MARION – Ray Heffer, judge for the 2013 Grant County Art Association's Annual Fall Fine Art Show in Marion, awarded Best of Show to a still life oil painting titled "Pottery with Pear" by local artist Steve Creighton. The judge studied fine art at the Toledo Museum of Art and is a Hoosier Salon member. Creighton's painting was the top selection of the 121 entries in the association's Fall Exhibit including works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, drawing, mixed media, photography and sculpture. Creighton studied fine art at Valparaiso University and Indiana University, Bloomington. His studio and gallery are in Warsaw. He is a member of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Hoosier Salon and several Indiana art guilds and associations. More information about his work may be found on his website at www.creightonoils.artistwebsites.com
