The Long Island Museum Presents Let's Eat September 10 through 20, 2010

Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s juried art competition, Let’s Eat!  The Long Island Museum is proud to announce the winners of this year’s contest: First place:  Bill Dodge of Plainedge for his oil painting on canvas titled Orange Rhymes with Blue.  Second place: Fred Badalamenti of Setauket for his oil painting on canvas, Pears and Garlic.  Third place: Yoram Gelman of Tarrytown for his digital photograph titled Table Still yellow.  Honorable mention: Ann Buckley of Massapequa Park for her watercolor titled Hothouse Beauty. Amateur and professional artists were invited to submit up to three works in any medium for this competition, judged by Rhonda Cooper, the Director of the Stony Brook University Art Gallery.  On choosing the winners, Cooper explained that she looks for exceptional execution of the medium the artist is using.  When asked if she finds it more difficult to judge shows in which multi-media are on display she said she does not but, “I like watercolors because I used to do it (paint in watercolors) and I have an appreciation for how difficult it is.” All final entries, 85 in total, will be on display in the Gillespie Room of the Carriage Museum through September 6.  The four winning entries will be moved to the Art Museum and displayed with the America’s Kitchens exhibit from September 10 through 20, 2010.  Congratulations once again to everyone who participated.                First place:  Bill Dodge of Plainedge for his oil painting on canvas titled Orange Rhymes with Blue.    Second place: Fred Badalamenti of Setauket for his oil painting on canvas, Pears and Garlic.      Third place: Yoram Gelman of Tarrytown for his digital photograph titled Table Still yellow.    Honorable mention: Ann Buckley of Massapequa Park for her watercolor titled Hothouse Beauty.