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Note: All awards judges are artist professionals drawn from the community in which the host venue is located and are not in any way affiliated with the Society of Animal Artists. They are chosen by the host venue and approved by the Society.

SAA 2007 Annual Exhibition in The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO. SAA 2007 Annual Exhibition in The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO.


2007
2007 Awards Judges
-Liliane Francuz, Curator, Wyoming State Museum
-Giovanni V. Greco, President & CEO, The Wildlife Experience
-Adam D. Harris, PhD, Curator of Art, National Museum of Wildlife Art
-Gail Liniger, Vice Chairman of the Board, RE/ MAX International, Inc.
-Constance Mohrman, Exhibits Manager, The Wildlife Experience
-Tam O'Neill, Owner, Tam O'Neill Fine Arts
-Kay Wisnia, Art Curator, Western History/ Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library

Award of Excellence
John Agnew - African Elephant
Tucker Bailey - Luna
Dan Chen - Hen & Egg
Dan Chen - Peacock & Wisteria
Sue Dickinson - Zebras in the Dust*
Melanie Fain - Tangled Web*
Hap Hagood - On a Winter's Morn*
Richard R. Jones - Color in the Canopy
George Lockwood - Fatal Attraction
Geordie Millar - Walking #4
Rosetta - Wildebeest
Sue Westin - Texture & Nuance*
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture Executed in an Academic Manner
Ken Rowe - Scholar of the Moon
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Painting Executed in an Academic Manner
Robert Bateman - Meru Dusk
The Patricia Allen Bott Award for Creative Excellence(Painting or Sculpture)
Geordie Millar - Walking #4
The Evelyn and Peter Haller Memorial Award For Sculpture
Leo E. Osborne - Eagle Song
The Mason Award
Patricia Pepin - Samburu Elephants
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
Dino Paravano - Going Hunting
The Haller Distinguished Young Artist Award For 2007
Geordie Millar
The Don Eckelberry Scholarship Award
Kelly Singleton
The President's Award
John Banovich A Giant Among Giants
The Stanley Meltzoff Memorial Award
Kim Diment Otter Confusion
2006
2006 Awards Judges
-Jocelyn Grayson, Art Sales and Exhibition Coordinator Southern Vermont Arts Center
-Jamie Franklin, Curator at the Bennington Museum
-Laurie Moffatt, Director The Norman Rockwell Museum
-Robert Mueller, Past President of the Board of Directors at Cornish Colony Museum
-Rebecca Reynolds, Formally at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Is an Independent Curator and Art Consultant specializing in American Sculpture.

Award of Excellence
Robert Bateman - On Salt Spring ~ Sheep
Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen - Harris' Hawk & Chuckwalla*
Willem De Beer - First Snow of Winter
Carrie Gantt Quade - Charlotte
Patricia Jackman - Naptime
Jan Martin McGuire - Rock Retreat*
Matthew Gray Palmer - Sea Bear
Louise Peterson - Chickadee
John Pitcher - Discernment ~ Golden Eagle*
Ken Rowe - Blue Heron
John Seerey-Lester - White on White
W. Leon White - The Night Watchman
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture Executed in an Academic Manner
Walter Matia - Molly is a Working Girl
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Painting Executed in an Academic Manner
George Lockwood - Glacier Rams
The Patricia Allen Bott Award for Creative Excellence(Painting or Sculpture)
Mark Susinno - Batting Cleanup*
The Evelyn and Peter Haller Memorial Award For Sculpture
Ken Rowe - Blue Heron
The Mason Award
Al Barnes - Lunch on Deck
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
James Coe - Spring Melt ~ Red-winged Blackbird
The Haller Distinguished Young Artist Award For 2006
Kelly Singleton
The Don Eckelberry Scholarship Award
Andrew Denman
The President's Award
Nicholas Wilson God's Dogs
2005
2005 Awards Judges
-Dr. Wallace Steffan, Administrator Nevada Divisions of Museums and History
-Amy Scott, Curator of Visual Arts The Autry National Center
-Robert Hole Jr., Exhibits Supervisor Lindsay Wildlife Museum
-Margery Hall Maeshall, Curator Nevada State Museum and Nevada Historical Society
-Marty Buxton, Curator Lindsay Wildlife Museum

Award of Excellence
Gerald Balciar - Pride
Al Barnes - Ibis and Spoonbills
Sandra Blair - Along the Fence Row*
Burt Brent - Eagle Skull
Chapel - Ghost at the River
Anne Faust - This is MY Chicken!
Ryan Jacque - Big Shoes to Fill
Joni Johnson-Godsy - Here Comes Trouble*
A. E. London - Kitabu
Walter Matia - Pride
Ken Newman - Turbulence on Horse Creek*
Andrea Rich - Bearded
Rachelle Siegrist - The Zookeeper's Assistant*
Ronnie Williford - A Slave to Fashion
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture Executed in an Academic Manner
Gerald Balciar - Pride
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Painting Executed in an Academic Manner
Rachelle Siegrist - The Zookeeper's Assistant*
The Patricia Allen Bott Award for Creative Excellence(Painting or Sculpture)
Ken Newman - Turbulence on Horse Creek*
The Evelyn and Peter Haller Memorial Award For Sculpture
Chapel - Ghost at the River
The Haller Distinguished Young Artist Award For 2005
Darin Miller
The Don Eckelberry Scholarship Award
Dale Dyer
Bott-Borghi-Bransom Award
Joseph Vance, Jr.
2004
2004 Awards Judges
-Steven Arcella, Principal, Arcella Design and Illustration
-Anne R. Fabri, Founding Director of the Noyes Museum in Monmouth County, NJ
-Frank Fallotico, President, duCret School of the Arts
-Robert J. Koenke, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Wildlife Art Magazine
-Mary McGlynn, Artist and teacher
-Charles Nix, Graphic Designer, former Chair of Communication and Design, Parsons School of Design

Award of Excellence
Francis Sweet - Hot Afternoon*
Steve Oliver - If Looks Could Kill*
Karen Latham - In the Light
Pete Zaluzec - Bee-eaters
Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen - Northern Cacomistle*
Andrew Denman - Marina
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture Executed in an Acedemic Manner
Louise Peterson - Bella and the Bug*
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Painting Executed in an Academic Manner
Kalon Baughan - Teton Moose
The Patricia Allen Bott Award for Creative Excellence(Painting or Sculpture)
Ken Newman - Tale of Attitude*
The Evelyn and Peter Haller Memorial Award For Sculpture
Pete Zaluzec - Bee-eaters
The Donald R. Miller Memorial Award For Interpretive Sculpture
Charles Allmond - Preflight
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
Pete Zaluzec - Bee-eaters
The Bott-Borghi-Bransom Legacy Award
Guy Coheleach
The Haller Distinguished Young Artist Award For 2004
Kyle Sims
The Don Eckelberry Scholarship Award
Beatrice Bork (painter)
2003
2003 Awards Judges
-Doreen Curtin, President, Tundra Design Studio
-Stefano Arcella, Principal, Arcella Design and Illustration
-Kathleen Harwood, President, Harwood Fine Art, formerly of Christie’s
-Mary McGlynn, Artist and teacher
-Frank Falotico, President, duCret School of the Arts
-Charles Nix, Graphic Designer, former Chair of Communication and Design, Parsons School of Design
-Nancy Harrison, Art consultant, formerly of Sotheby’s
-Paul Bochner, Winner of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in painting

Award of Excellence
Barbara Banthien - The Runway*
Joy Kroeger Beckner - Squirrel Season*
Andrew Denman - Network*
John Schoenherr - Fox Hunt II
Daniel Smith - Zero Tolerance
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture Executed in an Acedemic Manner
Diane Mason - Charlie And The Bug*
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Painting Executed in an Academic Manner
Daniel Smith - Zero Tolerance
The Patricia Allen Bott Award for Creative Excellence
Francis E. Sweet - Eyes On The Prize*
The Evelyn and Peter Haller Memorial Award For Sculpture
Burt Brent - Rhino
The Donald R. Miller Memorial Award For Interpretive Sculpture
Tony Hochstetler - Stacked Frogs
The Haller Distinguished Young Artist Award For 2003
Devin Laurence Field*
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
Daniel Smith - Zero Tolerance
2002
2002 Awards Judges
-Dr. Brinsey Burnbidge, Executive Director Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado
-Carol Dickinson, Director Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
-Susan Freilicher, Rocky Mountain Regional Sales Manager Southwest Art Magazine, Bailey, Colorado
-David Liniger, Chairman of the Board, RE/MAX International, Inc., Greenwood Village, Colorado
-Jerry Ravenscroft, Former Owner, Ravens Gallery-Estes, Colorado, Loveland, Colorado
-David Tooker, Curator West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, Arizona
-Todd Wilkinson, National Journalist, Bozeman, Montana
-Tony Workman, Manager, Colorado Castings of Loveland, Colorado, Loveland, Colorado

Award of Excellence
Charles Allmond - Joie de Vivre
Carl Brenders - Trick or Treat
Kenneth Bunn - Vantage Point
Julie Chapman - Bare Naked Lady*
Simon Combes - Drought, Dust and Danger
Matthew Hillier - Into the Light
Tony Pridham - Bobwhites Sunning*
John Seery-Lester - Mara River Horse
Daniel Smith - River Horse*
Morton Solberg - Elk on the Yellowstone*
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Representational Painting
Mark Sussino - The Interloper
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Representational Sculpture
Kenneth Bunn - Vantage Point
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Painting Executed in an Academic Manner
Al Barnes - Whoopers
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture Executed in an Acedemic Manner
Kent Ullberg - Solitude
The Donald R. Miller Memorial Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Steve Kestrel - La Luna
The Evelyn and Peter Haller Memorial Award For Sculpture
Leo Osborne - Expect to Fly
The Patricia Allen Bott Award for Creative Excellence
John Seery-Lester - Mara River Horse
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
Julie Chapman - Bare Naked Lady*
Matthew Hillier - Into the Light
The Haller Distinguished Young Artist Award
Ed Royal
2001
Award of Excellence
Patrica Pepin - Spontaneous Generation
Joseph Vance, Jr. - Moose and Old Beaver Dam*
Leo Osborne - Song of the Pacific Northwest
Anthony Gibbs - Eye of the Stalker
Nancy Howe - Inner Action
Jeremy Pearse - Along the Delta
John Banovich - River Dance
Robert Bateman - Long Light- Polar Bear
Walter Matia - Bull
Carl Brenders - Gleam of Gold
Mark Eberhard - Ruddy Duck
Sharon Sommers - Safety Patrol
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
Walter Matia - Bull
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Representational Painting
Jeff Gandert - Suburban Wildlerness
The Elliot Liskin Award for Representational Sculpture
Joy Kroeger Beckner - So Good to See You*
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Painting Executed in an Academic Manner
Carl Brenders - On the Journey
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture Executed in an Academic Manner
Walter Matia - Bull
The Donald R. Miller Memorial Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Leo Osborne - Song of the Pacific Northwest
The Patricia Allen Bott Award for Creative Excellence
Robert Bateman - Long Light- Polar Bear
The Evelyn and Peter Haller Memorial Award For Sculpture
Kent Ullberg - Ocean's Silver
The Haller Distinguished Young Artist Award
Ryan Jacque
2000
Award of Excellence
Carl Brenders - Without Warning
Burt Brent - Flying Mousetrap
Kayome Harai - Midnight Run
Eric Thorsen - Green Sea Turtle Pair*
Anderson Yang - Trumpeter Swans
Cole Johnson - Missed Opportunity
Patricia Savage - George Bathing At Hatteras
Rosetta - Alpha Pair
Leon van der Linden - Soft Feathers, Soft Branches
Ian Coleman - Queen Conch & Spotted Dolphins
Tony Pridham - Paradise Lost*
Charles Allmond - Reunion
John Banovich - Eden
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
Kent Ullberg - Tree Shapers
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Representational Painting
Edward Aldrich - Dianna Monkey
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Representational Painting
Jeremy Pearse - Indian Elephant
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Representational Sculpture
Joy Beckner - A Good Life*
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Representational Sculpture
Burt Brent - Flying Mousetrap
The Patricia Allen Bott Award for Creative Excellence
Carl Brenders - Without Warning
The Evelyn and Peter Haller Memorial Award For Sculpture
Walter Matia - Heron
1999
1999 Awards Judges
-Diane E. Jones, Curator, The John L. Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art, Genessee Country Village & Museum, Mumford, New York
-Andrew Chakalis, Sculptor, Cleveland, Ohio
-Mary Lou Ferbert, Artist, Rocky River, Ohio
-Gene Kangas, Sculptor and Retired Professor of Art, Concord, Ohio
-Joseph McCullough, Retired Director, Cleveland Institute of Art, Shaker Hts., Ohio
-Ellen Walters, Artist and Former Exhibitions Director Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio

Award of Excellence
Joy Beckner - Dreaming of Tomatoes*
Carl Brenders - Fireball
Charles Allmond - Northern Sphinx
Terry Miller - Dansereye - Ostrich
Ross Matteson - Quail Call
Leo Osborne - Ancient Traveler
Jeremy Pearse - Black Kite
Mae Rash - Red-winged Blackbird
Paula Waterman - Spot of Sun
Nancy Darling - Bear - Alaskan Malamute
Guy Coheleach - Leopard Lookout II
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
Terry Miller - Dansereye - Ostrich
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Painting
David Rankin - In the Heat of the Day*
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Representational Sculpture
Tim Shinabarger - Before the Rush
The Donald R. Miller Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Ray Carbone - Lone Dove
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Representational Painting
Anderson Yang - Bathing
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Representational Sculpture
Pati Stajcar - Glory
The Patricia Allen Bott Award for Creative Excellence
Mae Rash - Red-winged Blackbird
1998
1998 Awards Judges
-Kathy Kelsey Foley, Director, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
-Emily Kass, Director, Tampa Museum of Fine Art
-Neil Watson, Curator of Contemporary Art, Norton Museum of Fine Art
-Bob Lamb, Vice President, Disney’s Animal Kingdom
-John Lukas, President, the International Rhino Foundation

Award of Excellence
Jodie Adams - Who's Going First?
Charles Allmond - Hindsight
Chris Bacon - Long Billed Curlew
Peter Brooke - Relaxing Bear
Trey Finney - Scarlet Flight
Matthew Hillier - Lion Siesta
Steve Kestrel - Jumpin Jack Flash
Robert Kuhn - Down to the Scraps
Walter Matia - Nothin' But a Hound Dog
George McMonigle - Trevor
Lanford Monroe - Winter Chill
Richard Sloan - The Wild Bunch *
Francis Sweet - Sun Worshippers*
Anderson Yang - Winter
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
Lanford Monroe - Winter Chill
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Sculpture
Joan Binney Ross - Bearritz
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Painting
Guy Coheleach - Sunspots
The Donald R. Miller Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Chapel - Spindrift
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture
Walter Matia - Nothin' But a Hound Dog
1997
1997 Awards Judges
-Jerry Borin, Director, Columbus Zoological Gardens, Powell, Ohio
-Gary Fenton, Director, Columbus Recreation and Parks, Columbus, Ohio
-LaVetta Helser, Hammond Galleries, Lancaster, Ohio
-Howard Sirak, Trustee, Columbus Art museum, Columbus, Ohio
-Denny Griffith, Deputy Director, Columbus Art Museum, Columbus, Ohio
-Charles herndon, Sculptor, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio
-Lowell Tolstedt, Dean, Division of Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio
-Andrea Cambern, WBNS-10 TV, Columbus, Ohio

Award of Excellence
Chris Bacon - Spring
John Banovich - White Rhino - Blacksmith Plovers
Carel Brest van Kempen - Orang-Utan & Asian Elephants *
Tim Cherry - Hare Ball
Ian Coleman - Little Blue Heron
Mark Eberhard - Newfound Gap Robin
Anthony Gibbs - Punchy
Bob Guelich - Fishing Rock
Matthew Hillier - Snow Leopard Family
Leo Osborne - Atlantic Evening
Leon Parson - Black Hole Bull
Jeremy Pearse - Sarus Crane
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
Renee Headings - Soul of Africa
Wayne Trimm - Menu, Jackrabbit
Wildlife Art Magazine Award
John Banovich - The Defensive Line
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Renee Headings - Soul of Africa
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Painting
Dino Paravano - Contented Mother
The Donald R. Miller Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Didier Debruyne - Gotcha
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture
Richard Clopton - Leap Frog
1996
1996 Awards Judges
-Richard Teitz, Director of the Alamo, San Antonio, TX
-Cecilia Steinfeldt, Curator Emeritus, The Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX
-Russell Smith, General Curator, San Antonio Zoo & Aquarium, San Antonio, TX
-Howard Taylor, Director, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX

Award of Excellence
Chris Bacon - White-breasted Nuthatch
Burt Brent - Reclining Sable
Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen - Optimism *
John Felsing - Light in a Sylvan Field
Tony Hochstetler - Lionfish and Sea Squirts*
Nancy Howe - Lullaby
Alan Hunt - Northern Majesty
Ross Matteson - Predawn Quail
Calvin Nicholls - Hawkeye
Leo Osborne - The Berry Pickers
Emily Parkman - Tomato Worm
Andrea Rich - Ravens in Hemlock
Michael Riddet - Dynamics
Dee Smith - Le Roi Soleil
Francis Sweet - Twilight*
Kent Ullberg - Ring of Bright Water II
Paula Waterman - Pelican Pair
Wildlife Art Magazine Award
Dee Smith - Le Roi Soleil
Activities Press Print Award
John Banovich - 104th Congress
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Painting
Chris Bacon - Light Waves
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Sculpture
Robert Glen - Lioness Chasing Vulture
The Donald R. Miller Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Leo Osborne - The Berry Pickers
The Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture
Walt Matia - Wild Turkeys
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
Walt Matia - Wild Turkeys
1995
1995 Awards Judges
-John Forester, Founder of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
-Robert McMichael, Founder of the Canadian McMichael Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario
-Dan Strictland, Curator of the new Algonquin Park Center and the Chief Naturalist of Algonquin Park
-Peter Buershaper, Former Curator Royal Ontario Museum of Art, the co-organizer of Animal in Art at ROM and retired supervisor of the art department for ROM
-David Lank, distinguished author, historian, collector and lecturer on wildlife and animal art, Board member of McGill University

Award of Excellence
Burt Brent - Barnyard Watchdogs
Guy Coheleach - Victoria Falls - Lilac Breasted Roller
Ulco Gimmerveen - European Tree Frogs *
Nancy Howe - Little Melody
Walt Matia - English Pointer
Terry Miller - Over the River and Through the Woods
Leo Osborne - Desert Watcher
Hank Tyler - Resting for the Day
Sue Westin - Holy Ground
Activities Press Print Award
Arnold Nogy - Narrow Escape
Wildlife Art Magazine Award
Randal Dutra - In His Domain
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Representational Painting
Robert Kuhn - Helter Skelter
The Donald R. Miller Memorial Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Leo Osborne - Desert Watcher
The Leonard J. Meiselman Award for Representational Art
Dwayne Harty - Algonquin Wolves
1994
1994 Awards Judges
-Dr. Kenneth L. Ames, Chief, History Survey, New York State Museum, Albany, NY
-Patricia Ivinski, Curator, Sterling and Francine Clark Art institute, Williamstown, MA
-Christopher Madkour, Executive Director, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester Village, Vermont

Award of Excellence
Chris Bacon - Stone Chat
Carl Brenders - Rocky Camp
Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen - Gripping Tail *
Richard Loffler - Greyhound
Judi Rideout - Close Encounters
John Seerey-Lester - Phantoms of the Tundra
Sue Westin - Mangrove Rose
Bennington Center for the Arts Purchase Award & Activities Press Print Award
Dee Smith - Silver Glen Sunset
Wildlife Art News Award
Greg Beecham - Morning Glory
Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Representational Painting
Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen - Gripping Tail *
Representational Sculpture
Cammie Lundeen - Buds
The Donald R. Miller Memorial Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Burt Brent - Glacial Courtship
Leonard J. Meiselman Award for Representational Art
Mary Taylor - The She Wolf
The National Tour People's Choice Award
Carl Brenders - Mother of Pearls
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award
John Schoenherr - Early Risers
SAA Members Choice Award
Burt Brent - Glacial Courtship
1993
Award of Excellence
Chris Bacon - Orinoco Goose Study
Carl Brenders - One to One
Dwayne Harty - Otter
Leo E. Osborne - Ancient Storyteller
Activities Press Print Award
Nancy Howe - Water Music
Wildlife Art News Award
Nancy Howe - Water Music
Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Representational Painting
Liz Lesperance - The Watering Hole
Representational Sculpture
Sherry Sander - Foxes on the Bayou
The Donald R. Miller Memorial Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Steve Kestrel - Trickster
The Leonard J. Meiselman Award for Representational Art
Walter Matia - Cranes
The National Tour People's Choice Award
Carl Brenders - One to One
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award & SAA Members Choice Award
Dennis Anderson - Glutton
1992
1992 Awards Judges
-Howard P. Brokaw, Trustee, Roger Tory Peterson Institute
-George H. Harrison, Writer, Photographer, Art Consultant
-John & Alice Forester, Founding Trustees, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
-C. Douglas Lewis, Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, National Gallery of Art
-Don Luce, Curator, Bell Museum of Natural History

Award of Excellence
Chris Bacon - Snake Bird
Dan D'Amico - The Waiting Game*
Anne Faust - El Cusingo
Robert Kuhn - Cool, Cool Water
Walter Matia - Otter Fountain
Stanley Meltzoff - Swordfish & Mako
Joan Hagen Ross - River Runners
Lindsay Scott - Threatening Skies
Activities Press Print Award
David Rankin - Queen of the Marsh*
The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Representational Painting
Sue Westin - In the Tracks of Man
Representational Sculpture
Eric Berg - Green Sea Turtle
Donald R. Miller Memorial Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Patrick Bremmer - Tiger Beetle
Leonard J. Meiselman Award for Representational Art
Jim Landenberger - Don't Tread on Me
The National Tour People's Choice Award
Charles Frace - Reflections
Anthony Gibbs - A Bachelor's Life
1991
1991 Awards Judges
-Mary Lou Ferbert, Trustee, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
-Lucy Ireland, President, Natural History Art Society, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
-Judy McMillan, Trustee, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
-Harvey Webster, Supervisor, Wildlife Resources, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
-John T. Sharp, Sculptor
-John R. Clague, Sculptor
-Dr. Louis Zona, Director, Butler Art Institute
-Robert A Mayer, President, The Cleveland Institute of Art

Award of Excellence
Robert Bateman - Homage to Ahmed
Paul Bosman - Five O'Clock Shadow *
Tony Hochstetler - Rhinoceros Beetle
Laurence Isard - Water Bears
Leo E. Osborne - Watching My Brothers Pass
David Rankin - The Green Pool*
Don Ray - Three Bonefish and Crabs
Joan Hagen Ross - In Clover
Francis E. Sweet - The Stretch *
Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Interpretive Sculpture
Tony Hochstetler - Rhinoceros Beetle
Representational Painting
Paul Bosman - Five O'Clock Shadow *
Donald R. Miller Memorial Award
Leo E. Osborne - Watching My Brothers Pass
Leonard J. Meiselman Award
Francis E. Sweet - The Stretch
1990
1990 Awards Judges
-John S. Bain, Vice President of Chubb & Son Inc.
-Natalie Best, Art Consultant/Gallery owner
-Peter Dunne, New Jersey Audubon Society
-Arie Galles, Director of Phyllis Rothman Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University
-Barbara J. Mitnick, PHD, Independent Art Historian
-Michelle D. Sayers, Museum Director, St. Hubert’s Giralda
-Robert C. Woolley, Senior Vice President, Sotheby’s

Award of Excellence
Robert Bateman - Bald Eagle Study, Series I
Paul Bosman - Brief Encounter
Paul Bosman - High Noon
Simon Combes - Tension at Dawn
Donald R. Miller - Africa
Daniel Ostermiller - Camille
Dino Paravano - Cheetah with Cubs
David Rankin - Sarus Cranes at Dawn*
Donald Sible - Methuselah
Richard Sloan - Amazon Backwater *
W. Richard Stiers - Rascals
Elliot Liskin Memorial Award
Donald Sible - Methuselah
Donald R. Miller Memorial Award
Rosetta - Panther
Leonard J. Meiselman Award
Simon Combes - Tension at Dawn
1989
Award of Excellence
Gerald Balciar - Puddle Jumper
Beverly Bender - Seldom Seen
Patrick Bremer - Cricket Hunter
Carl Brenders - Talk on the Old Fence
Donald Grant - Jaguar and Cubs
Alan Hunt - Gone But Not Forgotten
Rob MacIntosh - Shear Grace
Larry Norton - Sultry Day - Zambesi River
Elliot Liskin Memorial Award
Donald Sible - Big Al
Donald R. Miller Memorial Award
Nancy Blauers - Macaws
1988
Award of Excellence
Eric Berg - Toad
Carl Brenders - The Long Distance Hunters
Esther Lidstrom - Elephant Charge *
Leo and Lee Osborne - Waterline
Robert Salo - Mountainside Bugler
Sherry Sander - American Bison
Morten Solberg - Artic Nomads*
Craig Wilson - Eagle
Elliot Liskin Memorial Award
Charles Allmond - Dance of Life
1987
Award of Excellence
Charles Allmond - Fred and Ethel
Paul Bosman - The Observers
Alan Hunt - A Gathering of Swallows
Lars Jonsson - Red-winged Blackbird
Morten Solberg - At the Forest Edge (The Grand Duke )*
Natalie Surving - Guido
J. Kent Ullberg - Double Header Monument
Sue Westin - Among the Feeding Stones
1986
Award of Excellence
Douglas Allen - An Early Winter
Gerald Balciar - Lucy
Robert Bateman - Grizzly
Edward Bierly - Fox on the Run
Joan Hagen - Everglades Newborn
Alan Hunt - Snow Leopard
Walter Matia - Marsh Masters
Sherry Sander - Kudu
Morten Solberg - Monarch of the Sky*
Natalie Surving - Iguana Iguana Rhinotopia
1985
Award of Excellence
Dennis Anderson - Lyin' in the Sun
Dennis Anderson - Missing Lunch
Patrick Bremer - Hellgramite
Guy Coheleach - Raritan Fox
Richard Keane - Angora
Robert Kuhn - A Fondness for Water
Lanford Monroe - Forth Morning
Leo and Lee Osbourne - Aerialist
Natalie Surving - Monitor Lizards
John Schoenherr - The Canadienne *
1984
Award of Excellence
Nina Akamu - Fighting Lions
Gerald Balciar - Artic Reunion
Guy Coheleach - Brightwaters Creek
Bard Cosman - Royal Red Macaw
Bob Kray - Lonely Quest
Sherry Sander - Shore Patrol
J. Kent Ullberg - Double Header
1983
Award of Excellence
Dennis Anderson - Fishing Tackle
Guy Coheleach - Siberian Chase
Shane Dimmick - Teddies
B. J. Martin - Zarafah
Jim Morgan - Flooded Field
Diane Pierce - Zebra Duikers
Joseph Sheppard - Rabbits
Nico Vosloo - Etosha Dawn
1982
Award of Excellence
Gerald Balciar
Lawrence Braun
Lee Cable
Guy Coheleach
Joseph Fornelli
Charles Frace
Frank Gee
J. Kent Ullberg
1981
Award of Excellence
Beverly Bender
Guy Coheleach
Raymond Ching
Robert Guelich
Robert Kuhn
Alderson Magee
David Plank
1980
Award of Excellence
Lesia Anson
Robert Bateman
Kennuth Bunn
John Clymer
Randy Dutra
Robert Kuhn
Terry Matthews
Stanley Meltzoff
C. E. Monroe, Jr.
J. Kent Ullberg
Scott Woolever
1979
Award of Excellence
Robert Bateman
Guy Coheleach
Robert Kuhn
J. H. Matternes
C. E. Monroe, Jr.
John Pitcher
Sherry Sander
John Schoenherr
Keith Shackleton
Morten Solberg - Wyoming Winter *
J. Kent Ullberg

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