We held the Naturescapes Awards Reception last night at the San Marcos Activity Center.

It was a nice evening with music provided by the band “Friends of Music” and over 100 people attended. The reception opens the Naturescapes Exhibition at the Walkers’ Gallery at the Activity Center. This year’s Naturescapes is the 100th exhibition at the Activity Center and marks a significant milestone for the Gallery and it’s curator, Linda Kelsey-Jones. Congratulations to Linda and many thanks for all her hard work in support of the arts!

I was fortunate to have two photographs selected for the Exhibition by the Contest Juror, Amanda Smith. One of them even won an Award of Merit.

Here’s the complete list of Award Winners.

Awards of Merit

• “Lost in Lavender” – Lisa Kay
• “The World is Turning Upside Down” – Abby Linam
• “Full Moon” – Winifred Simon
• “Black-eyed Susans” – Art Arizpe

Awards of Excellence

• “White-Crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia leucophrys” – Stephen Ramirez
• “Dragonfly Landshark” – Lynny Moore
• “Bee and the Candlestick” – Carolyn Whiteside
• “Water Strider” – Winifred Simon

Best Youth

• “Life Through the Lense” – Hannah Whisenant

Best Natural Habitat

• “Dragonfly Reflection” – Carolyn Whiteside

Best in Show

• “Sculpture by Cypress” – Herb Smith

The Naturescapes Exhbition will be in the Walkers’ Gallery until November 4th. Be sure to see it!

I’ll post my photos next week and also post a link to all the photographs in the Exhibition when we put them up on the web. Something to look forward to!