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2021 Naturescapes Exhibition

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Art ArizpeJanuary 12, 2022

Date posted: January 12, 2022

These are the 60 photographs chosen by the 2021 Naturescapes Photography Contest Juror, Barbra Riley.

We hope you enjoy the beautiful images from Hays and surrounding counties.

Congratulations to all!

: Hangin’ Around
Art Arizpe

: Sago Palm Shoots
Art Arizpe

: Frozen Frostweed
Linda Avitt

: Yellow-Rumped Warbling
Jennifer Bauerkemper

: Yellow-Rumped Warbling
Jennifer Bauerkemper

: Rufous in his Element
Barbara Beversdorf

: Nikki
Annissa Clewell

: Erin
Annissa Clewell

: Award of Merit
JP
Annissa Clewell

: Les
Annissa Clewell

: Wimberly Woodies
Michael Davis

: Award of Excellence
Go catch Something
Michael Davis

: Award of Merit
Backyard Boss
Michael Davis

: Teal Blast Off
Michael Davis

: My Turn
Michael Davis

: The Death of Polyphemus (Antheraea polyphemus)
Neil Decker

: Chickadee Ascension
Dave Devore

: Intensity
Dave Devore

: God’s Coloring Book
Dave Devore

: Spiderwort honey
Bill Galloway

: Hairstreak Happiness
Doug Gephardt

: Bath Time
Alice Le Duc

: Sharing
Alice Le Duc

: Black-Crested Titmouse in Autumn Colors
John Moore

: Best Youth
Snowy Waxwings
John Moore

: Yellow-crowned Night Heron Stare-down
John Moore

: I’m a Big Kid Now
Rene Perez

: Award of Excellence
Underwater Photosynthesis
Rene Perez

: Changing Currents
Rene Perez

: Nature’s history book
Christine Reid

: Oriole on Limb
Patty Robertson

: Momma and Her Twins
Patty Robertson

: Lightning Crashes
Jerry Sargent

: Cypress Creek
Jerry Sargent

: Award of Merit
Ancients in the Fog
Jerry Sargent

: Afternoon Sunlight
Jerry Sargent

: Old Man of the Pedernales
Jerry Sargent

: Award of Merit
Untitled #1
Harrison Saunders

: Award of Excellence
Swirl
Harrison Saunders

: Lovely in Lavender
Lois Schubert

: The Golden Goose
Carol Serur

: Can You See Me Now?
Carol Serur

: Prickly Poppy After the Rain
Winifred Flato Simon

: Fall Leaves in the Creek
Winifred Flato Simon

: Award of Excellence
Passionflower Vine
Winifred Flato Simon

: Orchard Spider
Winifred Flato Simon

: Gray Fox in Tree
Winifred Flato Simon

: Agave Points
Michael Penn Smith

: Guadalupe in Gruene
Michael Penn Smith

: Beautiful Lady
Darlene Varga

: Head Stand
Darlene Varga

: Sweetie Pie
Darlene Varga

: Climbing For Berries
Curt Vogt

: Jumping Spider
Curt Vogt

: Best in Show
Thirsty Squirrel
Raena Wharton

: TOO Cold for Texas!
Raena Wharton

: Icy Cardinal
Mike Zarella

: The Pollinator
Mike Zarella

: Best Natural Waterscape
Pedernales Swimming Hole
Mike Zarella

: Fluorescing Scorpion
Mike Zarella

2020 Naturescapes Exhibition

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Art ArizpeNovember 29, 2020

Date posted: November 29, 2020

These are the 60 photographs chosen by the 2020 Naturescapes Photography Contest Juror, Herb Smith.

We hope you enjoy the beautiful images from Hays and surrounding counties.

Congratulations to all!

: Meal Time
Art Arizpe

: Milkvine Triplets
Art Arizpe

: The Power of Reptiles
George Arizpe

: Flower Power
George Arizpe

: Reflections of Kyle Pie in the Sky
Barbara Beversdorf

: b>Solace in the Shadows
Barbara Beversdorf

: Award of Merit
Sunshine Through the Fog
Barbara Beversdorf

: Award of Merit
Danielle
Annissa Clewell

: Heart
Peggy R. Cole

: Shakeoff
Peggy R. Cole

: Handsome One
Michael Davis

: Award of Merit
Symmetry
Michael Davis

: Great Blue Heron
Michael Davis

: River Oats
Neil Decker

: “Wait til your Father gets home, young man!!!”
Dave Devore

: Award of Merit
Phoebe Phlight
Dave Devore

: Painted Bunting Balancing Act
Dave Devore

: Best In Show
Wink, Wind, Nod
Dave Devore

: Spadefoot Toad Under Pot
Kathleen Dickinson

: Award of Excellence
White Crane departure
Bill Galloway

: Butterfly on Indian Paintbrush
Bill Gibbs

: Squawk!
Susan Hanson

: Being Green
Susan Hanson

: Crested Caracara
Susan Hanson

: Best Natural Waterscape
Tetras on the Move
Susan Hanson

: Award of Merit
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Tom L. Hausler

: Golden-cheeked Warbler with Dinner
Tom L. Hausler

: Westcave Grotto
Tom L. Hausler

: Award of Merit
Midnight Armadillo
Charles Kreitler

: Rock Lizard. More Please…
Charles Kreitler

: Award of Excellence
Hexaloctris – Crested Coralroot
Alice Le Duc

: Award of Excellence
Young Twins – It’s Spring
Alice Le Duc

: Orbweaver
Alice Le Duc

: checkered white and white clover
Scott Gerald Mitchell

: Fox in the Grass
John Moore

: Green Heron in a Tree
John Moore

: Best Youth
Green Dragonfly
John Moore

: Memories
Nancy Naylor

: Eastern Bluebird
Patty Robertson

: Red-shouldered Hawk
Patty Robertson

: Black and White Warbler
Patty Robertson

: Award of Merit
Flycatcher
Patty Robertson

: Red-shouldered Hawk on Fence
Patty Robertson

: Smoke on the Water
Jerry Sargent

: Moon Set
Jerry Sargent

: American Star Thistle
Harrison Saunders

: Award of Merit
Dragonfly
Lois Schubert

: Award of Excellence
Spring Gobblers
Carol Serur

: Award of Merit
Mirror, Mirror, on the Pond
Carol Serur

: Feed Me
Carol Serur

: Award of Merit
Green Anole
Winifred Flato Simon

: Antelope Horns Milkweed
Winifred Flato Simon

: Bee on Cenizo
Winifred Flato Simon

: Pipevine Swallowtail
Winifred Flato Simon

: Babies Encounter
Michael Penn Smith

: Cypress Fall
Michael Penn Smith

: Are You The One That Got My Finger?
Curt Vogt

: Paradise Hills Cactus #2
Raena Wharton

: Bee Assassin Bug
Drew Wilson

: Lightning Strike!
Mike Zarella

2019 Naturescapes Exhibition

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Art ArizpeDecember 21, 2019

Date posted: December 21, 2019

These are the 59 photographs chosen by the 2019 Naturescapes Photography Contest Juror, Jason Weingart.

We hope you enjoy the beautiful images from Hays and surrounding counties. Congratulations to all!

: A Bug’s Life
Art Arizpe

: Award of Excellence
The Color of Leaves
George Arizpe

: Colors
Henry Arizpe

: West Cave Grotto
Warren Capps

: Flower Power
Marlee Claes

: Almost There
Marlee Claes

: Director’s Award of Merit
Hide and Seek
Annissa Clewell

: Time Out
Annissa Clewell

: Hey Ladies
Annissa Clewell

: William the Leopard Moth
Annissa Clewell

: Mom, We’re Hungry!
Faith Debow

: Award of Excellence
Autumn Contemplation
Faith Debow

: Thin-banded Lichen Moth and Old Plainsman
Neil Decker

: Lunate Zale
Neil Decker

: Hidden Beauty
Tim Donnelly

: Halloween Pennant Hangin’ On
Eva Frost

: Lantana Lunch Bar
Rosemary Galloway

: The Eyes Have It
Rosemary Galloway

: Winter Reflections
Sandra Gilbert

: Butterfly Drinking
Clara Gonzalez

: Swallow Tail Butterfly
Clara Gonzalez

: Flower Field
Clara Gonzalez

: The Scowl
Susan Hanson

: Redbreast Sunfish
Susan Hanson

: Hummingbirds on a Stick
Tom Hausler

: Westcave Grotto
Tom Hausler

: Road Less Traveled
Alice Le Duc

: Director’s Award of Merit
One Startled Screech Owl
Alice Le Duc

: Director’s Award of Merit
blue dasher
Scott Gerald Mitchell

: Past and Present
Nancy Naylor

: Great purple hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
Barry Newberger

: Red buckeye & black-throated hummingbird
Barry Newberger

: Bull Creek Trail
Alicia R. Paparo

: Hiking in Austin, Texas
Alicia R. Paparo

: Cactus Flower Buzzer
Patty Robertson

: Beetle on Bluebonnet
Patty Robertson

: Blue Hole
Patty Robertson

: Three Minutes on Canyon Lake
Jerry Sargent

: Award of Excellence
The Dancer
Jerry Sargent

: Best in Show
Texas Oasis #1
Jerry Sargent

: Texas Oasis #2
Jerry Sargent

: Best Natural Waterscape
Serpents’ Lair
Harrison Saunders

: Soul of the Palmetto
Harrison Saunders

: Spider Web
Winifred Flato Simon

: 3 Cypresses in Autumn
Michael Penn Smith

: Dianthus and the Ant
Holly Thompson

: Award of Excellence
Don’t Mind Me
Holly Thompson

: Director’s Award of Merit
Get My Good Side
Curt Vogt

: Snack Time
Curt Vogt

: Let’s Fly
Annelies Leona West

: Evening at the Falls
Carolyn Whiteside

: Water Color Sunset
Carolyn Whiteside

: Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates Scalaris)
Dave Wilson

: Giraffe Silhouette
Drew Wilson

: Best Youth
Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly
Drew Wilson

: Strike A Pose
Mike Zarella

: Migrating Monarch
Mike Zarella

: Pretty Mama Cardinal
Mike Zarella

: Curious Fawn
Mike Zarella

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Art ArizpeJune 7, 2019

Date posted: June 7, 2019

Holly Moore

Holly Moore, PPSA, recently received an acceptance to the Texas Photographic Society’s 2019 Annual International Exhibition.

The Exhibition is a traveling exhibit beginning at the Art League of Baytown on July 3^rd-August 31^st. The photographs will then travel to the Center for Contemporary Art in Abilene for display from November 21^st, 2019 – January 18^th, 2020 and then to Odessa College from February 3^rd– March 2020.

The Society collected 1,000 images from nearly 200 entrants. The Judge , Arthur Meyerson chose 50 works from 47 artists. Holly’s photograph is titled “Abandoned” and was taken at the Carrie Furnace Historical Landmark in Pennsylvania.

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Art ArizpeMay 4, 2019

Date posted: May 4, 2019

Mike Zarella

Congratulations to Mike for winning the following:

2019 Galveston Featherfest Photo Contest Week Two, Honorable Mention – Lucky Heron, Unlucky Fish
2019 Texas Night Sky Festival Best of Show Award – Pedernales Barn Under the Full Moon
2019 Galveston Featherfest Photo Contest Week Four, First Place – Nighthawk in the Rain
2019 Migration Celebration Nature Photography Contest, Plant Life and Fungi of Texas, First Place – Claret Cup Cactus
2019 Migration Celebration Nature Photography Contest, Wildlife Vertebrates, First Place – Gray Fox Posing
2019 Migration Celebration Nature Photography Contest, Nature-Themed Photo/Digital Art – Super Blood Moon Eclipse

Great work, Mike!

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Art ArizpeDecember 6, 2018

Date posted: December 6, 2018

Wes Odell

Wes Odell has just hung a one-person exhibit of twelve large photographs at the “Wesleyan on Scenic” Drive Assisted Living Center in Georgetown (across the road from St David’s Hospital.) It will remain up through December.

The Williamson County Art Guild has been the exhibitor of artwork for six years at the Wesleyan where the art hangs in a prominent location for all to enjoy. For more information on the Guild, see its website at www.WCArtGuild.org.

2018 Naturescapes Exhibition

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Art ArizpeSeptember 16, 2018

Date posted: September 16, 2018

These are the 60 photographs chosen by the 2018 Naturescapes Photography Contest Juror, Earl Nottingham.

Congratulations to all!

: Coneflowers
Arielle Arizpe

: Century Plant Buds
Art Arizpe

: Hairy Yucca
Art Arizpe

: Iris
Art Arizpe

: Brother with Buckeye
Henry Arizpe

: Award of Merit
Let me in
Mary Arizpe

: Common Maestra
Linda Avitt

: Stop and Stare
Annissa Clewell

: Hey Girl, Hey
Annissa Clewell

: Three Sisters
Neil Decker

: Best Youth
Libellulida
Neil Decker

: Clustered Tradescantia
Neil Decker

: Bird bath fox
Bill Galloway

: Fall cyprus, Onion Creek
Bill Galloway

: Suspicious Mrs. Hoot Owl
Bill Galloway

: Award of Merit
Tiger Swallow Tail
Rosemary Galloway

: Cracked Up
Susan Hanson

: Award of Merit
Deep Dive
Susan Hanson

: Gray Day in the Park
Susan Hanson

: Golden Wave
Susan Hanson

: Black-chinned Hummingbird
Tom Hausler

: Award of Excellence
“Country Road “
Alice Le Duc

: “Framed”
Alice Le Duc

: Twilight
Henry Medone

: Sunday Afternoon
Ana Marcela Ruiz Alvarez

: Maui’s Big Beak
Ana Marcela Ruiz Alvarez

: Soaked Slides
Ana Marcela Ruiz Alvarez

: Best Natural Waterscape
Mist On The Pedernales
Jerry Sargent

: Fall at Blue Hole
Jerry Sargent

: Dawn’s First Light
Jerry Sargent

: Sunset
Jerry Sargent

: Tranquility
Jerry Sargent

: The Tree at Sunset
Jerry Sargent

: Early Morning on the Guadalupe
Jerry Sargent

: Harvey at Canyon Lake
Jerry Sargent

: Webworm Nest #1
Harrison Saunders

: Webworm Nest #2
Harrison Saunders

: Best in Show
Trail Home #2
Harrison Saunders

: Texas Spiny Lizard
Eric Schoondergang

: Rocks in Blanco River
Eric Schoondergang

: Scaup in Ripples
Carol Serur

: Hummer Babies
Winifred Flato Simon

: Koi
Winifred Flato Simon

: Bee on Yucca Flower
Winifred Flato Simon

: Cecropia Silkmoth
Winifred Flato Simon

: Award of Excellence
Cypress Autumn on Pedernales
Michael Penn Smith

: Hill Country Snow
Michael Penn Smith

: Toad in Camo
Raena Wharton

: Steamy San Marcos
Carolyn Whiteside

: Parenting
Carolyn Whiteside

: Mirror, Mirror
Carolyn Whiteside

: Hidden
Carolyn Whiteside

: Award of Merit
Sunset Glow
Carolyn Whiteside

: Beep, Beep
Carolyn Whiteside

: Grace
Elaine Wilson

: Bath Time
Elaine Wilson

: Award of Excellence
Buzzer
Elaine Wilson

: Look After Your Feathers
Elaine Wilson

: Pedernales Barn Under the Full Moon
Mike Zarella

: Hawk’s Eye View of the Pedernales River
Mike Zarella

2017 Naturescapes Exhibition

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Art ArizpeDecember 3, 2017

Date posted: December 3, 2017

These are the 60 photographs chosen by the 2017 Naturescapes Photography Contest Juror, Brian Loflin.

Congratulations to all!

: Best in Show
Nappers
Kelley Ahr

: Friends
Kelley Ahr

: Westcave Ferns
Art Arizpe

: Award of Merit
Red Target
Art Arizpe

: Huddled
Art Arizpe

: Sunflower
Linda Avitt

: Redbud Blooms
Linda Avitt

: Natural Impressions: Endangered Wild Rice
Brandee Brantly

: Award of Merit
Grandma’s Oak Sunset
Brandee Brantly

: Morning Light
Brandee Brantly

: Summer Fawn
Stan Bravenec

: Chick-a-boom Chick-a-boom
Betsy R. Cross

: Deadly Encounter
Betsy R. Cross

: Cactus Flower Pollination
Shannon Marlow du Plessis

: Bee Wanna Be?
Shannon Marlow du Plessis

: Award of Excellence
Lotus Blossom
Rose Epps

: Lazy Afternoon
Rose Epps

: Blue Dasher
Rose Epps

: Common Mestra
Rose Epps

: Tranquility
Doug Gephardt

: Bee on a Firewheel
Clara Gonzalez

: A Ladybug on an Antelope Horn Bud
Clara Gonzalez

: You Blow In the Breeze
Lucy Gonzalez

: Coming Up for Air
Susan Hanson

: At the Falls
Susan Hanson

: What Lies Beneath
Susan Hanson

: Spotted Gar
Susan Hanson

: Best Natural Waterscape
Westcave Preserve Grotto Ferns
Tom Hausler

: Bull Frog
Tom Hausler

: Spring Waterfall
Tom Hausler

: Best Youth, 12 & Under
Bee on Chives
Kate Lowe

: Passing Through
Nancy Naylor

: Black-chinned Hummingbird & Standing Cypress
Barry Newberger

: Black-chinned Hummingbird & Chicks
Barry Newberger

: I Have But One Egret.
Harrison Saunders

: Mr. Bob White
Carol Serur

: Portrait of a Night Heron (Yellow-crowned Night Heron)
Carol Serur

: Prickly Poppy
Winifred Flato Simon

: Antelope Horns Seeds
Winifred Flato Simon

: Coming In
Winifred Flato Simon

: Award of Excellence
Horse Browsing in Verbena
Michael Penn Smith

: West Cave Cypress
Michael Penn Smith

: San Marcos River
Michael Penn Smith

: Zipper Spider
Michael Penn Smith

: Butterfly
Michael Penn Smith

: Rainy Day Snail
Holly Thompson

: Caught In The Act
Carolyn Whiteside

: Award of Excellence
Kung Fu Fighting
Carolyn Whiteside

: River Carving, Pedernales Falls State Park
Dave Wilson

: Award of Excellence
Pedernales Falls
Dave Wilson

: Hamilton Pool
Dave Wilson

: Paper Wasps on Sotol
Dave Wilson

: Texas Sky
Drew Wilson

: Buckeye Butterfly on Purple Coneflower
Drew Wilson

: Slithering Out For a Swim
Drew Wilson

: Best Youth, 13 to 18
Flame Skimmer in The Spring Sun
Drew Wilson

: Baby Fawn in the Grass
Drew Wilson

: Good Morning, Sweet Fawn
Mike Zarella

: Battle of the Bucks
Mike Zarella

2017 Texas Night Sky Festival Exhibition

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Art ArizpeApril 4, 2017

Date posted: April 4, 2017

These are the 25 photographs chosen by the 2017 Texas Night Sky Festival Photography Contest Juror, Doug Gephardt, for the electronic exhibition on the day of the Festival, March 18th, 2017.

There were an estimated 2600 attendees at the Festival.

Congratulations to all!

: Heavenly Light on Hallowed Ground
by Paul Bordovsky

: Rickety Barn
by Paul Bordovsky

: My Favorite Windmill
by Paul Bordovsky

: Milky Way Landscape
by Paul Bordovsky

: Ancient Celestial Light……New Church
by Paul Bordovsky

: Barn Sways in the Starlight
by Paul Bordovsky

: Moonhawk
by Marlyss Brightwell

: Award of Merit
Spooky Night
by Marlyss Brightwell

: Fireball
by Charlotte Luongo

: Road to the Milky Way
by Charlotte Luongo

: Award of Excellence
The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31)
by Daniel Maloney

: Award of Excellence
Luna in the Dark of Night
by John Manning

: Best Youth
Perseid
by Vivien Mial

: Award of Excellence
Under the canopy
by Jerry Moreno

: Piercing the Sky
by Jerry Moreno

: Orion the Hunter
by Jerry Moreno

: Rotating stars
by Jerry Moreno

: Award of Excellence
Stargazing
by Jerry Moreno

: Signal to the Heavens
by Jerry Moreno

: Orion and Flame nebula
by Jerry Moreno

: Award of Merit
Highway to home
by Jerry Moreno

: Starry night. St. John Lutheran Crabapple
by Steven Ng

: Best In Show
Milky Way at Enchanted Rock
by Steven Ng

: Award of Merit
New Year Sky
by Heather Valey

: Winter Waxing Crescent
by Mike Zarella

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Art ArizpeNovember 20, 2016

Date posted: November 19, 2016

Mike Zarella

Congratulations to Mike for winning Honorable Mention in the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society 2016 Photo Contest for his photo of a manatee.

The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society has established an annual photography contests on behalf of Jay Norwood Darling, the Refuge’s namesake, who recognized the importance of art to convey powerful messages about the importance of conservation and protecting our wildlife and habitats. The contest uses wildlife and outdoor photography as great way to educate visitors about the beauty of the wildlife that calls the Refuge “home” in hopes to inspire future conservation stewards.

https://www.dingdarlingsociety.org/photo-contests/2016/DDD_photoContest_2016.html

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Mike Zarella

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