2008 Painting Winners
Artworks in oil, acrylic or any other plastic paints, or watercolors, including tempera, gouache or casein.
Top 10...
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Grand Prize: $5,000Darkness After the Storm
Alex Camposeco
DeKaney HS
Spring ISD
Teacher: Kim Abshere
2nd Place: $2,500Domo Ari Gato Mr. Roboto
Kole Lugar
Cy-Woods HS
Cy-Fair ISD
Teacher: Charlotte Stuart
3rd Place: $1,500Lacrymosa
Ellen Marsh
Glassell School
Museum of Fine Arts
Teacher: Richard Williams
9th Place: $250Beautiful Deterioration
Sergio Rangel
Pasadena Memorial HS
Pasadena ISD
Teacher: Victor Raygoza/Adam Malek
Honorable Mention...
About the Jurors...
Sarah Beth Baca is a painter and mother of two. She has a degree in art and marketing from Houston Baptist University. She has painted for 10 years, specializing in abstract and expressionistic oil and acrylic pieces. She has taught art lessons and completed many commission pieces.Joseph Culotta has been a local artist and art educator in the Houston Area for over thirty five years. He is art consultant for Sax Arts & Crafts, a national art company from Wisconsin. He conducts workshops for art educators and artists in the southeast Texas area. He has served on the Advisory Council of the Texas Art Educators Association, and has served as Past President of the Houston Art Educators Association. He currently serves on the board of City Art Works a non-profit after school art program for children in elementary school in the greater Houston area. The settings for his exhibitions have ranged from local restaurants to the law offices of Jaworski and Associates. His art work has also been displayed at the Archway Gallery, Pilie’ Showroom in the Decorative Center, and currently at the Market Gallery in Galveston, Texas.
Jane B. Honovich graduated from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She taught Middle School Art for 5 years in Spring Branch ISD at Landrum Middle School. After marriage and raising a family, she was a Pre-School teacher and Director at Westminister Weekday School. She returned to teaching art at Grady Middle School(HISD) 14 years ago. Her students consistently received Honors at Scholastic, HISD, HAEA, and TAEA shows. She retired in 2007 and has been pursuing her art career. She was accepted into The Glassell Show in 2004 as well as being accepted in 2008 into the Live Oak Art Center show in Columbus, Texas and Upstairs Show at Glassell by Brian Portman.










