35th Annual
Memorial Day Weekend
Western Art Show and Sale

To view all the winning artwork, download a PowerPoint presentation (9.8 MB) of the 2009 Western Art Show Award Winners.

Award Winners
By category

Best In Show
• Hyrum Joe, Grandpa’s Granny Apples

Acrylic
• 1st Place — Leslie Kirchner, Dawn’s Early Light
• 2nd Place — Rock Newcomb, Legacy of the Plains
• 3rd Place — Loretta Musgrave, The Longhorns

Drawing
• 1st Place — David Bjurstrom, Knee Deep
• 2nd Place — Wei Tai, Tommy
• 3rd Place — Marge Dreher, Teamwork

Mixed Media
• 1st Place — Joseph Robertson, Watching His World
• 2nd Place — Lydia Dillon-Sutton, Their Best Umbrellas
• 3rd Place — Marilyn Salomon, The Chosen One

Oil
• 1st Place — Hyrum Joe, Grandpa’s Granny Apples
• 2nd Place — Roger Cooke, Columbia River Woman
• 3rd Place — Bill Cramer, Canyon Patterns

Pastel
• 1st Place — Don Rantz, Breaking Through
• 2nd Place — Johnson Yazzie, Zuni Governor
• 3rd Place — Mary Ann Cherry, Three Flyswatters

Sculpture
• 1st Place — Greg Kelsey, Surly & Set in their Ways
• 2nd Place — Bob Boomer, Gathering Firewood
• 3rd Place — Sharon Fullingim, Curiosity

Water Color
• 1st Place — Teal Blake, The Saddleband
• 2nd Place — Jeanne Bonine, Way to Wickenburg
• 3rd Place — Mark Kohler, Brother

Phippen Foundation Award
• Mark Kohler, Brother

Phippen Family Award
• Julie A. Rice, Last Light of Day

Cowboy Artists of America® Founders Award
• Pedro Ramos

Montgomery Frames Award
• Rock Newcomb

People’s Choice Award
• Bob Scheelings