Peoples’ Choice

Voting took place during the Quick Draw Event and Auction.
A tie: Joshua Been and Shonto Begay

Artist’s Choice

Bill Cramer

Grand Canyon Association and Jack Dudley Memorial Fund Purchase Award

Serena Supplee, Clear Path to Awe

Judges Choices: Grand Canyon Celebration of Art

Best in Show

Elizabeth Black, November Morning Below Nankoweap, Mile 53

Elizabeth Black’s painting captures the warmth of being on the river, a fluent description of the rippling light on the water, and the radiant canyon walls.

Plein Air

Plein Air Bright Angel Trail Award

John D. Cogan, Lookout Ledge

This year the Celebration of Art has had a presence at the North Rim. In his unusual composition, Cogan captured the dark sky and brooding light as the storm moved in.

Plein Air North Kaibab Trail Award

Joshua Been, As Clouds Roll In

One of the dominant presences in the 2011 Celebration of Art has been extraordinary weather. Been captures striking spatial contrasts as the clouds move into the canyon obscuring the Tonto Platform.

Plein Air Grand View Trail Award

Joella Jean Mahoney, Stormy Day at Hopi Point, Grand Canyon

In a brooding and theatrical composition, Joella Jean Mahoney has created a modernist response to the landscape.

Judges’ Recognition Award

The judges were impressed with Linda Glover Gooch’s strong and cohesive body of work. In both her studio and plein air painting, the artist shows her freshness of vision, technical and compositional skills, and a crisp quality of light.