The Miniature Painters, Sculptors &
Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS)

 

 

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2024 Exhibition Info

Exhibition - Nov. 23, 2024, through Jan. 11, 2025

Public Opening - Sat., Nov. 23, 2024, 1-3 pm

Exhibit Venue - The Mansion at Strathmore
* The Mansion will be closed between Christmas and New Year's Day. *
10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-581-5109
Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro Stop
See Strathmore's website for hours of operation.

Accepted Artworks for Exhibit

Exhibit Invitation Card

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About the Annual Exhibition

Every fall, we hold an International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature.

Prospectus:  Our PROSPECTUS is available on this web site by the end of June. You can also request a mailed copy by contacting Nancy Still, miniartsupply@gmail.com, 301-538-3103.  You do not need to be a Society member to enter our exhibition.  Several activities are held in conjunction with the exhibit.

Collectors Opening:  We hold a private, invitation-only Collectors Opening before the show opens to the public.

Public Opening:  The opening is attended by many local artists; often artists from other countries attend as well.  The public is encouraged to come, meet the artists, and purchase the beautiful artworks.

Catalog:  An exhibition catalog is produced which lists the title, medium, and price of each art work. The catalog includes photographs of the award winning works and is available to every participating artist and visitor to the exhibition.

Demonstrations:  MPSGS members present demonstrations of miniature art techniques during the course of the exhibition.

Awards Ceremony/Reception:  We occasionally hold an awards ceremony and/or a reception for the artists.

Awards:  Our awards total about $8,000.

Awards in Memory of:
Best in Show - Gerald Ellison
Best New Artist - Stan and Margaret Hicks
Best Floral - Jane H. Steel
First in Animals - Richard J. Palco
First in Landscape - Narissa Steel
First in Oil - Joan Cornish Willies (style of traditional miniature)
Best Dog - Diane L. Templar
Best Cat - Dorothy Ranhart Berman
Sculpture - Robert H. Menzel
Portraiture - John Thompson
Watermedia - Sylvia Trundle (transparent watercolor, human figure or portrait)

Special Awards:
Miniature Artists of America (MAA) "Award of Excellence"
Cider Painters of America "Americana Award"

Category Awards (First, Second, Third, Honorable Mentions)

Media

Other
Oil Sculpture
Acrylic Ivorine
Watermedia Portraiture
Drawing Still Life
Pastel Landscape
Graphic Art Animal
Collage/Mixed Media International

 

 

 

Lodging Options:  Below are a few hotels in close proximity to The Mansion at Strathmore, our exhibition venue.


Congratulations to our 2024 Award Winners!

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Gerald Ellison
Memorial Award
Best in Show


Majestic Scenery - $350 (1432)
Watercolor on Silk, 5 x 7
Elise L. Chang
Miniature Artists of America
Award of Excellence


Vintage - $400 (3233)
Oil on Ivorine, 4 1/4 x 3 1/4
Vicki Vitale
Cider Painters of America
Americana Award


A Vintage Find - $495 (1221)
Acrylic, 6 x 6 1/4
Judith Edgington Bayes

Stan and Margaret Hicks
Memorial Award
for Best New Artist


View from Schiehallion -
Scottish Mountain
- $550 (2603)
Watercolor on Ivorine, 5 x 5
Jenny Musker

 

Jane H. Steel Memorial Award
for Best in Floral


Yellow Irises - $400 (3213)
Oil on Ivorine, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2
Barbara Valentine

 

Best in Ivorine

 




Corsica Boat House - $260 (3222)
Oil on Ivorine, 3 3/4 x 4 3/4
Nancy Van Meter


Oil Awards

Joan Cornish Willies
Memorial Award


First Place
Morning Coffee, Copenhagen - $1,400 (1951)
Oil, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2
Harold E. Hansen


Second Place
Hold a Little Sunshine
- $380 (1082)
Oil on Canvas, 5 x 6 1/2
Paul Allan


Third Place
Blossoms
- $1,200 (3351)
Oil, 4 x 3 1/4
Hanna Woodring


Honorable Mention

Vista Villa
- $500 (1723)
Oil, 6 3/4 x 8 3/4
Barbara R. Felisky


Honorable Mention

Snow Silhouettes
- $200 (3172)
Oil, 3 x 4
Carol Lee Thompson


Acrylic Awards

First Place

Balkan Café
- $350 (2381)
Acrylic, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2
Cathryn R. Leyland

Second Place

Nature's Winter Patterns
- $450 (1873)
Acrylic Ink, 5 x 5
Susanna Gilmore Powell

Third Place

Big John
- $325 (1532)
Acrylic (Matte), 8 x 6
Debi M. Davis

Honorable Mention
Touching the Infinity
- $450 (1593)
Acrylic, 7 x 5
Kristi A. Dobrovolski

Honorable Mention
Emergence - $250 (1692)
Acrylic on Panel, 5 x 5
Eva Marie Faith


Watermedia Awards

Sylvia Trundle
Memorial Award


Eagle Whisperer
- $750 (2081)
Watercolor (Transparent), 6 1/4 x 5 1/2
Denise Horne-Kaplan


First Place

Mossy Turtle Duo
- $300 (3271)
Watercolor on Terraskin Paper, 5 1/4 x 7 3/4
Katherine Weber


Second Place

Phoebe - Boston Terrier
- $400 (1521)
Watercolor, 6 1/2 x 6 1/2
Diane Grant Czajkowski


Third Place

Forest Primeval
- $1,100 (2302)
Watercolor on Paper, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2
Janet Laird-Lagassee

 


Honorable Mention

Panorama of Northern Argentina
- $500 (1181)
Watercolor, 5 1/2 x 8 3/4
Karen J. Barnes


Honorable Mention

Village Vista
- $375 (2663)
Watercolor, 5 3/4 x 5 3/4
Karen B. Norman


Drawing Awards

First Place
Lovely Petals - $350 (3392)
Scratchboard, 8 1/4 x 6 1/4
Liping Zhu

Second Place

Mardi Gras
- $300 (3382)
Scratchboard, 8 1/4 x 6 1/4
Aiye Zhang

Third Place

Three Killdeer to Be
- $425 (1043)
Graphite, 6 x 6
Sue deLearie Adair

Honorable Mention
Amicalola Falls
- $600 (2631)
Colored Pencil, 6 x 5
Melissa Miller Nece

Honorable Mention
Let's Do Lunch
- $595 (2863)
Graphite Pencil, 4 3/4 x 5 3/4
Karen Romine
 


Pastel Awards

First Place
Winter Dazzle
- $400 (1193)
Pastel, 7 x 6
Christine Bass

Second Place
Into the Light
- $350 (3313)
Oil Pastel, 8 x 6
Leland L. Williams

Third Place
Fire
- $275 (3322)
Pastel, 7 x 5
Rita Williams

Honorable Mention
Incoming
- $350 (2152)
Pastel, 5 x 5
Kimberly Jansen

Honorable Mention
Secluded
- $200 (2453)
Pastel, 3 1/2 x 4 1/2
Helen Mathyssen-Dobbins


Graphic Art Awards

First Place

Water's Edge (2/30)
- $160 (2003)
Aquatint (Printmaking), 7 x 8
Mimi Hegler

Second Place

Painting in Paris (1/1)
- $300 (1552)
Hand Colored Etching, 6 1/4 x 5 3/4
Viviane de Kosinsky

Third Place

Lion
- $225 (1161)
Etching, 6 x 6
Beth Ayres


Collage/Mixed Media Awards

First Place

Yellow Winter Sky
- $1,250 (2983)
Ink/Colored Pencil/Acrylic, 5 3/4 x 6 1/2
Mary Serfass

Second Place

Raven in a Wreath
- $300 (1783)
Mixed Watermedia, 6 x 6
Beverly J. Fotheringham

Third Place

Pomegranate Piquant
- $395 (2681)
Wool Needle Felting, 7 x 5
Sally A. O'Connell

Honorable Mention
Crane Love
- $395 (1441)
Watercolor & Ink on Paper, 5 x 7
Jing-Jy Chen

Honorable Mention
Sisterhood
- $295 (1772)
Mixed Media, 5 x 6
Wyn Foland
 


Robert H. Menzel Memorial Awards for Sculpture

First Place

Hippo
- $400 (1061)
Bronze, 6 x 6 x 3 1/2
Douglas Aja

Second Place

Goldfinch on Thistle
- $1,700 (1101)
Wood & Metal, 5 3/4 x 2 x 2
Carol Andre

Third Place

Walking With Mom
- $450 (1642)
Bronze (Solid), 1 1/2 x 2 x 1
Paul Eaton

Honorable Mention
Geese on the Tundra
- $500 (2701)
Basswood (Carved), 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4
Glenn Ormsby

Honorable Mention
Pleasant Memories, How They Linger
- $350 (2761)
Porcelain, 5 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/4
Ruth K. Penn
 


John Thompson Memorial Awards for Portraiture

First Place

Snuggled in the Warmest Robe
- $1,000 (2093)
Oil on Linen, 6 x 4 1/4
Luann K. Houser

Second Place
The Bow of Bronze
- $995 (1832)
Acrylic, 5 x 7 1/2
Edward S. Gazsi

Third Place

Girl With Bandanna
- $4,750 (1471)
Watercolor, 3 x 2 1/2
Michael W. Coe

Honorable Mention

Miss Nikki Ball
- $825 (1512)
Acrylic, 5 1/2 x 4 3/4
Laura Critchlow

Honorable Mention

The Girls
- $300 (3203)
Pen & Ink, 7 x 6 3/4
Linda Trope
 


Still Life Awards

First Place
A Bouquet of Roses in a Vase - $800 (2261)
Oil, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2
Irina Kouznetsova

Second Place

Pretty in Pink
- $750 (1993)
Watercolor (Opaque), 7 1/4 x 6 1/4
Richard William Haynes

Third Place

Night Lights
- $400 (2532)
Oil on Board, 5 x 4 1/4
Suzy Mikusevich

Honorable Mention

Living Large
- $320 (1402)
Oil, 4 1/2 x 4 1/2
Robert Cantor

Honorable Mention

Still Life With Baby Shoes
- $250 (3043)
Oil, 5 1/2 x 5 1/4
Barbara Stanton
 


Landscape Awards

Narissa Steel
Memorial Award


First Place

93 Degrees, F.
- $375 (1031)
Oil on Acid Free Board, 4 x 6
Herbert E. Abbott Jr.


Second Place

Coast at Douglas River
- $900 (2111)
Oil on Polymin, 6 x 8
Joan Humble

Third Place

January Light
- $925 (1112)
Acrylic, 5 1/4 x 7 1/4
Morgane Antoine


Honorable Mention

Denali Delight
- $375 (2782)
Colored Pencil, 4 3/4 x 6
Kathy Pollak

Honorable Mention
Just Be
- $275 (3021)
Oil, 5 x 6 1/2
Paula M. Smith
 


Animal Awards
 

Dorothy Ranhart Berman
Memorial Award
Best in Cats
 


Temperance
- $200 (2102)
Oil, 1 1/4 x 1
Lily M. Huber

Diane L. Templar
Memorial Award
Best in Dogs


Cuddle Buddies
- $500 (1371)
Pastel, 6 1/4 x 5 1/4
Judith A. Burch

 
Richard J. Palco
Memorial Award
 


First Place

Hunter and His Reflection
- $1,200 (3252)
Acrylic, 6 3/4 x 5 3/4
Akiko Watanabe


Second Place

Winterfox
- $975 (2313)
Acrylic on Panel, 3 3/4 x 5 1/4
Judy Lalingo

Third Place

Home on the Range
- $1,250 (2882)
Acrylic, 6 1/2 x 8
Linda Rossin

Honorable Mention

Mr. Grizzly Paints
- $1,200 (1302)
Acrylic, 6 1/2 x 5 1/2
Tim Bowers


Honorable Mention

Up and Away
- $800 (2013)
Oil, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2
Carol Heiman-Greene


International Awards

First Place

Painted Skies
- $380 (1962)
Oil on Yupo, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4
Gini Harris

Second Place

High & Mighty
- $380 (3301)
Pencil, 6 3/4 x 6
Karyn Wiggill

Third Place

Le Diable est dans les Détails
(The Devil is in the Details)
- $900 (1501)
Ink on Paper, 6 1/4 x 6 3/4
Maryse-Anne Couteau

Honorable Mention
Tent Pegging
- $1,250 (1973)
Watercolor on Vellum, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
Ihtesham Hassan
 

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