Georgia painter takes Best of Show, $5,000 prize, at Mayfaire art festival in Lakeland
Nathan Miller of Covington, Georgia, received the Best of Show award at the Citizens Bank & Trust Mayfaire by-the-Lake fine art festival held Saturday and Sunday in Lakeland.
Miller won for oil and acrylic paintings, earning a prize of $5,000.
Awards of Excellence, worth $2,000 each, went to Nicola Barsaleau of LaCrosse for drawing and graphics and Valerie Walchek of Ocoee for works in clay.
Awards of Distinction winners were Dominice Gilbert of St. Petersburg for sculpture, Blair Petersen Updike of Highland Park for oil and acrylic painting, Alex Lanier of Tallahassee for digital media and Jacqui Aguilar of Cape Coral for jewelry. Each received $1,000.
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Merit Awards worth $500 each went to Cheri Kudja Rhodig of Lakeland for sculpture, Glenn Woods of Palm Harbor for clay, Zhiyong Ye of Leesburg for fiber, Susan Currier of Sebastian for drawing and graphics, Caitlin Albritton of Tampa for jewelry and Mike Duflo of Vero Beach for wood.
Winners of Honorable Mention Awards were Marcia Morse Mullins of Lakeland (fiber), George Rhodes of Plantation (photography), Wendy Foreman of Ormond Beach (jewelry), Vicki Cooley of Sarasota (oil and acrylic) and Andrew Dorset of Valrico (oil and acrylic). Each received $200.
This article originally appeared on The Ledger: Georgia painter wins Best of Show at Mayfaire art festival in Lakeland
