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Paul Laune contest winners announced
Students from Turpin and Canton received top honors in the 2009 Paul Laune High School Art Competition.
Brenton Krikhart, of Turpin, won best of show for his “dramatic” painting of “Condemnation” and Brandon Hicks, of Canton, won the Spirit/Theme Award for his western-themed “If They Could Only Talk.”
The Plains Indians and Pioneers Museum received 330 entries in eight different artistic categories from students at 13 area schools as part of this year’s competition, according to Museum Director Robert Roberson.
Former art professor Cletus Smith served as the judge for this year’s competition and accepted 164 pieces out of the total entries to appear in an exhibit which will be featured in the museum’s art gallery, Roberson said. The exhibit opens Tuesday and will be on display throughout March, he said.
A reception for the competition winners and the other featured young artists will be held at the museum on March 31 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Prizes awarded during the reception are sponsored by Bruce Benbrook and the Woodward Artisan’s League.
The following is a list of winners by category:
Category 1 Oil/Acrylic Paintings: 1st, Hope Reichenberger, of Laverne, for “Hope;” 2nd, Clint Cockrel, of Canadian, Texas, for “Abstract Fish #1;” and 3rd, Jennifer Warfield, of Woodward for “Shoes.”
Category 2 Watercolor-Tempera-Transparent Paintings: 1st, Kelsey Dennison, of Woodward, for “Service;” 2nd, Molly Castor, of Woodward, for “Still-Life;” 3rd, Alexis Inderlied, of Buffalo, for “Lemons.”
Category 3 Pencil/Charcoal Drawings: 1st, Jillian Griffith, of Woodward, for “Adolph;” 2nd, Matthew Hicks, of Canton, for “Contemplating the Past;” 3rd, Michael Woods, of Woodward, for “Indian.”
Category 4 Ink-Scratchboard-Stipple: 1st, Othoniel Deleon, of Hydro-Eakly, for “Sam;” 2nd, Devon Adams, of Seiling, for “Friend;” 3rd, Kellie Campbell, of Seiling, for “The Watcher.”
Category 5 Colored Drawings-Pencil & Ink-Crayon-Pastels: 1st, Jennifer Warfield, of Woodward, for “Jennifer;” 2nd, Kelsey Dennison, of Woodward, for “Gravy Train;” 3rd, Caitlyn Hulsey, of Perryton, Texas, for “Mexican Boy.”
Category 6 3-D-Pottery-Sculpture: 1st, Megan Schwan, of Alva, for “Resplendent Pulchritude;” 2nd, Megan Schwan, of Alva, for “Fierce Trepidity;” 3rd, Lewis Nighswonger, of Alva, for “Wushush Experience.”
Category 7 Photography: 1st, Trale Trevis, of Perryton, Texas, for “Clock;” 2nd, Molly Castor, of Woodward, for “Photograph #1;” 3rd, Kenton Schmidt, of Turpin, for “Snowy Feather.”
Category 8 Miscellaneous: 1st, Weston Storey, of Hydro-Eakly, for “Windex Bottle;” 2nd, Collin Haynes, of Perryton, Texas, for “The Great Wave of Kanagawal;” 3rd, Kylar Eschenbacher, of Canadian, Texas, for “A Long Day’s End.”
Several honorable mentions were also awarded to the following students as listed by town.
Alva - Cody Rader, Colby Bouziden
Canton - Tirador Pratt, Matthew Hicks, Kolby Hysell
Hydro-Eakly - Roger Martinez, Othoniel Deleon, Derik Ingram
Laverne - Jazmin Frias, Shane Foresman
Mooreland - Catherine Kahn, Devry Klick
Perryton, Texas - Hannah Baskin, Vanessa Hernandez, Haue Herbert, Brittany Gastineau
Seiling - Briauna Stewart, Tyler Seifried
Turpin - Brenton Kirkhart
Woodward - Molly Castor, Fabian Tena
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