Works by
Peggy Ahouse, William Benson, Lisa Carlyon, Judith Cogan, Christopher Coronel, Rhea Da Costa, Cynthia Cratsley, Jian Cui, Carla Elizabeth DeMello, Travis DeMello, MM Dupay, Shannon Eustice, Tracy Finn, Faithanne Flesher, Katherine Follett, Laura Glenn, Kent Goetz, Deborah Goldstein, Alison Goodrich, Emma Gregory, David Hayduk, Sue Hertz, Marjorie Hoffman, Heidi Hooper, Kelly Houk, Linda Jaekel, Cindy Kaufman, Geraldine Keil, Denise Kooperman, Austin MacRae, Alexis Magera, Joseph Maltz, Carlton Manzano, Richard Marchant, Erika Medina, Rebecca Moshaty, Gail Norwood, Colleen O'Hara, Catharine O'Neill, Yen Ospina, Marilyn Palmer, Tatiana Patrone, Melinda Pendergast, Sam Rathbun, Jean Russ, Marie Sanderson, Emma Scales, Rosa Sclafani, Marshall Sharpe, Lee Sims, E. M. Tietjen, Norm Trigoboff, Elizabeth VanDuyne, Mina Vanechanos, Julie Waltz‑Stalker, Jennifer Wapinski‑Mooradian, Meredith Waropay, Mark Woodhouse, Teresa Yatsko, Hope Zaccagni, and Belinda Zhang.

December 2023 Juried Show

The State of the Art Gallery is excited to announce the 2023 Annual December Juried Show presenting a multitude of 2-D and 3-D art in a wide variety of genres and media. This year 95 artists from nine states submitted 254 pieces, from which the jury made an extraordinary selection of 71 pieces from 61 artists.

Read the prize judge’s awards and comments.

Jaime Cone Hughes did an article about the show for Tompkins Weekly.

The show will run from November 30 until December 31, 2023. There will be an opening reception Friday, December 1, 5–8pm.

Peggy Ahouse

Peggy Ahouse • <em>Pieces of My Heart</em> • Cups , dishes, fabric, buttons and various found objects with a glass tile boarder. • 18″× 18″ • $550.00 — Pieces of My Heart

William Benson

William Benson • <em>Bostwick Hill II</em> • Oils on canvas • 27″× 41″ • $2,500.00 — Bostwick Hill II

Lisa Carlyon

Lisa Carlyon • <em>Loop-De-Loop</em> • Oil on canvas board • 16″× 13″ • $750.00 — Loop-De-Loop

Lisa Carlyon • <em>The Comforter</em> • Oil on linen panel • 20″× 24″ • $2,000.00 — The Comforter

Judith Cogan

Judith Cogan • <em>Mud-Century Modern</em> • Acrylic acrylic paint monoprint using gel plate on watercolor paper. • 18″× 24″ • $350.00 — Mud-Century Modern

Christopher Coronel

Christopher Coronel • <em>House Row</em> • Acrylic on panel • 22″× 26″ • $600.00 — House Row

Rhea Da Costa

<span class="award_name">Third Prize</span>Rhea Da Costa • <em>Homesick!</em> • Digital work • 24″× 30″ • $75.00 — Third Prize
Homesick!

Cynthia Cratsley

Cynthia Cratsley • <em>New Hampshire Coast</em> • Linocut on paper • 8″× 10″ • $325.00 — New Hampshire Coast

Jian Cui

Jian Cui • <em>The Chinese Art Gallery</em> • Watercolor on paper • 15″× 11″ • NFS — The Chinese Art Gallery

Jian Cui • <em>The Construction Site</em> • Watercolor on paper • 15″× 11″ • NFS — The Construction Site

Carla Elizabeth DeMello

Carla Elizabeth DeMello • <em>Caloenas nicobarica</em> • Gouache on sculpted paper • 12″× 15″ • $700.00 — Caloenas nicobarica

Carla Elizabeth DeMello • <em>Furcifer pardalis</em> • Gouache on sculpted paper & beads • 15″× 12″ • $1,000.00 — Furcifer pardalis

Travis DeMello

Travis DeMello • <em>Hunter, NY</em> • Gouache • 6½″× 13″ • NFS — Hunter, NY

MM Dupay

<span class="award_name">Honorable Mention</span>MM Dupay • <em>These Are the Days of Miracle and Wonder</em> • Collage (cut imagery and acrylic medium), colored pencil • 7″× 12″ • $900.00 — Honorable Mention
These Are the Days of Miracle and Wonder

Shannon Eustice

Shannon Eustice • <em>Monarch & Milkweed</em> • Watercolor and ink on paper • 11″× 15″ • $400.00 — Monarch & Milkweed

<span class="award_name">Honorable Mention</span>Shannon Eustice • <em>Still Life of a Meadow</em> • Graphite on paper • 14″× 11″ • $360.00 — Honorable Mention
Still Life of a Meadow

Tracy Finn

Tracy Finn • <em>Yellow Room</em> • Encaustic and paper on wood panel • 9″× 12″× 1½″ • $500.00 — Yellow Room

Faithanne Flesher

Faithanne Flesher • <em>Root and Bone</em> • Ink, bark, watercolor • 32″× 42″ • $950.00 — Root and Bone

Faithanne Flesher • <em>Ravine View</em> • Watercolor, ink • 30″× 40″ • $950.00 — Ravine View

Katherine Follett

Katherine Follett • <em>The Farmyard</em> • Oil on paper • 18″× 8½″ • $400.00 — The Farmyard

Katherine Follett • <em>Wildfire Haze</em> • Oil on paper • 20″× 9″ • $430.00 — Wildfire Haze

Laura Glenn

Laura Glenn • <em>Someday I Will Go There</em> • Watercolor, ink, acrylic • 16″× 12″× 1″ • $450.00 — Someday I Will Go There

Kent Goetz

Kent Goetz • <em>Morning at Nick's Lake</em> • Acrylic on canvas • 38″× 26″ • $1,400.00 — Morning at Nick's Lake

Deborah Goldstein

Deborah Goldstein • <em>Gingerbread Lace</em> • Soft pastel • 12″× 16″ • $325.00 — Gingerbread Lace

Alison Goodrich

Alison Goodrich • <em>Autumn Leaves Abstract</em> • Etching ink, leaves, found items, oak tag board, BFK Rives paper • 15″× 20″ • $3,000.00 — Autumn Leaves Abstract

<span class="award_name">Honorable Mention</span>Alison Goodrich • <em>Library Seats View 1</em> • Etching ink on BFK Rives paper • 22″× 15″ • $500.00 — Honorable Mention
Library Seats View 1

Emma Gregory

Emma Gregory • <em>Artist Self Portrait</em> • Canvas • 36″× 36″× 1″ • $650.00 — Artist Self Portrait

David Hayduk

David Hayduk • <em>Otherside of the Track</em> • Watercolor on Arches paper • 20½″× 16¾″ • $400.00 — Otherside of the Track

Sue Hertz

Sue Hertz • <em>At the Beach</em> • Oil on canvas • 24″× 18″ • $1,350.00 — At the Beach

Marjorie Hoffman

Marjorie Hoffman • <em>Tropical Leaves</em> • Mosaic of handmade ceramic tiles, stained glass, natural stone and seedpods • 18″× 22″ • $1,200.00 — Tropical Leaves

Heidi Hooper

Heidi Hooper • <em>Mr. Fluff Steals the Shrimp</em> • Dryer lint • 24″× 36″ • $5,000.00 — Mr. Fluff Steals the Shrimp

Heidi Hooper • <em>Patrick Didn’t Realize His Swimming Hole Was a Koi Pond</em> • Dryer lint • 11″× 14″ • $400.00 — Patrick Didn’t Realize His Swimming Hole Was a Koi Pond

Kelly Houk

Kelly Houk • <em>Victoria</em> • Solid bronze • 3″× 4½″ • $1,500.00 — Victoria

Linda Jaekel

Linda Jaekel • <em>Drama in the Desert</em> • Professional acrylic on gallery wraped canvas. • 24″× 36″ • $1,200.00 — Drama in the Desert

Cindy Kaufman

Cindy Kaufman • <em>Teapot Whimsy</em> • Acrylic on gesso panel, floating frame, light wood • 12″× 12″ • $350.00 — Teapot Whimsy

Geraldine Keil

Geraldine Keil • <em>Altershausen Germany</em> • Oil paint on canvas board • 16″× 12″ • NFS — Altershausen Germany

Geraldine Keil • <em>Over the Hill</em> • Oil paint on canvas board • 20″× 16″ • NFS — Over the Hill

Denise Kooperman

Denise Kooperman • <em>Shetland 1</em> • Linen, pigment paint, thread • 20½″× 16½″× 1″ • NFS — Shetland 1

Denise Kooperman • <em>Shetland 2</em> • Linen, silk organza, thread, pigment paint • 22″× 18″× 1″ • NFS — Shetland 2

Austin MacRae

<span class="award_name">First Prize</span>Austin MacRae • <em>West Court to Cornell</em> • Acrylic on MDF • 10″× 13″ • $350.00 — First Prize
West Court to Cornell

Alexis Magera

Alexis Magera • <em>Free From a Maze or Lost in a Haze</em> • Oil on canvas • 24″× 30″ • NFS — Free From a Maze or Lost in a Haze

Joseph Maltz

Joseph Maltz • <em>This is Colombia</em> • Canvas • 9″× 12″ • $1,550.00 — This is Colombia

Carlton Manzano

Carlton Manzano • <em>Bitters, Bones and Bowling, Saranac Lake</em> • Oil on canvas • 20″× 16″ • $720.00 — Bitters, Bones and Bowling, Saranac Lake

Richard Marchant

Richard Marchant • <em>Decommissioned</em> • Oil on canvas • 37″× 27″ • NFS — Decommissioned

Richard Marchant • <em>Penfield MFG</em> • Graphite on Bristol board • 26″× 35″ • $475.00 — Penfield MFG

Erika Medina

Erika Medina • <em>Allow Yourself to See</em> • Oil on canvas • 16″× 40″× 1½″ • $1,400.00 — Allow Yourself to See

Erika Medina • <em>Owl Guide</em> • Oil, charred wood, mixed media on wood • 8″× 42″× 1″ • $1,540.00 — Owl Guide

Rebecca Moshaty

Rebecca Moshaty • <em>Taughannock Falls</em> • Acrylic and tissue paper collage • 16″× 20″ • $300.00 — Taughannock Falls

Gail Norwood

Gail Norwood • <em>Sandhill Cranes: Mother and Son</em> • Colored pencil and pastel on paper • 14″× 18″ • $200.00 — Sandhill Cranes: Mother and Son

Colleen O'Hara

Colleen O'Hara • <em>Williwaw</em> • Acrylic, ink and flashe on paper • 40″× 55″ • $1,275.00 — Williwaw

Catharine O'Neill

Catharine O'Neill • <em>Teapot</em> • Water-based oils on canvas • 24″× 20″ • $525.00 — Teapot

Yen Ospina

Yen Ospina • <em>Devotion</em> • Acrylic, ink, pigment, oil • 37″× 37″ • $2,000.00 — Devotion

Marilyn Palmer

Marilyn Palmer • <em>My Grandchild Caroline</em> • Watercolor on paper • 16″× 13″ • NFS — My Grandchild Caroline

Tatiana Patrone

Tatiana Patrone • <em>Solstice</em> • Ceramics: glazed at 06 • 8″× 10″× 6″ • $550.00 — Solstice

Melinda Pendergast

Melinda Pendergast • <em>Lone Haybale</em> • Water-mixable oil on canvas panel, minimal solvents used • 12″× 9″ • $600.00 — Lone Haybale

Sam Rathbun

Sam Rathbun • <em>Still the Wind</em> • Oil on wood • 15″× 20″ • $825.00 — Still the Wind

Jean Russ

<span class="award_name">Honorable Mention</span>Jean Russ • <em>Creek, Morning Light</em> • Soft pastel • 8″× 6″ • $400.00 — Honorable Mention
Creek, Morning Light

Marie Sanderson

Marie Sanderson • <em>Remains of an Old Stone Wall</em> • Watercolor on Arches 140# cold press paper • 12″× 9″ • $250.00 — Remains of an Old Stone Wall

Emma Scales

Emma Scales • <em>Sentiments</em> • Oil on canvas • 24″× 35″ • $1,750.00 — Sentiments

Emma Scales • <em>What We Did for My Birthday</em> • Oil on canvas • 16″× 20″ • $2,500.00 — What We Did for My Birthday

Rosa Sclafani

Rosa Sclafani • <em>Reflejos</em> • Arches paper, 100%, cotton , 300 gr, cold pressed • 18″× 13″ • $1,000.00 — Reflejos

Marshall Sharpe

Marshall Sharpe • <em>Game Night</em> • Oil and acrylic on canvas • 40″× 30″ • NFS — Game Night

Lee Sims

Lee Sims • <em>Kaleidoscope</em> • Canson watercolor paper (98 lb) • 33½″× 19¾″ • $500.00 — Kaleidoscope

E. M. Tietjen

E. M. Tietjen • <em>Breathe!</em> • Hand-built high-fire stoneware ceramic with ceramic glazes and mineral oxides. • 10½″× 12″× 10½″ • $750.00 — Breathe!

Norm Trigoboff

Norm Trigoboff • <em>246</em> • Metal oxide-stained low fire clay • 12″× 8″× 1″ • $399.00 — 246

Elizabeth VanDuyne

Elizabeth VanDuyne • <em>Presence (Open Window)</em> • Watercolor on acid free paper • 9″× 12″ • $200.00 — Presence (Open Window)

Mina Vanechanos

Mina Vanechanos • <em>Crystal Beauty</em> • Canvas • 22″× 28″ • $2,200.00 — Crystal Beauty

Julie Waltz-Stalker

Julie Waltz-Stalker • <em>Make Me a Bird</em> • Oil on board • 24″× 36″ • $1,000.00 — Make Me a Bird

Jennifer Wapinski-Mooradian

Jennifer Wapinski-Mooradian • <em>The Way He Sits</em> • Oil pastel on newsprint • 19″× 28″ • $850.00 — The Way He Sits

Meredith Waropay

Meredith Waropay • <em>Twisted</em> • Graphite • 16″× 20″ • NFS — Twisted

Mark Woodhouse

Mark Woodhouse • <em>Idiom of an Innocent Earth</em> • Acrylic on canvas • 48″× 36″ • $900.00 — Idiom of an Innocent Earth

Teresa Yatsko

Teresa Yatsko • <em>Temple Of My Being</em> • Upcycled book, mosses, and tree bark • 11″× 14″× 7″ • $225.00 — Temple Of My Being

<span class="award_name">Second Prize</span>Teresa Yatsko • <em>Woods Home</em> • Upcycled book, mosses, and tree bark • 12″× 11″× 6″ • $225.00 — Second Prize
Woods Home

Hope Zaccagni

Hope Zaccagni • <em>Jackie's Battle #1</em> • Water media, pencil, marker on paper • $350.00 — Jackie's Battle #1

Belinda Zhang

Belinda Zhang • <em>Law and Late Nights</em> • Oil on canvas • 24″× 34½″ • $2,000.00 — Law and Late Nights

Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.

120 W. State St./Martin Luther King Jr St.
Ithaca, New York
(607) 277–1626

Thursday through Sunday
Noon–5pm.

Curbside parking and ADA access.

Made possible in part with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants program from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the office of the Governor and NYS Legislature, and from Tompkins County; administered by the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County..