Staff Report-
Warsaw artist Steve Creighton was awarded Best of Show for his still life oil painting ‘Red’ at the Grant County Art Association’s 2012 Annual Spring Fine Art Show in Marion. In addition, his still life, ‘Blue Joplin Vase,’ placed first and his landscape, ‘Evening Storm,’ placed third in the oil painting category. Other area artists receiving awards at the show were Ann Peperak, Milford, who won second place in the watercolor category for her ‘Bales of Rolled Hay’ and honorable mention for her ‘Shades of Pink.’ Dee Mari Moore, North Manchester, received honorable mention in oils for her ‘Red Hat Holiday.’ All three are members of the local Lakeland Art Association. Judging the annual show was Chris Griffin-Wood, a member of the Brown County Art Guild, who has won national and international awards and has shown her work in solo exhibitions in New York City, Manhattan and the Indiana-Ohio-Kentucky areas.
