The annual fall Active Members Exhibit was exhibited at the Silpe Gallery at the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117. The juror was artist and writer, Florin Ion Firimita.
Awards and Purchases
NHP&CC Sponsored Awards
Best in Show ($600) Eric Hedberg, Ghost that Sells Memories, mixed media
2nd Place ($500) Greg Shea, John Cavaliere, collodion tintype
3rd Place ($400) Brenda Bechtel, Red Lily Pond- Turtle Soup, oil
4th Place ($300) Diane Chandler, Fatigue, oil
5th Place ($200) Michael Centrella, Bananas, Pineapple and Pears (alla prima fruiti), oil
2024 Endowment Awards
Oil Painting ($175) Victoria Sivigny, Unearthed Secrets No. 1, oil and cold wax
Watermedia ($175) Molly McDonald, To the Lake, acrylic
Mixed Media ($175) Ava Orphanoudakis, Behind the Veil of Reality, mixed media
Graphics ($175) Kraig Binkowski, New Haven Evening, woodcut
Purchased for the NHP&CC Permanent Collection
Eileen Carey, Heading for the Deep, oil
Mary Burk Smith, Recollection Series XI, mixed media
Artists Chosen for a Selected Members Exhibit in 2025
Aspasia Anos, Blind Chatter, mixed media
Jill Abele Butcher, Full Moon, acrylic
William Butcher, The Deep Sea, mixed media
Frank Bruckmann, Shower, oil
Heidi Harrington, Portrait of Lindsay Suter, oil
Below are all entries in this exhibit in alphabetical order.
Heidi Alamanda Meet Me Under the Tree of Hopes Oil 24x20 $2500
Aspasia Anos Blind Chatter Mixed media Monotype over Archival Print 30x 40 NFS
Charles Barbour Tulips 2020 Egg Tempera on panel 6x8 $1800
Brenda L. Bechtel Red Lily Pond-Turtle Soup Oil 18x24 $2600
Dina Belyayeva The Waning Sun Acrylic 30x24 $900
Rosemary Benivegna Architectual 5 Mixed Media 16x13.5 $400
Kraig Binkowski New Haven Evening 2 Color Woodcut 17x25 $475
Nancy Brockett In The West Wind Acrylic and beads 18x24 $450
Frank Bruckmann Shower Oil 40x56 $5500
Mary Burk Smith Recollection Series XI Mixed Media 21x18 $500
William Butcher The Deep Sea Acrylic 40x60 $4500
Jill Butcher Full Moon Rising Acrylic 37x37 $3000
Eileen Carey Heading for the Deep End Oil 10x20 $350
Robert Carley Untitled 1 22x25 $700
Lorraine Centrella The Field Acrylic 20x16 $650
Michael Centrella Bananas Pineapple and Pears Oil 20x16 $800
Diane Chandler Fatigue Oil 20x26 $800
Cynthia Cooper dragonfly 9 not a loss but a launching acrylic and glass beads 44x36 $1250
Rosemary Cotnoir Forest Tableau $3500
Ron Crowcroft Soliloquy Acrylic 40x30 $2400
Kathleen DeMeo Skywhisper Monotype 26x34 $1150
Doug Deveny Everyday we wake up to the dream Acrylic on wood 40x40 $3000
Anne Doris-Eisner Dream Catcher Acrylic 52x24 $2800
Cynthia Fazekas A Tangle of Trees Will Set You Free India ink on paper 15x20 $1495
Melissa Gold Fournier Mother and Child I Charcoal on paper 15x21 $1200
Ellen Gaube Nipon 1 Digital Photography 12x12 $350
Ellen Gordon Taking a stand Mixed Media 20x60 $3000
Allan Greenier Syl Sylvan Seriograph 9x12 $150
Eddie Hall Relief Acrylic on window 31x27 $1250
Heidi Harrington Portrait of Lindsay Suter Oil 18x14 NFS
Eric Hedberg Ghost That Sells Memories Mixed media 18x30 $400
Charlotte Hedlund Ritual Memory IX Mixed media 19x19 $900
Elizabeth Hundt Scott Early Summer at Lockwood Farm pastel 11x14 $600
Marianne Holtermann Aiden Turning 13 Soft Pastel 14x11 NFS
Karen Israel Morning Bells Pastel 32x24 $1900
Robert Jacoby Entry Acrylic 35x48 $3000
CLJ Lancaster When The Morning Stars Sang Together II Oil 24x36 $950
David Larson Abhayamudra Alcohol Ink 16x20 $1400
Nancy Lasar The Guardian Acrylic 40x46 $1500
Carl Lawson Farm Airport Acrylic 12x16 $650
Ed Lisi The Hills of San Gimignano Italy Acrylic 36x36 $950
Hugh MacDonald Scrapeen Cakewalk 15x10x33 $800
Sarah Mahoney Voccola Finestra a Venezia Photography 12x12 $175
Rosemary McClain Firepot Stoneware 7.5x5.5x5.5 $275
Gus Moran Grey and Silver Oil on glass 28x31 $800
Sue Mullaney Damon Wormwood's Dazzling and Dreadful Circus of Wonders Collage 20x16 $700
Paul M. Murray A Crowded Start Photography 22.5x29.5 $995
Sal Naclerio River Acrylic 32x48 NFS
Nancy Oates Life is ridiculously AWESOME Archival Photograph 16x17 NFS
Ava Orphanoudakis Behind the Veil of Reality Interdendent Co-Arising Mixed media 24x19 NFS
Karen Orzack-Moore Aegean Watercolor collage 18.5x23.5 NFS
Paul Ott for Nancy SONATA no1 Photography 18x24 $400
David Ottenstein Skateboard Competition Butte MT Archival Print 13x19 $995
Jane Penfield Endurance (Pont du Gard) Pastel 21x33 $1500
Gritli Rabin Shelter Paper Collage 10x21 $250
Margot Rocklen Verbal Impact II Prophecy of the Reproaching Angel Woodblock print 20.75x40.25 $800
Greg Shea John Cavaliere Wet plate collodion tintype 8x10 NFS
Victoria Sivigny Unearthed Secrets No 1 Cold wax and oil 30x24 $900
Stephen Spector Female Spot-billed Toucanet 19.5x23.5 $8500
Thomas Stavovy Untitled Plaster and plexiglass 27.25x13.75x13.75 $1000
Richard Stephen Warmth Oil 9x12 NFS
Molly Sullivan McDonald To the Lake Acrylic 48x36 $4200
Rashmi Talpade Latex Explosion Photo collage on skateboard 7.5x27 $550
Kelly Taylor Heading Out Mixed media collage 16x16 $560
Nan Tussing Reflextion Color Pencil and pastel 14x11 $200
Diane Ward Sail Away With Me 1 Mixed Media collage 4.5x6.5 $175
June Webster Woodlands Acrylic on corrugated board 40x40 $2400
NC Whitcher Firestorm Monotype 13x16 $1200