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Ruth E. Beverly Acrylic Artist
Painting in acrylics for over 30 years.
Ruth entered coloring contests as a child and remembers winning a set of toy telephones for drawing
and coloring a picture of Daniel Boone for a local children's television show. Later, she received her first blue
ribbon for a drawing of a rose she entered in a county fair. Listed on this page are some of the awards she has
received since that time.
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- 1970-1989
- various
awards from county fairs in Oregon and Washington.
- 1990
Freeport Area Art Show, Freeport,
PA : 3rd place Butler County Music and Arts Festival, Butler, PA : 1rst place, sale Saxsonburg, PA : 1rst place
- 1991 Butler County Music and Arts
Festival, Butler, PA : 1rst Place/ Hon. Mention
- 1994 Clackamas
County Fair, Canby, OR: 2nd , 3rd, 3rd places.
- 1998 Gladstone Art Show, Gladstone,
OR: 1rst place
- 1999 Wallowa Arts Festival, Joseph,
OR : 2 pieces juried for show
Artist and Young Artist of the Year Competition, London, England : awarded Highly
Commended
North Clackamas Art Guild Annual Show : 2 firsts, Best of Media, Best of Show
Visual Arts Showcase Beaverton,OR: 1 piece juried for show
- 2000 North Clackamas Art Guild
in-house-show : 1rst place (oil and acrylic)
North Clackamas Art Guild in-house-show : 2nd place (miniature)
Gladstone Art Show : 2 second places, 2 first places, Best of Media (oil and acrylic)
By the Sea Gallery, Bandon, OR Miniature Art Competition : 1rst place
Hollywood Booster's Art Fair, Portland, OR : 2nd place
- 2001 NCAG in-house-show - 2nd place (works on paper),
NCAG in-house-show - 4 way tie-1rst place ( oils and acrylics)
- 2002-International
Painting Competition- NAFA 2002 Bronze Award (Brazil)
- 2003 Acrylics Art October Exhibition (Yahoo Groups)
Best of Show (Seasons)
- 2003 Acrylics Art December Exhibition (Yahoo
Groups) Grand Prize ("Simple Pleasures"- Friends in a Garden)
- 2004 North Clackamas Art Guild(In house "Animals" show-
Birdfeeder) 1rst Place 2/10/04
- 2004 Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University, College
of Agricultural Sciences: Watercolor "Everything Under the Sun" Juried in for Show/Tour beginning 2/22/2004
- 2005 "Gates of the Mountains" juried into Journey's End National Art Exhibition in Astoria,
Oregon.
- 2006 "Pheonix", guache of champion Freasian horse, tied for second place
in the January NCAG inhouse "works on paper" show.
- 2006 "Friendly Giants" won first place in the Fine Art division of the Elgin "Riverfest"
art show, "Art Rocks".
- 2006 Summer and Fall Exhibition Acrylics Art "Tulips" received Honorable
Mention
- 2007 Winter and Spring Exhibition Acrylics Art
"Sunset Over Mount
Emily" received Third Place
- 2007 Elgin "Riverfest" art show, "Art Rocks": The Peace of Lace" won Second Place in
graphic division, "Wild Iris in Captivity" won first place in color photo division, "4 leaf clover painted rocks won "Judges
Choice" in unique creations and "Chess Mess" a decopaged card table top won "Out of the Box" in the same catagory.
- Fall to Winter 2007 Exhibition, Acrylics Art :
First Place for "Lucy". http://www.jrhstudio.com/acrylicsart/exhib.htm
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From paintersinternational website
As written on:
Date:
Wed Oct 1, 2003 12:00 pm
Subject: Re: New member Cynthia
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Hi Ruth,
I visited your site and the works are wonderful. From what I've
seen, you have captured
both the elements of great art and
salability, in that your work contains the criteria for
collectibility. However,
a work doesn't have to meet all of them to
be considered great art. Picasso's "Bull's Head" is considered great
art,
even though it's a bicycle seat and inverted handle bars simply
because it uses a "leap in the imagination. This is the
criteria by
which art is collected by professional collectors and not necessarily
in this order:
(1) thought-provoking
(2)
"leap in the imagination"
(3) aesthetics (the formal conditions of beauty)
(4) subject matter
(5) the artist's stature.
The landscapes put me in a state-of-mind of actually being there and
the process of shaping your images from your
metal processes while
discarding some and embracing in your images to life showed a
distinct leap in the imagination.
And with regards to aesthetics, the use of light, composition (except
for the shed), clarity of arrangement, repetition
or consistency, and
contrast or variety are all there. I saw rhythm, harmony, pure
design, and the laws of principality,
repetition, continuity,
curvature, radiation, and contrast. These all require thought, and
thought-provoking work
is coveted by collectors since it reflects
their individual standards.
Subject matter relates to the artist finding
their niche in the
marketplace. You might find your niche with private collectors with a
specific interest in landscape
design or gardening or corporate
collectorsjust because it's soothing and creates a pleasant
atmosphere for employees.
If you're representing yourself, contact
Facility Managers or the corporate viewing committees about sending
slides
to them.
The artist's stature comes with time. It's dependent on the shows,
publications in which your work appears
and the collections of which
it is a part. These should all appear on your resume, which I would
have liked to have
seen. I don't know what your goals are as an
artist. Maybe you're like many artists, you simply love creating,
and
enjoying a comfortable living as an artist. If you are seeking
major status in the artworld, for the museums take an artist
seriously, (by their standards - not mine) they demand a solo show
every other year with group shows in between.
But,
your work definitely can take you anywhere you want to be. Much
success to you.
Regards,
Cynthia Houppert
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