PPFA announces winners of framing competition

The team from Rehfeld’s Art & Framing, Sioux Falls, S.D., won First Place in the PRINT category, in which participants showcased their artistic and technical skills by framing “Heart Rod Guitar” by artist Rod Morris, an antique Holbein watercolor applied to gesso on watercolor paper, pastel, and felt-tip pen. The team, which also took the Popular Choice PRINT award, includes Tim Baltzer; Sande Brosonski; Pat Hager; Audra Markwed; Desi Mowry, CPF; Larry Rehfeld, CPF; and Crista Saeger.

Joseph Boutell, CPF, The Source on Lake, Pasadena, Calif., won Second Place. Sarah Beckett, CPF, SB Framing Gallery, Milwaukee, Wis., won Third Place and also received the High Point First Time Entry Judges Award.

Sandy Beeler, CPF, The Frame Shoppe & Gallery, Lafayette, Ind., won First Honorable Mention. Chris Frazee, Art Supply House, Durango, Colo., received Second Honorable Mention and won a Judges Honors Certificate for Excellence for Craftsmanship and Wood Finishing. John Nazworth, Pinehurst Gallery, Orange, Texas, received Third Honorable Mention.

Mariska Kavich, CPF, of Mikki’s Frame Shop, Crossville, Tenn., won a Judges Award for Use of Green or Reclaimed Products. John Barlowe, The Frame Shop Art Gallery & Gifts, Holland, Ohio, won a Judges Award sponsored by SoftTouch Solutions for Innovative Moulding and Frame Creations.

The team from The Great Frame Up, Indianapolis, Ind. – John Russell, CPF; Belinda Short; Bruce Westphal, CPF; Phil Westphal; and Scott Westphal – received a Judges Award sponsored by Bienfang Products for Pushing the Limits of Frame Design.

Myrna Dow of High Desert Gallery, Bend, Ore., won a Judges Award sponsored by Frank’s Fabrics, for Best Use of Fabrics. Deborah J. Hill, MCPF, of Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas, won a Judges Honors Certificate for Excellence and Craftsmanship for Innovation – New Techniques of Mounting and Mat Design.

Judges in the PRINT competition were Don Berkman, MCPF; Karla Elder, CPF, GCF; and Linda Wassell, MCPF. Jini Lumsden, MCPF, served as secretary.

The OPEN Competition allows participants to frame anything, indulging creativity without restriction.

Dean Cardenas, Art Incorporated, San Antonio, Texas, won First Place. Kristen Ling, CPF, A Framer’s Touch, Forest Grove, Ore., won Second Place; and Trevor Yates, Just Frame It, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, won Third Place as well as Popular Choice OPEN.

Joyce Michels, MCPF, Michels Frames & Things, Saint Robert, Mo., received First Honorable Mention in OPEN. A team from the Color Wheel, McLean, Va., won High Point First Time Entry; the team included Cyndi Geyer, Steve Jacobs, Katy Lewis, Megan Miller, Hernan Picco, Jacinta Porto, and Victor Suarez.

Mariska Kavich, Mikki’s Frame Shop, won a Judges Award for Innovative Design and Hand-Painted Finish. Nancy Norcross-White from New Creation Picture Framing, Pasadena, Calif., received a Judges Award, sponsored by Vermont Hardwoods, for Best Use of Mouldings. Barb Pelton, MCPF, Artfully Framed in Poplar Bluff, Mo., received a Judges Honors Certificate of Craftsmanship and Excellence for Unity and Design Excellence – Two-Sided Presentation.

Judges in the OPEN competition were Stuart Altschuler, CPF, GCF; Adela Davis, MCPF; and Linda Ellis-Watson, CPF. Mike Bettman, CPF, served as secretary. The PRINT piece for the 2011 International Framing Competition is “Fall Color – Blue Sky,” a digital photograph reproduction using Epson Ultrachrome inks on Epson Premium Luster “E” Surface paper, by artist Linda Sutton, from The Artist’s Eye, Woodland Hills, Calif.