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Art show crowns winners

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The Peninsula Art Association wrapped up another Spring Art Show Saturday with a ceremony honoring the top artists from the event.

Event organizer Connie Simpson said that judge Susan Christian looked for storytelling in the pieces she chose for awards. "She said she is drawn to images that tell a story," Simpson said.

Winners included Jim Brock, who was awarded a first place ribbon for photography for his photo, "Dawn," of Flaming Geyser Park in Auburn.

Brock said that his photo, of fallen leaves in the park, was more or less accidental.

"I just happened to be there before the parks department cleaned up the leaves," he said.

While many photographers have switched to digital images, Brock said that he used a film camera for this picture.

"I held out as long as I could," he said. "My grandmother bought me my first camera in the 1970s."

Sharon Brocha also won a first prize ribbon for her experimental painting called "Sentinel."

"I started with oil, then I put paste and beach sand on it," she said. "I like really solitary things I will usually look for something peaceful, but this is not."

With dwindling numbers of attendees and sponsors, the art association is debating holding the art show next year.



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