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North West Watercolor Acceptance

Congratulations Eve! 80th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL OPEN EXHBITION We are thrilled to inform you that your painting has been accepted into the Northwest Watercolor Society’s 80th Annual International Open Exhibition! Our first ever online International Open Exhibition has been extremely successful … Continue reading

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“Equinox” Wins Best in Show at Artistic Visions

In January my work was accepted into the Artistic Visions exhibition at the Florence Event Center. The show was juried by Susan Lehman, an artist from Bandon, Oregon whose art I highly respect. My painting won Best in Show! Titled “Equinox,” it measures 36″ x 24″ and is now available for $1575. Contact me at silvia @silviatrujillo.com for more information.

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WSO Award for Painting “Old School, New School”

Honored Greetings!  I’m pleased to say that my painting “Old School, New School” earned the Fourth Place “High Desert Region Award in the Watercolor Society of Oregon’s (WSO) Spring Aqueous Media Exhibition.  Artist Ms. Gale Webb was juror. Award Sponsors I am thrilled!  The award was sponsored by the Metro Critique Group, WSO 100 Club and […]

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January 30, 2013 Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Stefan Baumann or Kris Baxter   800.511.1137 [email protected] [email protected] RED BLUFF, California (January  30, 2014) Local artist Stefan Baumann won a Blue Ribbon and took 1st place in the Painting Division at the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale’s Western Art Show.  His landscape oil painting titled “The Drag Rider” tells the visual story of a rider on horseback rounding up a calf that was lost in the high chaparral.  This painting  dramatically portrays the end of a day in the life of a cowboy with Baumann’s sensitive and effective use of light throughout the painting.  Stefan…

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Southern Oregon Society of Artists Annual Award Banquet

Prize winning artists June Shepherd, Dorothy Swain, Tom Austin and Charity Hubbard with judge Steven LaRose

Not getting away from my computer as much as I should, it was my great pleasure to step out and attend the annual awards banquet of the Southern Oregon Society of Artists on Saturday. This is the first time they held their year-end event at the Rogue Valley Country Club; around a hundred artists and their guests were seated at tables in the Country Club’s ball room where we enjoyed a beautiful luncheon with wine while waiting with bated breath for the Painting of the Year awards to be announced.

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500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

Video with Music: Bach’s Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 performed by Yo-Yo Ma. Nominated as Most Creative Video 2nd Annual YouTube Awards. Shared by artist Katharine Gracey.

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