Winners Circle

Congratulations to All our Winners

2025-2026 Season

  • Celebration: Chris Woodring for Ravenglass
  • Art Divine: Karen Vaughn for My Ball
  • Cool to Square: Star Sherwood for Cheerful Coconuts
  • Soaring: Danica Walker for Color Fusion
  • Anything Goes:
  • Beach Bliss:
  • Essence of Water:
  • Enchanted:
Joan Stobart Best in ShowPaulMollonThe Still Water Garden
Lee Ackert Memorial Exception Use of ColorDannicaWalkerPivotal Mix
1st Place – Master LevelDanaEndersStorms a Brewing
2nd Place – Master LevelIrvinHawkesWellness Creek
3rd Place – Master LevelKathySummerGood Habits
Merit – Master LevelSusiWingenrothCypress Sunlight
Honorable Mention – Master LevelLynneWesolowskiGlory
1st Place – Emerging LevelNanciPolomskiFlying High
2nd Place – Emerging LevelCarolBaskin3 Friends
3rd Place – Emerging LevelMarieCristMars From a Distance
Merit – Emerging LevelGlennaAndradeGulls Storming / Escaping
Honorable Mention – Emerging LevelHeidiFauselLive the Dream
1st PlaceKarenJohnsonLure Up
2nd PlaceDanaEndersResting Deere
3rd PlaceJulieNusbaumBecky’s Barn
Lee Ackert Memorial Exception Use of ColorGretchenPhillipsFruit Salad
Sylvia Kasparie Award for CollageHelenKinkinMore Than a Number
MeritSuzanLanzSnowy Egret
MeritGlennaAndradeBeyond the Window Sill
MeritLauraBlackFlamingo Frenzy
Honorable MentionKathySummerPeeps
Honorable MentionJillStaplesDawn
Honorable MentionTracyOwen CullimoreFree Spirit
Lee Ackert Memorial Best of ShowCherylFauselBirds, Birds and More Birds!
1st PlacePatriciaPayzantNaples Cottage
2nd PlaceJulieNusbaumBirds Flying High
3rd PlaceLauraBlackFishes II
Maya Bryant – Plein AirJodiEndersThe Lot Awakes
MeritCarolBaskinPompoms
MeritDorothyMcDowellVintage Assemblage
MeritLoisMcDougallUnder the Sea
Honorable MentionHelenKinkinHomegrown Pineapple
Honorable MentionJohnRizzaPeaceful
Honorable MentionSusiWingenrothShangri-La Springs Mysore Fig

2024-2025 Season

  • “Spring Fling” – Jan Frish for Moonlight Dreaming.
  • “Splash” – Paul Mollon for Asian Vase
  • “Fireworks” – Tamara Culp for Echoes of the Past
  • “Simmer Sizzle” – Christine Music for A Delicate Balance”
  • “Anything Goes” –
  • “Plein Air” – 

People’s Choice

  • Dana Enders for “Alone in the Garden”
  • Kathryn McMahon for “A Day at the Beach”
  • Michael Moukious for “White Orchids”
  • Joan Stobart Best in Show: Kathy Summer “Crescent Glow”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Exception Use of Color: Susi Wingenroth “A Quiet Boat”
  • 1st Place Pro: Becky Botts “Shrimp Boats”
  • 2nd Place Pro: Helen Kinkin “Beach Terns”
  • 3rd Place Pro: Jan Frisch “Queen of the House”
  • 1st Place Emerging: Donna Bergeron “Watery World”
  • 2nd Place Emerging: JoAnn Zeoli “Beach Pottery”
  • 3rd Place Emerging: Mina Bobel “Sailboat in the Fog”
  • 3rd Place Emerging: Laura Black “Pink Fish and the Gang”
  • 1st Place Fledgling: Pat Johnson “Silence”
  • 2nd Place Fledgling: Pat Fridley-Good “Just Palms”
  • 3rd Place Fledgling: Claire St Louis “Exuberant”
  • 1st Place: Dannica Walker “Gobsmacked”
  • 2nd Place: Susi Wingenroth “Lakes Park Waterlilies”
  • 3rd Place: Julie Nusbaum “Still Standing”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Exception Use of Color: Kathy Summer “Gossipping Gals”
  • Sylvia Kasparie Award for Collage: Star Sherwood “The City of Lights”
  • Merit: Tamara Culp “Echoes of the Past at Koreshan”
  • Merit: Cheryl A Fausel “An Arrangement of Shapes”
  • Merit: Dana Enders “Predawn in the Garden”
  • Honorable Mention: JoAnn LaPadula “Turtling Along”
  • Honorable Mention: Christine Woodring “Nautilus and Galaxy”
  • Honorable Mention: Michael Moukios “White Lillies”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Best of Show: Kathy Summer “MOMA Zone”
  • 1st Place: Dannica Walker “Concoction”
  • 2nd Place: Patricia Payzant “Evening Flare”
  • 3rd Place: Susi Wingenroth “Live Oak Dreaming”
  • Maya Bryant – Plein Air: Dana Enders “Morning Sentinels”
  • Merit: Laura Black “Comin in for a Landing”
  • Merit: Adriana Rangel-Houser “The Majesty of Lemons”
  • Merit: Simoneau Sue “Portal to the Sea”
  • Honorable Mention: Cheryl Fausel “The Statue in the Corner”
  • Honorable Mention: Helen Kinkin “Semper Fi”
  • Honorable Mention: Julie Nusbaum “Abandoned Dreams”

2023-2024 Season

  • Joan Stobart  – Best in Show  – Susan Anderson – Jump
  • Lee Ackert Memorial for Exception Use of Color  John Rizza  Sunrise/Sunset at Tarpon Lodge
  • 1st Place Pro – Dana Enders – Waiting for the Tide
  • 2nd Place Pro – Julie Nusbaum – Habitat For Humanity
  • 3rd Place Pro – Jodi Enders – Morning Cup of Ambition
  • 1st Place Emerging – Helen Kinkin – Old North Encompassed
  • 2nd Place Emerging – Star Sherwood – Fresh
  • 3rd Place Emerging – Lorraine Corso – Pond In Winter
  • 1st Place Fledgling – Kathleen Fink-  Big Sky
  • 2nd Place Fledgling – Jason Gray – Artist Acres
  • 3rd Place Fledgling – Becky Botts – Flowers
  • Nancy Morgan Best of Show / 1st Place: John Rizza “Days Catch”
  • 2nd Place: Dannica Walker “Yellow Fever”
  • 3rd Place: Dana Enders “Remnants of Trico”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Exception Use of Color: Cheryl Fausel “Palm Fronds”
  • Sylvia Kasparie Award for Collage: Star Sherwood “Living Color”
  • Merit: Tamara Culp “2716 Providence”
  • Merit: Irvin Hawkes “The Water Lily”
  • Merit: Kathy Summer “Yakety Yak”
  • Honorable Mention: Laura Black “SWFL Sunset”
  • Honorable Mention: Helen Kinkin “Beach Sand Fun”
  • Honorable Mention: Julie Nusbaum “Crossing Over”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Best of Show / 1st Place: Tamara Culp “Sun Touched”
  • 2nd Place: Cheryl Fausel “Glasses Up Front”
  • 3rd Place: JoAnn LaPadula “Relaxation”
  • Maya Bryant – Plein Air: Kathryn McMahon “Fishing Village On The Atlantic”
  • Merit: Dana Enders “Tuscan Cafe”
  • Merit: Kathleen Taylor “Fall”
  • Honorable Mention: Irvin Hawkes “Ian 2022”
  • Honorable Mention: Helen Kinkin “Boston Bouys”

Older Shows

  • People’s Choice: Julia Tamblyn “Valentine’s Day”
  • Joan Stobart Best in Show / 1st Place: Shah Hadjebi “Stillness Speaks”
  • 2nd Place: Karen Meredith “My Cup Runneth Over”
  • 3rd Place: Julie Nusbaum “Industrial Vibe”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Exception Use of Color: Carol Baskin “Chat Shack”
  • Judge’s Choice: John Rizza “Jug Creek Marina”
  • Merit: Helen Kinkin “Rooster’s Farm Stand”
  • Merit: Kathy Taylor “OMG Green Flash”
  • Honorable Mention: Carol Dallas “View From Sanibel Causeway”
  • Honorable Mention: Kathy Summer “Unwavering”
  • 1st Place: Julie Nusbaum “Urban Gateway”
  • 2nd Place: Sandi McCabe “Shrimp Boats after Hurricane Ian”
  • 3rd Place: Nancy Morgan “Celebrate Recovery”
  • Sylvia Kasparie Award for Collage: Michele Barron Buelow “Meaningful”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial for Exceptional Use of Color: Cheryl Fausel “Matlacha Beauties #1”
  • Merit: Penny Fox “Conflict”
  • Merit: Patricia Payzant “Bonita Beach Afternoon
  • Merit: Star Sherwood “Roosting in Red”
  • Joan Stobart Memorial Best of Show: Dannica Walker “Mysterious”
  • 1st Place: Sue Pink “Angle of Incidence”
  • 2nd Place: Dana Enders “Fragmented Light”
  • 3rd Place: Jeanne Raimondi “Life’s a Beach”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial for Exceptional Use of Color: Patricia Payzant “Port Sanibel Boatyard”
  • Special Juror Award – Theresa Girard Award for Aspiring Artist: Cheryl Fausel “Looking Up”
  • Merit: Susanne H Brown “Hanging Fruit”
  • Merit: Pam Flaherty “The Glass Coffin”
  • Merit: Milly Pereira “Paradise Cottage”
  • Honorable Mention: Penny Fox “Backyard Botanical”
  • Honorable Mention: Ivy Korachis “Mestiza”
  • Honorable Mention: Michael Moukia “Indian Chief Dance”
  • Honorable Mention: Sue Simoneau “Slices of Sunshine”
  • 1st Place: Cheryl Fausel “The Three Faces of Frieda”
  • 2nd Place: Irvin Hawkes “Shrimpers”
  • 3rd Place: Dannica Walker “Anemone Mix
  • Honorable Mention: Karen Freysinger “Bats & Full Moon”
  • Honorable Mention” Helen Kinkin “Henry the Eighth”
  • Honorable Mention: Kathy Summer “Herd Mentality”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Exception Use of Color: Dana Enders “Crooked Creek”
  • Merit: Maureen Ginipro “Continuous”
  • Merit: Dorothy McDowell “Assemblage”
  • Merit: Nancy Morgan “Playing the Waves”
  • Sylvia Kasparie Award for Collage: Julie Nusbaum “Paper Promises”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Best of Show: Kim J Belange “Home on the Beach”
  • 1st Place: Susanne H Brown “Soft Glowing Roses”
  • 2nd Place: Dana Enders “Red Sails”
  • 3rd Place: Michele Barron Beulow “Cloud”
  • Maya Bryant – Plein Air: Dorothy McDowell “The Red Bridge”
  • Merit: Tamara Culp “Dappled”
  • Merit: Pam Flaherty “Race”
  • Merit: JoAnn LaPadula “One of the Boys”
  • Honorable Mention: Floyd Lawrence “Waiting”
  • Honorable Mention: Kathleen Taylor “Babe”
  • Honorable Mention: Julie Nusbaum “Abandoned”
  • 1st Place: Pamela Flaherty “Collage with Hanji and Joss Paper”
  • 2nd Place: Kim Johnson “Gloucester”
  • 3rd Place: Laura Black “I’m a Bigger Parrothead Than You”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Exception Use of Color: Garry Scott Wheeler “Happy Place”
  • Sylvia Kasparie Award for Collage: Sue Pink “Table Stakes”
  • Merit: Louise Davis “Rome”
  • Merit: John Rizza “Wall of Moms”
  • Honorable Mention: Sue Dunlap “Yuba River Gold”
  • Honorable Mention: Chris Mitts “Just Hanging Out”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Best of Show: Sue Pink “Blu”
  • 2nd Place: Robert Mueller “Bushwick Avenue”
  • 3rd Place / Gretchen Johnson Memorial: Julie Nusbaum “Just a Little Outside”
  • Maya Bryant – Plein Air: ?? “Abstraction”
  • Merit: Kathy Taylor “From Doc Fords”
  • Merit: Penny Fox “A Stich in Time”
  • Merit: JoAnn LaPadula “Pesce”
  • 1st Place: Diane Kuntz “Misty Morning”
  • 2nd Place: Sue Pink “Loren Ipsun”
  • 3rd Place: Dannica Walker “Tulip Can Can”
  • Florida Watercolor Society: Julie Nusbaum “Broken”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Exception Use of Color: Pam Flaherty “Ever Singing”
  • Merit: Dorothy McDowell “Rainbow Canal”
  • Merit: Robert Mueller “Frieda”
  • Honorable Mention: Milly Pereira “Paradise”
  • Honorable Mention: Nancy F. Morgan “Any Blue Will Do”
  • 1st Place: Julie Nusbaum “Watching”
  • 2nd Place: Dannica Walker “The Grinder”
  • 3rd Place: Sue Pink “NY, NY”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Exception Use of Color: Linda Robinson “It’s For the Birds”
  • Sylvia Kasparie Award for Collage: Lynne Wesolowski “Serendipity”
  • Merit: Starlin Sherwood “Rodeo Rider”
  • Merit: Catherine Kendrick “Dancing in the Light – Series III”
  • Honorable Mention: Marie Crist “Hidden Oaks”
  • Honorable Mention: Michele Barron Buelow “Stormy Sunrise”
  • Lee Ackert Memorial Best of Show: Cheryl Fausel “A Bag of Flowers”
  • 1st Place: Nancy Morgan “Viewer Favorites”
  • 2nd Place: JoAnn LaPadula “On the Vine”
  • 3rd Place: Floyd Lawrence “Beach Cottage”
  • Gretchen Johnson Memorial: Dorothy McDowell “Lighthouse View”
  • Maya Bryant – Plein Air: Julie Nusbaum “Puerto de San Miguel”
  • Merit: Pam Flaherty “Wild Horses”
  • Merit: Bob Mueller “View From Room #249”
  • Honorable Mention: Patricia Abedi “2 Oak Park”
  • Honorable Mention: Phyllis Abedi “Back Bay”
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