2025 RRWS National Exhibition Awards List
Gold Medal Award (1,200): Tara Sweeney – Filling a Bucket
Silver Medal Award ($1,000): Kate Aubrey – Denouement
Bronze Medal Award ($800): Christine Alfery – Backyard Birds
Excellence Medal Award ($500): Raymond Grossi – January
High Water Medal Award ($500): Barbara Benda – Solitary Sandpiper: Lost in Thought Again
Red River Regional Medal Award ($500): Ruth Hanson – Musical Reflections
Distinction Medal Award ($300): Melissa Van Egdom – Comet
Merit Medal Awards ($100) – (5):
Jean Apgar – Bee and Bugs
Grace Haverty – The Conductor Series
Ken Call – La primera bailarina cubana
Ratindra Das – Greek Islands
Mary Axelson – Donna’s Peony II
Merchandise Awards:
AirFloat System ($150 value) – Sonja Hutchinson – What If?
1 set of 18 (5ml) HOLBEIN Artists’ Gouache ($112.50 retail) – Ellen Jean Diederich – Pacific Palisades
1 set of 12 (5ml) HOLBEIN Artists’ Watercolor ($127.95 retail) – Jan Johnson – Perfect Perch
1 set of 12 (11ml) QoR artist watercolors from GOLDEN ($120 value) – Susan Seaborn – Happiness
BLICK Gift Certificate ($50):
Judy DeBoer – New England Aster
Karen Romani – Only the Beginning
Wayne Sisel – Artist’s Desktop
Congratulations to everyone!
And thanks to all our product sponsors too:
- 18 5ml HOLBEIN Artists’ Gouache (retail around $112.50) -also comes with a certificate for the winner
- 12 5ml HOBEIN Artists’ Watercolor (retail around $127.95) -also comes with a certificate for the winner
- 3 individual BLICK art certificates for $50 each
- 12 11ml QoR artist watercolors from GOLDEN artists choice of colors so approx. $120 value) -also comes with a certificate for the winner
- AirFloat System, $150 merchandise award -also comes with a certificate for the winner
