Judy’s Friendly “Art for Land’s Sake” Photos

Posted By The Peak on Jun 23, 2021

By Judy Conklin

This year the Desert Foothills Land Trust opened its “It’s Art for Land’s Sake” contest on February 19th. The opening reception was held on March 8th.  The event was held to promote the conservation of land and wildlife. Judges reviewed all entries and selected those that would be displayed and sold as part of an exhibition that was held at the Desert Foothills Library from March 8th through March 22nd.

Judges Selections

First Place: Peggy Orbon, “Desert Jewels”
Second Place: Casey Cheuvront, “Desert Skies”
Third Place: Lin Boucher, ” Gold and Jewels”

Honorable Mentions:

Joye DeGoede, Cool Cat’s Watering Hole
Nancy Romanovsky, “Character Sketch”
Peggy Orbon, “Prickly”
Gary Binder, “Distant Hills”

Photographs

I did not enter this year’s contest but some of my artist friends did. I visited the exhibition and took the photographs below.

“Desert Jewels,” Pastel, Peggy Orbon.

“Desert Skies,” Oil,  Casey Cheuvront,

“Cool Cat’s Watering Hole,” Oil,  Joye DeGoede.

“It’s Spring,”Water Color, Linda Howell

“Desert Hills,”Oil,  Gary Binder

Fot information about the Desert Foothills Land Trust click below –