Vernetti, O’Neal win Best of Show awards in Hannibal Art Club’s ORiGINALE competition

HANNIBAL, Mo. —  The Hannibal Art Club recently announce the award recipients for its 58th annual area artist exhibit and competition, ORiGINALE.

The exhibit features 121 original works by 66 area artists. Works on exhibit include oil/oil pastel, drawings/prints, water media, sculpture/assemblage, mixed media and acrylics. Awards were announced Sept. 23, with winners receiving a ribbon and cash award sponsored by area individuals, businesses and organizations.

Recipients of the Best of Show awards for the night were Catherine Vernetti and Lydia O’Neal.  Vernetti won the Michael and Sherry Bukstein Best of Show Award for her pastel titled “Morning Has Broken” in the non-professional division. O’Neal won the Milly Johnson Memorial Best of Show Award for her oil painting titled “Hathor Dreaming” in the professional division. 

Recipients of Pinnacle Awards were Lynn Zielinski and Tim O’Neal. Zielinski won the Brent Jacobson Award for her acrylic titled “Sea Traveler” in the non-professional division. O’Neal won the Independent’s Service Company Award for his oil painting titled “Nested” in the professional division.

Recipients of Achievement Awards were Martha Adrian and Larry Siwek. Adrian won the Nancy Beckner Memorial Award for her oil painting titled “Strutting His Stuff” in the non-professional division. Siwek won the James O’Donnell Funeral Home Award for his watercolor titled “After the Rain” in the professional division.  

Excellence winners in the non-professional division were:

• Fiddlestiks Food & Spirits Award – Self Portrait by Morgan Frankenhoff;
• Dorothy Marshall Memorial Award – Peace by Vilma Holt;
• Law Firm of Dempsey & Dempsey & Hilts Award – Euphoriaby Morgan Zavoral;
• Aaron Gregonis Award – Nature Provides by Mary Ann Brinkley.

Excellence winners in the professional division were:

• Donald Stolte & Suzie Resnick Memorial Award – That They All Be One by Brenda Benson;
• F&M Bank and Trust Award – Menomorphosis: Mood Swing by Kelly Eddington;
• HNB Bank Award – Lidded Jar #1 by Steve Ryan;
• Wade Stables Award – Barren Shadows by Carol Burns.

Merit Award winners in the non-professional division were:

• Doris Ahrens Memorial Award – Fairy and the Bluebird by Judy Flowers;
• Dr. Joshua Ricker DDS Award – Branding Iron by Jim Eberle;
• Linda Robbins Memorial Award – Don’t Mess With Texas by K. Allen Ballard;
• Mary Ann Viorel Award – Sentinel by Vilma Holt;
• Nancy Beckner Memorial Award – Irresistible Attraction by Steve Holt;
• Toto Rendlen Award – Ripper by Steve Gumble.

Merit award winners in the professional division were:

• Barrick-Gaines Award – Conversation by Pat Kerns;
• Gallery 310 Award – Nature at Night by Angela Robertson;
• Great River Watercolor Society Award – Quiet Afternoon by Jamie Green;
• Quincy Artists Guild Award – Road Play Encroachment by Bill Yates;
• Steven Viorel Award – Not Ready by Deb Myers;
• Toto Rendlen Award – The 2 A.M. Dilemma by Kathy Hyer.

Recipients of honorable mention awards in the non-professional division were:

• Jackson Browne by Shelley Campbell
• Hay You by Carol Robbins

Recipients of honorable mention awards in the professional division were:

• Untitled by Adriana Brown
• Green Hollow by Steven Walker.

The 2022 judge was Amy Smith, a professional artist and art instructor at Truman State University in Kirksville.  

The exhibit is on display at the Hannibal Arts Council until Oct. 29. Gallery hours are Monday, Wednesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.