ivy, VA Edward Charney, Springfield, OH 40” x 56” Basement Studio Elaine Battles, Wooster, OH Ballynageeragh Dolmen Oil on panel Journal Drawing #7 Oil on board Kory Trolio, Boardman, OH 33” x 44” Micron #1 archival ink on paper 14” x 18” Chasing Seagulls with my Seagull 30” x 22” Cibachrome print Edward Charney, Springfield, OH 10” x 10” Edward Beuer, Bay Village, OH Haroldstown Dolmen - Portal Tomb Appalachian Barn #2 Oil on board Valerie Vonbetzen, Durham, PA Pastel 22” x 32” Travel Center - N.J. 46” x 32” Oil Arthur Chartow, West Bloomfield, MI 36” x 48” Jo Bidner, Brooklyn, NY Skyway Cathedral Oil on panel Claudia Waters, Montclair, NJ Transparent watercolor, layered 18” x 48” Running Conversation 30” x 22” Henry Billings Award Oil on linen 16” x 12” Adele Bloch, PhD, New York, NY Artrhur Chartow, West Bloomfield, MI Allied Artists of America Award Deep Freeze Great Lakes Steel II Watercolor Oil on panel Kitty Waybright, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 16” x 22” 18” x 24” Patio Shadows Watercolor Virginia Schaffer Block, Upper Montclair, NJ Marge Chavooshian, Trenton, NJ 30” x 37” Threshold to Wisdom & Knowledge 4 p.m. Mixed acrylic mediums with wood and Watercolor Thomas Wentling, Brewster, OH encausted wax on canvas 32 1/2” x 25” Nude Descending a Staircase 24” x 18” Photograph Ken Coon, Fairport Harbor, OH 25 1/2” x 19” Quality Oil 26” x 28” David P. Wood (Cortland, OH), Marblehead Reflection, gumbichromate photo print, 11 x 14 inches. Meraud Guevara Award. Jean Sforza Dalziel, Medina, OH Dominic Finocchio, St. Louis, MO Atmospheric Effect Arm Over Arm Acrylic on canvas Oil on canvas 36” x 48” 36” x 42”

Evelyn S. Dankovich, North Syracuse, NY Sharon Florin, Long Island City, NY The Oswegatchie at Harrisville Franklin St. Reflections Acrylic on canvas Oil on canvas 24” x 36” 18” x 24”

Rick Daskam, Southbury, CT Sharon Florin, Long Island City, NY It Snowed Last Night Vesey I Oil Oil on canvas 24” x 30” 24” x 30” Collectors Award in Honor of Sir Edwin Manton Julie Friedman, Medina, OH Anita Dawson, Columbus, OH Night Sky Map of Provence Graphite on paper Oil on canvas 22” x 30” 20” x 20” Arnold Friedman Award

Anita Dawson, Columbus, OH Julie Friedman, Medina, OH Red Pears on Green Table Skeleton Oil on canvas Graphite on cut paper 26” x 22” 72” x 37” Juror’s Prize John A. Fobes, East Pittsburgh, PA Denise DeGrazia, Long Beach, CA Pittsburgh West End No. 1 Two Girls by the Sea Photography (Silver Gelatin Print) Oil on canvas 16” x 20” 24” x 36” John A. Fobes, East Pittsburgh, PA Carl Demeulenaere, Grosse Pointe, MI Pittsburgh West End No. 2 The Saint Photography (Silver Gelatin Print) Pastel, colored pencil, brass, glass, polymer 16” x 20” 14” x 11” Max Mason (Wynewood, PA), Green Monster, Kathryn Frund, Cheshire, CT oil, 78 x 78 inches. Stanley Boxer Award Frank A. D’Isa, Youngstown, OH Wisdom and Transcendence Structurally Yours Mixed media Photography 48” x 48” 16” x 20” Honorable Mention

Betty Elias, Pittsburgh, PA Rachel Galbreath, Brooklyn, NY Natural Formation #1 So Far From Where Two Photography Oil on canvas 18” x 24” 14” x 18”

Betty Elias , Pittsburgh, PA Tim Gaydos, Patterson, NJ Natural Formation #2 Veteran’s Day III Photography Acrylic with sand 19” x 24” 48” x 52” Phil Desind Award Mark Farina, Pacific Grove, CA Big Sur Cliffs Tim Gaydos, Patterson, NJ Oil More Coffee? 12” x 16” Pastel Leslie Parris Award 44” x 49”

Mark Farina, Pacific Grove, CA Tim Gaydos, Patterson, NJ Moonrise Over Monterey Slow Morning Oil Pastel 16” x 20” 33” x 48” Anita Dawson (Columbus, OH), Red Pears on Green Kathryn Frund (Cheshire, CT), Wisdom and Transcendence, Table, oil on canvas, 26 x 22 inches. Juror’s Prize. mixed media, 48 x 48 inches. Honorable Mention. Mark Giangaspero, Cuyahoga Falls, OH David Hannon, Muncie, IN Dad Above the Complex Pastel Oil on canvas 44” x 41” 18” x 38”

Mark Giangaspero, Cuyahoga Falls, OH Benjamin H. Hazen, Philadelphia, PA Mr. Richardson Bathroom 2 Pastel Oil on canvas 43” x 41” 18” x 32” Dianne B. Bernhard Art Spirit Purchase Prize Benjamin H. Hazen, Philadelphia, PA Max Ginsburg, New York, NY Office 2 Peace March Oil on canvas Oil 18” x 68” 48” x 70” Collector’s Prize in Honor of Sir Linda Herman, Cleveland Heights, OH Kenneth Thompson Fish, It’s What’s For Dinner Pastel on museum board Max Ginsburg, New York, NY 35” x 42” Homeless Oil Brian Higgins, W. Brookfield, MA 25” x 40” 4 x 4 Pastel Gavin Glakas, Washington D.C. 20” x 25” Grace’s World Oil on canvas Robert Huckestein, Pittsburgh, PA 20” x 30” Rembrandt’s Eyes Honorable Mention Oil on canvas 50” x 36” Mikhail Gubin, Kew Gardens, NY Paul Georges Award The Morning Bouquet Bruce Johnson, Dublin, OH Oil on canvas The Prince of Eden Park 24” x 30” Oil on canvas 12” x 24” Mikhail Gubin, Kew Gardens, NY Maraphon in New York Bruce Johnson, Dublin, OH Oil on canvas Riverside Substation #3 11” x 14” Oil on canvas 12” x 24” Jane Hahler, Falls Church, VA Sunset with Flags Luray, VA Carolyn Jundzilo, Nahant, MA Oil on canvas September in the Mountains 34” x 44” Oil Louisa Matthiasdottir Award 20” x 24”

Lanna Pendelton Hall, Montpelier, OH Tricia Kaman, Chagrin Falls, OH Spectacular Sunset Serene Oil on linen Oil 24” x 72” 24” x 18”

Lanna Pendelton Hall, Montpelier, OH Daniel Kinney, Youngstown, OH Beth’s Sunrise Steps on Green Oil on linen Photography 18” x 60” 8” x 10” John Constable II Award Ian Fleming-Williams Award

James Pernotto (Youngstown, OH), Technosphere, acrylic on canvas, 67 x 54 inches. Invited work. David Neil Mack, Toledo, OH At the Edge of Otherworld Transparent watercolor 18 1/4” x 26”

David Neil Mack, Toledo, OH Seoul Chase Transparent watercolor 18 1/2” x 26”

Babette Martino, Blue Bell, PA Buildings Oil on panel 14” x 18”

Max Ginsburg (New York, NY), Peace March, oil, 48 x 70 Max Mason, Wynnewood, PA inches. Collector’s Prize in Honor of Sir Kenneth Thompson. Left Field Light Oil 42” x 36” Robert Kipniss, Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY Rick Daskam (Southbury, CT), It Snowed Last Night, oil, 24 x 30 Still Life with Lemon and Pitcher Max Mason, Wynewood, PA inches. Collectors Award in Honor of Sir Edwin Manton. Oil on canvas Green Monster Susan Shafer (Ashland, OH) Four Elements: One 24” x 18” Oil Pattern II, mixed media on acrylic, 38 x 32 78” x 78” inches. Dan Christiansen Award. Matthew Klos, Sparrows Point, MD Stanley Boxer Award Watched Pot Oil on panel Anne Adams Robertson Massie, Lynchburg, VA 32 1/4” x 24” Steeplechase Assemblage Watercolor Matthew Klos, Sparrows Point, MD 28 3/4” x 37” Small Slice Oil on panel Marcia Mazak, Akron, OH 6 1/4” x 8 1/4” Homage to Burri Mixed mediums collage and acrylic Matthew Klos, Sparrows Point, MD 17” x 23” Red Bowl Oil on panel Bruce McCombs, Holland, MI 7” x 5” Pastels David and Lydia Park Award Watercolor 30” x 37” Ruth Poniarski (Westbury, NY), Milking of Spring, acrylic, 22 x 28 Ann Kromer, Ridgefield, CT inches. Alexander Brook Award. The Studio Bruce McCombs, Holland, MI Acrylic Jacobs Field 20” x 24” Watercolor 30” x 37” Abby Lammers, Rochester, NY Joni Y. Parker (Boulder, CO), Aspen at Dusk, oil, Lights and Shadow (Martha’s Vineyard) 32 x 28 inches. Leland Bell Award. Watercolor 17 1/2” x 21 1/4”

John C. Leavey, Pownal, VT Self-Portrait Oil on canvas 48” x 56”

Jack Liberman, Akron, OH Early Light Stowe Vermont Oil on wood 18” x 24”

Pattie Lipman, Troy, NY Three Roses; Her Dream Daniel Kinney (Youngstown, OH), Oil on canvas Gavin Glakas, (Washington D.C.) Grace’s World, oil on canvas, 20 x Steps on Green, photograph, 8 x 10 11” x 14” Tim Gaydos (Patterson, NJ),Veteran’s Day III, acrylic with 30 inches. Honorable Mention. inches. Ian Fleming-Williams Award. sand, 48 x 52 inches. Phil Desind Award. Tom McNickle, Volant, PA Joni Y. Parker, Boulder, CO Deep in Summer Aspen at Dusk Oil Oil 36” x 70” 32” x 28” Invited work Leland Bell Award

Michael McSorley, N. Versailles, PA James Pernotto, Youngstown, OH Cans Technosphere Oil on board Acrylic on canvas 12” x 19” 67” x 54” Invited work Dan Mohan, Allison Park, PA Near State College, PA William T. Perry, Harmony, PA Photograph, archival inkjet print Northside 16” x 20” Watercolor 23” x 28” Kathy A. Moore, Troy, OH Dan Mohan (Allison Park, PA), Near State College, PA, photograph, Nude with Still Life Ruth Poniarski, Westbury, NY archival inkjet print, 16 x 20 inches. Black conté on paper Milking of Spring 60” x 31” Acrylic 22” x 28” Kathy A. Moore, Troy, OH Alexander Brook Award Fern T. Apfel (Kinderhook, NY), Thanksgivings, Northeast Corner Alley mixed media: layered inks and collage Oil on paper mounted on board David Reed, Ashville, OH 10 x 8 inches. Clement Greenberg Award 13 1/2” x 10 1/2” Three Birch Robert DeNiro Sr. Award Oil on canvas 28” x 42” Glenn Morisue, Ashtabula, OH Mixed Emotions David Reed, Ashville, OH Oil on panel Golden Autumn 18” x 14” Oil on canvas 20” x 56” Glenn Morisue, Ashtabula, OH Available Light Dennis Revitzky, Honeoye Falls, NY Oil on panel Day at the Beach 10” x 11” Oil and mixed media on canvas 30” x 40” Cinda Motter, Ashland, OH Mark Farina (Pacific Grove, CA), Big Sur Cliffs, oil, 12 x16 inches. Sharon Will (Washington, MI), Pears and Purple, Young Man with Turbin Alicia Rothman, Brooklyn, NY Leslie Parris Award. pastel, 20 x 23 inches. Evelyn Joll Award. Oil on canvas Red Riders 30” x 24” Oil on panel 16” x 20” Michael Nevin, Elmhurst, IL Team of Suffolks, Plowing Match David Thomas Ruiz, Chico, CA Acrylic on canvas Oak, 2006 24” x 46” Oil on panel 11 5/8” x 12” Michael Nevin, Elmhurst, IL Mike and Tom at the Pull John A. Sayers, Milwaukee, WI Acrylic on canvas Open Window / Rooftop View 28” x 40” Oil on panel 18” x 24” Tim O’Kane, Charottesville, VA Self-Portrait / Blue & Green Rita Schuenemann, Parma, OH Oil on board The Hennessey Sisters on Vacation 7 1/8” x 7 1/8” Oil on canvas 36” x 48” Vittorio Ottaviana, New York, NY Bandits Jerry Schutte, Tempe, AZ Oil on mahogany Superstitions - AZ Julie Friedman (Medina, OH), Night Sky, graphite on paper, 22 x 30 inches. 41” x 43” Oil on canvas Arnold Friedman Award. Private collection - Invited work 12” x 12 3/4” Matthew Klos (Sparrows Point, MD), Red Bowl, oil on panel, 7 x 5 inches. David and Lydia Park Award.