Yosemite Sierra Artists is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2021. This celebratory show features work from 55 artists in two shows, live and online. The awards shown here are for the online show only, with ribbons awarded for each of the following categories: Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting-Acrylic, Painting-Oil, Painting-Watercolor, Pastel, and Photography. View in-person awards here.
Curators: Carolyn Hartling, Gina Mims, Jennifer Moss, and Kerby Smith
Judges: Jim Kocher, Madera County Arts Council and Ma Ly, Vernissage Art Rendezvous

Peaceful and Beautiful Mountains
Tobi Abrams
Painting – Acrylic
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Fall in the Foothills
Suzanne Banks
Painting – Oil
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United Against the Tide of Inhumanity
Jared Barbick
Prints
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
Alwin Baum
Photography – Color
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Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls
Alwin Baum
Photography – Color
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Water, Water Everywhere
Alwin Baum
Photography – Color
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August, Merced River
Nancy Bednar
Photography – Color
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Wreck of the Estero
Nancy Bednar
Photography – Color
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Lifting Fog, Central Coast
Nancy Bednar
Photography – Color
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Last Laugh
Nancy Bednar
Photography – Color
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Autumn Reverie
Bonnie Bisbee
Painting – Acrylic
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Creation Story
Bonnie Bisbee
Painting – Acrylic
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Journey to the Stars
Bonnie Bisbee
Painting – Acrylic
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Cascading Dogwoods
Jerry Bosworth
Photography – Black and White
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All Our Relations
Sheila Boyd
Painting – Acrylic
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A Walk to Yosemite Falls
Sheila Boyd
Painting – Acrylic
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Elephants at the Watering Hole
Sheila Boyd
Painting – Acrylic
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Spirit Horse
Sheila Boyd
Painting – Acrylic
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Reach out to the Sierra
Ginny Burdick
Painting – Oil
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A Kaleidoscope of Color
Ginny Burdick
Pastel
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Manzanita
Harvey Carlock
Painting – Acrylic
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Dyke Marsh Summer, Alexandria, Virginia
Jim Curnyn
Photography – Black and White
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The Plague Doctor
Wendy Denton
Photography – Color
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Democracy in Prison
Wendy Denton
Photography – Color
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The Green Man
Wendy Denton
Photography – Color
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Concrete Pipe Landscape
Michael Depue
Painting – Acrylic
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Framers and Foothills
Michael Depue
Painting – Acrylic
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Catching Dawn Light in the Owens Valley
Joe Doherty
Photography – Color
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Aspens peek out through peak color
Joe Doherty
Photography – Color
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Spring Flow
HANNELORE FISCHER
Painting – Acrylic
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Autumn Hues #11, Eastern Sierra
Franka Gabler
Photography – Color
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Granite and Water, Yosemite
Franka Gabler
Photography – Black and White
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Cook’s Meadow in Mist, Yosemite Valley
Franka Gabler
Photography – Color
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Gertrude By and By
Lisa Greenstein
Painting – Oil
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Somewhere in the HIlls
Lisa Greenstein
Painting – Oil
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Morning Falls
Lisa Greenstein
Painting – Oil
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The Redbud Tree
Lisa Greenstein
Painting – Oil
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Pentimento Too
Shannon Grissom
Painting – Oil
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You Are the Light
Mary Beth Harrison
Painting – Oil
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Welcome Home
Mary Beth Harrison
Painting – Oil
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Above the Gorge
Carolyn Hartling
Painting – Oil
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In the ‘Hood
Carolyn Hartling
Painting – Watercolor
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Shelter in Place, March 2020
Charlotte Hoffman
Pastel
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Edge
David Hoffman
Photography – Black and White
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Old Veteran
David Hoffman
Photography – Black and White
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High Country Morning
David Hoffman
Photography – Color
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Reverie
Kathleen Ella Kelly
Painting – Acrylic
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The Craftsman
Monica Lasgoity
Painting – Acrylic
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Wash Day
Monica Lasgoity
Painting – Acrylic
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Yosemite in Winter
Monica Lasgoity
Painting – Acrylic
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Frolicking Stallions
Gretchen Lee
Sculpture
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Up Close and Personal
Barbara Liss
Painting – Oil
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Oakhurst Sunset
Barbara Liss
Painting – Oil
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“Rock Fissure at Taft Point”
Barbara Liss
Painting – Oil
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…and the angels came.
Kathy Marks
Mixed Media
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Flowing Waters
Rebecca Matli
Painting – Oil
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Listening to the Universe
Cathy McCrery-Cordle
Photography – Color
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Quaking Aspens
Gina Mims
Painting – Acrylic
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River Runs Through
Jennifer Moss
Photography – Color
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Denim and Pearls
Jennifer Moss
Photography – Color
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Messiah Manuscript
Jennifer Moss
Photography – Color
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Tunnel View in the Mist
Janet Neal
Photography – Color
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Saint Mary’s Lake – Glacier National Park
Janet Neal
Photography – Color
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St. Mary Lake – Glacier National Park
Janet Neal
Painting – Watercolor
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Road to Zion
Janet Neal
Painting – Watercolor
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Bird with Blossoms
Eliede Pounds
Mixed Media
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Greta Through the Creek Fire
Carla Rajnus
Mixed Media
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Ineffable Pandemic
Sherril Royse
Painting – Oil
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Back Bay Mist
Sandra Lee Scott
Painting – Oil
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Morning Light
Kerby Smith
Photography – Color
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Pintail Reflection
Kerby Smith
Photography – Color
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Red and Grey 2
Lura Schwarz Smith
Painting – Oil
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Dancing the Dark Away
Lura Schwarz Smith
Painting – Oil
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Cat’s Eyes
Lura Schwarz Smith
Painting – Oil
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Broken Tree (Stump Table Series)
Brooke Soukup
Mixed Media
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Hidden Forest (Stump Table Series)
Brooke Soukup
Mixed Media
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Octopus (Ocean Home Series)
Brooke Soukup
Painting – Watercolor
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Road through Lundy Canyon
Rebecca Sullivan
Painting – Oil
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Leaning Pine
Jim Taylor
Painting – Watercolor
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Golden Deer
Jim Taylor
Painting – Watercolor
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When the Grass Goes Gold
Jim Taylor
Painting – Watercolor
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Summer Day
Vicki Thomas
Painting – Watercolor
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Majestic Half Dome
Vicki Thomas
Painting – Oil
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Tree with a View
James Tilkes
Painting – Watercolor
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White Pocket
Karen Tillison
Photography – Color
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Sandstone Reflection, Kanab, Utah
Karen Tillison
Photography – Color
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Colors in a Slot Canyon
Karen Tillison
Photography – Color
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Ahwahnee Morning
Gary Woods
Painting – Watercolor
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White Horse
Gary Woods
Painting – Watercolor
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Best Friends
Gary Woods
Painting – Watercolor
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Sunny Cove
Gary Woods
Painting – Watercolor
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Walking Among the Giants
Lisa Zylstra
Painting – Oil
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Tenaya Lake Summer Day
Lisa Zylstra
Painting – Oil
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