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SECOND PLACE FOR FLORAL & BOTANICAL — JANUARY 2024
MINIATURE ART SOCIETY OF FLORIDA
 

It is not often that a work of art evokes a feeling of childhood innocence and nostalgia. Butterfly Kisses, which depicts a graceful Monarch visiting a similarly adorned flower, accomplishes this feat with simplicity and viridity. Linda is delighted to announce that the tiny treasure has won yet another award, but this time from the Miniature Art Society of Florida’s International Miniature Fine Arts Exhibit, that was held at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, where it received Second in the Floral & Botanical category.


It is not often that a work of art evokes a feeling of childhood innocence and nostalgia. Butterfly kisses, which depicts a graceful Monarch visiting a similarly adorned flower, accomplishes this feat with simplicity and viridity. Linda is delighted to announce that the tiny treasure has won yet another award, but this time from the Miniature Art Society of Florida’s International Miniature Fine Arts Exhibit, that was held at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, where it received Second in the Floral & Botanical category.



ONLINE EXHIBITION AND FUNDRAISER — NOVEMBER 30 — DECEMBER 15, 2023
WESTMONT RIDLEY-TREE MUSEUM OF ART, SANTA BARBARA, CA
 


The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art will again host a popular, favorite art exhibition and creative fundraiser: 5x5 — the auction of approximately 600 5” square artworks by national, international and regional artists. All works will be exhibited in the gallery and posted online beginning November 30th; electronic bidding will be done with minimum suggested bids. The auction will end promptly at 5pm PST, Friday, December 30th.

Artworks are made up of simple sketches, paintings, prints, collages, photos, or what ever medium participating artists chose, which made for endless possibilities! Linda elected to have some fun with her submission and created the above imaginative image for an “African Barcode.” What have other artists come up with? CLICK THIS WEB LINK to be there and be square!

Westmont College is a small liberal arts college that is celebrating 85 years in the foothills of Santa Barbara. The local media has dubbed the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art “intrepid” — a “must see” art gallery whose mission is to enrich lives through art.



CPA AWARD FOR ANIMALS — NOVEMBER 2023
CIDER PAINTERS OF AMERICA, KINGSTON, PA
  

  Because of its massive size, the hippopotamus may appear awkward on land, but in water they are like ballerinas as they delicately tip toe along lake or river bottoms to move about. Because of their density hippos can’t swim, or even float! Linda should have maybe titled this piece “Ballerina” but after observing a bloat (group) of hippos in Kenya actively bob up and down in the Oloololo River, she decided Water Aerobics was more relevant.

Happy is Linda that this year’s judge for Cider Painters of America not only recognized the high quality of this miniature, but the subtle humor behind it and presented it with the CPA Award for Animals!


MINIATURE ARTISTS OF AMERICA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE — NOVEMBER 2023
MINIATURE PAINTERS, SCULPTORS AND GRAVERS SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, DC
 

Linda was extremely honored when she learned that her painting Home Inspector was selected for the Miniature Artists of America Award of Excellence at the Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society’s 90th Anniversary Exhibition, where 700 pieces will be on display and for sale at the Strathmore Mansion in North Bethesda, Maryland, November 18, 2023 - January 13, 2024. This distinctive award is only appointed twice a year in the USA at two of today’s most prominent miniature art society exhibitions: Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society and Miniature Art Society of Florida.


Miniature Artists of America (MAA) was founded in 1985 in Clearwater, FL, USA to recognize outstanding professional miniature artists exhibiting within the United States. Today the Society's Signature Membership has expanded to represent a broad international constituency and a variety of artistic mediums and styles of 'Fine Art in little’. Ms. Rossin was elected as a Signature Member in 2005.



BEST IN SHOW AWARD— AUGUST 2023
MOUNTAINSIDE ART GUILD, LAKEWOOD, CO
  

You could have knocked Linda over with a feather when she received a phone call from Mountainside Art Guild to let her know she had won the Best of Show award for her painting Long Day at the Fair at their 19th Annual Miniature Art Show. Although a painted image cannot exceed 25 square inches, there is an exception for the outside measure of frames at this show, which can be as large as 120" square. This is a bonus for Linda as many of her miniatures are framed beyond what most other miniature shows would accept. Linda laughs and simply states: "This is their loss, but at this show it becomes my gain.”


SURPRISE AWARDS — AUGUST 2023
PARKLANE GALLERY, KIRKLAND, WA
 


When Linda retrieved a large envelope from her mailbox that arrived from Parklane Gallery, she was surprised to find two glittering award certificates inside. Unbeknownst to her, she had won not just one award, but two at Parklane’s 29th International Miniature Art Show. Both were Honorable Mentions for her paintings Autumn in the Barrens and Vodka Would Be Better.


MERIT AWARD — JULY 2023
HEARTLAND ART GUILD, PAOLA, KS
  

This was Heartland Art Guild’s 18th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, where 237 artworks by 77 artists from the United States, Wales, Australia and Belgium had their pieces on display and for sale. The exhibition was held at the Miami County Historical Museum in downtown Paola, where residents and visitors alike could enjoy the world of miniature art at its finest.

Linda was very pleased to learn that she had won one of two Merit Awards given by judge Steven Greenwall, whose work appears in public and private collections world-wide. This is what he had to say about I Love You Man!: Everything important in a composition is contained in this acrylic painting. The texture is so finely represented. And the theme, how love is universal, is "so there.”



SECOND BEST IN SHOW — MARCH 2023
ALABAMA MINIATURE ART SOCIETY, MOBILE, AL
 


There must be something very special about this piece when art judges keep selecting Butterfly Kisses for an award again and again, and this time for Second Best in Show. It could be Linda’s use of complementary colors, handling of the acrylic medium, exacting detail, composition, its simplistic statement, or better yet, a combination of all of these things. What ever it may be, this now makes the fourth award this painting has received. The Spanish Moss Miniature Art Show is an annual event sponsored by the Alabama Miniature Art Society and hosted by Innova Arts Gallery in Mobile, Alabama.


FIRST PLACE — MARCH 2023
WATERWORKS ART MUSEUM, MILES CITY, MT
 


The winners of the First, Second and Third Place awards for the Biennial Miniature Art Show that is currently taking place at the WaterWorks Art Museum in Miles City, Montana, were just announced. Linda is over the moon to have learned that her painting, Bull Dozer was not only sold at the opening reception, but was honored with the First Place Award.

The WaterWorks Art Museum is a non-profit, cultural leader in southeastern Montana that is dedicated to providing exhibits that are deemed to be of significance to the visual arts and humanities on a local, regional, national and international scale. The Miniature Art Show will be on exhibit until April 13, 2023. To learn more, visit their website by clicking HERE.



THIRD PLACE FOR BIRDS— JANUARY 2023
MINIATURE ART SOCIETY OF FLORIDA
 

There were 479 works of art juried into this years Miniature Art Society of Florida’s 48th Annual Show, held at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art for the months of January and February. Out of this total, 46 awards were given in various categories. Linda was delighted to learn that her painting Over the Moon received Third Place for Birds.

The judge, Carol Rockwell stated that selecting the pieces deserving of awards was daunting, especially with so many exquisite artworks in the show. While she closely examined each painting or sculpture, the awards she presented went to the ones where the artist exceeded their capability by taking their art to a higher level.


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